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I took some pics of the detailing clinic at the Carnuba Store in Costa Mesa (Orange County) on Sunday and thought I would share the pics with everyone. Special thanks to Cliff for providing the web space to host all the pics, I couldn't have done this without his generosity.
The clinic was really informative. As an added bonus some treats were provided in the morning including: bagels, juice, pastries, and most importantly coffee. Marco, the owner of the Carnauba Store, ran the event. Bing330i (Bimmerfest), Chipster (Bimmerfest), FireGabe (Roadfly), Hendrik (BMWCCA), Kaz (Bimmerfest), Kelly11 (Roadfly), Scottn2retro (Bimmerfest) and SONET (me!) attended the clinic.
A pic of Marco holding some brushes he talked about. He is very knowledgeable and a nice guy to boot.
Marco discussed each step in maintaining paint as the finish ages. It seems that many people go overboard with products (cough cough) and end up hurting their finish. If any of the other attendees care to elaborate on the following pic please do so. This is going to be too long as it is!
Fast forward out of the classroom to Scott's M Roadster. Marco is pointing out some fallout on Scott's hood.
Nothing a little clay can't fix! Because the contamination on the paint was relatively light and sparse, Marco used a fine clay - Meguiar's Mild Detailing Clay (D6100). Note: if you ever drop your clay on the ground, throw it away... it's not worth the risk!
Notice how wet Marco keeps the paint. He was spraying almost constantly. This keeps the contaminants that come off the paint away from the clay as this could in turn scratch the paint.
I scaled all the pics down to save both bandwidth and mouse mileage (from moving scrollbars heh). If you want the original size of any of these please PM me and I will be happy to email them to you.
Continued...
The clinic was really informative. As an added bonus some treats were provided in the morning including: bagels, juice, pastries, and most importantly coffee. Marco, the owner of the Carnauba Store, ran the event. Bing330i (Bimmerfest), Chipster (Bimmerfest), FireGabe (Roadfly), Hendrik (BMWCCA), Kaz (Bimmerfest), Kelly11 (Roadfly), Scottn2retro (Bimmerfest) and SONET (me!) attended the clinic.

Marco discussed each step in maintaining paint as the finish ages. It seems that many people go overboard with products (cough cough) and end up hurting their finish. If any of the other attendees care to elaborate on the following pic please do so. This is going to be too long as it is!

Fast forward out of the classroom to Scott's M Roadster. Marco is pointing out some fallout on Scott's hood.

Nothing a little clay can't fix! Because the contamination on the paint was relatively light and sparse, Marco used a fine clay - Meguiar's Mild Detailing Clay (D6100). Note: if you ever drop your clay on the ground, throw it away... it's not worth the risk!

Notice how wet Marco keeps the paint. He was spraying almost constantly. This keeps the contaminants that come off the paint away from the clay as this could in turn scratch the paint.

I scaled all the pics down to save both bandwidth and mouse mileage (from moving scrollbars heh). If you want the original size of any of these please PM me and I will be happy to email them to you.
Continued...