My CF roof is giving me fits. I parked under the flight path of some birds and they bombarded my roof. Despite cleaning the poop off as soon as I got home, it etched my roof and the Jescar / MF combo isn't making a dent. I need more tools, MORE POWER. I think I need pneumatic! Love the M3 series.
If it looks good to the eye without a flash light at 1 inch away, then thats good enough for me. Reason I say that is as soon as you start regular washing routine you WILL sustain micro-scratching, no matter how careful you are to frequently clean the washing pad in a 'clean water' bucket. Better to accept this and maintain your sanity.
Great video, Matt. Thanks for posting. Your E92 series inspired me to get my tools out and finally go to town on my carbon black E38. Been putting it off for too long but ended up spending a weekend and several week nights compounding and ceramic coating. For its age and history, the paint is not in terrible shape but I still ended up with several deeper scratches that just wouldn't come out. Your video basically confirmed my suspicion that a more aggressive pad and compound probably wasn't going to "cut" it (ha). Wet sanding would be the next step but that's where I draw the DIY line. What are you planning to do with those in your roof?
I would really love to see a video of you doing an entire vehicle using just M100. This would, I'm sure, a lot of folks on here as they have this in their arsenal.
I had the same problem on my e92. Took like 10-15 passes with jescar correcting and like 3 pads to get it where I wanted. I still had to go back a few weeks later because it was bugging me.
I had too much yellowing so i took off the clear coat down to the carbon fiber. Now i gotta finish sanding it even but almost done. Should be spraying by tomorrow night i hope
I found the clear coat on the carbon roof of my M4 to be extremely hard compared to the rest of the paint. Microfiber pad and Sonax PF doesn't seem to do much even on very very light swirls.
An exhaust hood vented to the outside might be a good way to go while blowing out pads under it rather than blowing into the air and back on your car. Not expensive, simple to do, effective and keeps dust & dirt from filters, pads, etc off your shop.
It's weird that the scratches on the carbon fiber roof are putting up a fight. I wonder if the coating is different or simply because the scratches are deeper. Regardless, the car is looking spectacular. Awesome work as always! Cheers.
hey man, what overhead lights do you recommend? I can barely see the scratches and swirls with my current LED. should I buy fluorescent lights instead?
Have you thought of having a fan or vacuum to help capture the residue off the pad when you blow it out? It looked like the residue was being thrown in the air and potentially hitting the car
Did you notice a big difference in the clarity of the carbon after you finished? I am looking to do the same thing on a C6 ZR1 and want to try to make the carbon really pop before I get PPF installed on it.
Obsessed Garage tested it with Jescar on a MF pad. Did a lot to clean up swirls and fading. But did absolutely nothing to fix the yellowing. All my research seems to point at needing body shop to re clear
I have my roof redone and clearcoated for $800 and it came out perfectly brand new. I could not imagine trying to polish out a nine-year-old roof I would just get the whole thing refinish it’s a waste of time what you doing
@@stevemorris438 Okay and? He has a passion and enjoys doing it himself... dont watch his videos if you are going to complain. + I dont see any videos on your channel of you doing it any better. My outcome is that you're just jealous.
Oops...one of the bottles in the rack in the background is placed 0.5mm from the center🙆🏻♂️
I love when you see in depth compounding/polishing videos in real time instead of all the editing! Great video Matt!
NIIIIIIICE! It puts a smile on my face when you're happy like a kid in the candy store. Great work!
Damn, after watching your vids i feel like i owe my M3 alot more even thou i have been pampering her since day one
My CF roof is giving me fits. I parked under the flight path of some birds and they bombarded my roof. Despite cleaning the poop off as soon as I got home, it etched my roof and the Jescar / MF combo isn't making a dent. I need more tools, MORE POWER. I think I need pneumatic! Love the M3 series.
YES! The M100 makes it's appearance on your videos. LOVE IT.
If it looks good to the eye without a flash light at 1 inch away, then thats good enough for me. Reason I say that is as soon as you start regular washing routine you WILL sustain micro-scratching, no matter how careful you are to frequently clean the washing pad in a 'clean water' bucket. Better to accept this and maintain your sanity.
Not true....
Yes true. Reality of modern paint.
@@mikeburr114
please enlighten us how you can flawlessly clean your paint 100% of the time for the entire life of the car?
Great video, Matt. Thanks for posting. Your E92 series inspired me to get my tools out and finally go to town on my carbon black E38. Been putting it off for too long but ended up spending a weekend and several week nights compounding and ceramic coating. For its age and history, the paint is not in terrible shape but I still ended up with several deeper scratches that just wouldn't come out. Your video basically confirmed my suspicion that a more aggressive pad and compound probably wasn't going to "cut" it (ha). Wet sanding would be the next step but that's where I draw the DIY line. What are you planning to do with those in your roof?
I would really love to see a video of you doing an entire vehicle using just M100. This would, I'm sure, a lot of folks on here as they have this in their arsenal.
I had the same problem on my e92. Took like 10-15 passes with jescar correcting and like 3 pads to get it where I wanted. I still had to go back a few weeks later because it was bugging me.
I had too much yellowing so i took off the clear coat down to the carbon fiber. Now i gotta finish sanding it even but almost done. Should be spraying by tomorrow night i hope
Who can dislike this.
I found the clear coat on the carbon roof of my M4 to be extremely hard compared to the rest of the paint. Microfiber pad and Sonax PF doesn't seem to do much even on very very light swirls.
A big salute from Sweden !
@Big Timer no crime where i live.
@Big Timer Where are from?
An exhaust hood vented to the outside might be a good way to go while blowing out pads under it rather than blowing into the air and back on your car. Not expensive, simple to do, effective and keeps dust & dirt from filters, pads, etc off your shop.
I had to break out M100 for the scratches on my bmw, cuts way more but since i am only doing it once i didnt care too much
It's weird that the scratches on the carbon fiber roof are putting up a fight. I wonder if the coating is different or simply because the scratches are deeper. Regardless, the car is looking spectacular. Awesome work as always!
Cheers.
hey man, what overhead lights do you recommend? I can barely see the scratches and swirls with my current LED. should I buy fluorescent lights instead?
Have you thought of having a fan or vacuum to help capture the residue off the pad when you blow it out? It looked like the residue was being thrown in the air and potentially hitting the car
Did you notice a big difference in the clarity of the carbon after you finished? I am looking to do the same thing on a C6 ZR1 and want to try to make the carbon really pop before I get PPF installed on it.
Yes, depth and clarity is much better.
Awesome thanks for this video.. Great work as always 👌
What about fixing a carbon roof that has stated to yellow. Will cutting with compound removing the yellowing?
It depends. I will probably help.
Obsessed Garage tested it with Jescar on a MF pad. Did a lot to clean up swirls and fading. But did absolutely nothing to fix the yellowing. All my research seems to point at needing body shop to re clear
Hello, can you attempt to polish and compound by hand if you cannot afford a hand tool? Or is this not recommended? thank you.
You can polish by hand, but the results are much harder to get right. I've never done that outside of a smaller, harder to reach area.
I can't seem to get the swirls off my carbon fiber roof. Maybe I will try the cutting pads to had with mcguires stuff.
Matt curious as to why you don't own a paint gauge? Low usage for your personal cars?
J F the one he wants is about 3000 bucks
He talks about this in E5 of this series 8)
@@SpeedyCow TY gonna look back there must've missed it
J F no problem! I’m pretty sure it was E5. If it wasn’t it’s definitely in the E92 M3 series
Maybe use some KXK dynamics r.i.d. stix and 3 or 5 thousand grade paper ????
I'm surprised you didn't wet sand the deeper stuff
What is the next best option for cleaning pads without compressed air?
Pad brush and swapping to new pads often.
@@ObsessedGarage Thanks Matt. Are we talking a new pad per panel, for instance?
Question if we don't got compressed air what can be an alternative?
For what? Polishers? Or cleaning the pads?
I have my roof redone and clearcoated for $800 and it came out perfectly brand new. I could not imagine trying to polish out a nine-year-old roof I would just get the whole thing refinish it’s a waste of time what you doing
That is not necessary. It cleaned up rather easily.
20 pounds of pressure on the DA for the roof correction? Can you offer an arm calibration class?? 🤣
Hey Matt did your old neighbor the kid ever get into detailing?
No, he didn't.
I would have figured the carbon was gel coated instead of clear coat.
dubvr6nos A lot of companies use a special coating that keeps it from yellowing in the sun. It's extremely hard as well.
Watch your video, when you blow out your pad the dust went all over your car!
And?
First! OG!
All the gear and no bloody idea🙄if I were you I’d sell that impressive arsenal and pay a pro instead 👍
Steve Morris Wtf are you talking about?
Kixn Za he’s shit at polishing
@@stevemorris438 Okay and? He has a passion and enjoys doing it himself... dont watch his videos if you are going to complain. + I dont see any videos on your channel of you doing it any better. My outcome is that you're just jealous.
Looks fine to me.
Someone sounds jealous.
@@mikeburr114 Agreed.