My car as a whole for reference
Hello everybody I hope youre having a great day. So, I need some product recommendations.
Body: Schwarz II (Jet Black) E46 Coupe (Photos about paint condition attached)
Flaws: Not the factory paint except roof. Roof has 15-20 sunburns in 10-15 cm diameter. No wax polish in the last 3 years, I see many swirl marks, and some scratches here and there, assuming they're level 1 and 1b (mostly on the clear coat).Has a huge bent on the left side as seen.
and last but not least,the sole problem that opened the door of auto detailing for me:
Rims, rims that keeps getting stupid bloody brake pad dust after 300-400km and makes me chase that hit I got day-one of seeing them shine.
Also, after paying for car wash service on weekly basis (because the fuel station water is a bit
chalky) just to see those nightmare of a brake dusts again(ceramic brake pads costs a fortune here due to taxes, so its not an option)
I decided to take the matter in my own hands and not for rims only, also the body aswell.
Conditions: Its daily driven, around 400-500km per week,don't have closed parking so It always stays outside.(I plan to get a car umbrella for my roof with clear coat failures)
The weather here is around 25 degrees now but in the upcoming 4-5 months the average will be 33-35degrees celcius (42 degrees celc might be max). Weather has pollen and sometimes dust aswell, but no rain in sight. Then around October It'll start raining and temps drop from 28ish to 15-17 in 3-4 months(Guesstimating, trusting that I mostly lived here for more than 20 years)
My limits:
-I cant get a polishing machine because its out of budget for me, so I need to do something without machine. I can only use the pressurized water from fuel station, which the water might not be as clear as in a privately owned one
So,what are your opinions and recommendations? I dont really care about ''beading'' vs ''sheeting''(If they are only about rain) since we wont be having too much rain in the upcoming 5-6 months.
High Priority: I want to fix those marks and scratches, and make the car daily pollutants proof and the rim brake dust proof(dust repellency, If I have to sacrifice rain and mud repellency) and easy weekly maintenance
Low priority: To get a glassy mirror-like look but I think after fixing those problems It will look better already.
P.S: After hours long convos with gemini heres what we ended up(haven't tried any of these yet):
-WORKFLOW A(The latest recipe, without bonding issues between chems hopefully): pressure wash(all)-valet pro clay with clay rider(body except sunburnt places)and dry(all) with 800gsm towel-mothers mag aluminum polish and buff off(rim and metal window trims)-''%70 IPA wipe to remove the polish oils'' which I doubt(rim and window trims only)-apply turtle wax black polish(only painted body except sunburns)-after 24hrs (wait time for polish curing) apply 303 graphene spray to whole car(all) (or another graphene spray)
-Workflow B: p.Wash-iron dust for rims and s2 ph neutral foam for everywhere-p.wash thourughly and clay-p.wash again and dry with 800gsm towel-Auto finesse ultra glaze
for filling swirl marks and scratches and then after 3-4 hours,soft99 fusso coat and the car is good for 6 months, gemini claims (weekly p.washes with only s2 foam and water)
However I then realized that there might be bonding issues between glaze and fusso coat, then Gemini said that I might be better off with Bilt Hamber Auto Balm instead of the
glaze+fusso coat. so Workflow C is just BHAB replacing glaze+fusso. but I guess
I couldnt get BHAB in my country.