95 Hour Detail by Oakes - BMW M5

I agree Barry! The roof actually saw the least decrease in micron difference that I saw, and I noticed the factory painted sections were significantly more stubborn in getting level with 1000/1500 grit. The repainted portions were much "quicker" however seemed to have more decrease in microns. Like I stated, the most drastic difference I noticed was a 10 micron difference, took over 200 readings before and after.



I've worked on a few bondo'd up cars before and when ever the gauge goes over the repaired areas I see a spike into the thousands range which is certainly not paint haha
 
Barry Theal said:
LOL How much mud can be put on one spot? A new phrase I feel coming along Bob? Thats Thickness Certified? :doh:
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You mean "Thickness certified" Barry, just glad the shop did it right as readings over a 1000 microns do not read out on my DFT.



I had a OLD Rolls Royce Corniche come in for a estimate and in some spots my gage was flatlined..................told the guy nicely "Thanks but no thanks I will pass on this one and he was "I want it done" and I held firm as this was a liability nightmare waiting to happen.



Most customers have no clue just how much risk a wetsand job like what Oakes did on this M5 is, in fact me personally I would have used 1500 grit as my most aggressive disc to start with finishing with abralon 4000-6000 AND make the customer sign a liability waiver on clearcoat UV failure in the future unless the whole car was re-sprayed and had readings 150 microns(4mils) minimum.



Car does look great "With the tightness!!!!" now though.
 
Nothing like turning OP to Autopian perfection :yo: Wow, the only sanding I ever risked on a vehicle that didn't belong to me was some spot sanding here and there,and the paint was easy to work with, not the whole car, so big time kudos to Oakes for taking the plunge!





For the longest time though, I saw paint readings measured in mils ( as I see Bob just gave microns and mils reading above) I have an ETG and I always recorded in mils. Just curious, is the industry standard to do it in microns now?



I have to just get a reference point again of mils vs. microns ( a piece of paper for example) and I can switch and measure my vehicles in microns now too.
 
Great work! I know what a pain this is as I did it to my RX8 back in 2004 and my G35 coupe in 2006. Both vehicles were black. It makes such a huge difference. I used 1500 to get the highest spots knocked down and finished flat with 3000 to make buffing a bit easier. It's still quite a chore. Excellent job and great color!
 
Use micron if you are correcting.



Bill D said:
Nothing like turning OP to Autopian perfection :yo: Wow, the only sanding I ever risked on a vehicle that didn't belong to me was some spot sanding here and there,and the paint was easy to work with, not the whole car, so big time kudos to Oakes for taking the plunge!





For the longest time though, I saw paint readings measured in mils ( as I see Bob just gave microns and mils reading above) I have an ETG and I always recorded in mils. Just curious, is the industry standard to do it in microns now?



I have to just get a reference point again of mils vs. microns ( a piece of paper for example) and I can switch and measure my vehicles in microns now too.
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Okay, thanks Thomas . I have some reading charts for each of my vehicles and I need to re-measure any way so I will record in microns now.
 
Thanks everyone!



Bob, I agree on your thoughts about the car, and it was definitely bold using the 1000 on the paint which I resorted to after 2 passes of 1500 was still leaving high spots in certain areas of the vehicle. I will certainly look into adding the abralon 4 and 6k to my line up! I appreciate your feedback sir, thank you!



Bill, yes Thomas is correct - use micron when correcting!
 
Bumping this thread to give everyone an update on his this car still looks almost 6 months after I last touched it, following proper maintenance procedures, this M5 still looks like the day it left here when I created this thread. The pictures speak for themselves!



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Thanks for looking!​
 
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