BMW 340i - Decontamination Foam Wash - Car Detailing How to

In this video I will walk you through how you should decontaminate a car prior to any machine polishing work.
I will go through the basic wash techniques, tar removal, iron removal and finally using a clay bar.
I hope you enjoy this ASMR style video.
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Paintwork
Pressure Washer: Kranzle K7
Wash Mitt: Chenille Wash Mitt/microfibre Wash Mitt
Car Shampoo: KKD pH Neutral Shampoo
All-Purpose Degreaser: KKD Citrus Magic/Bilt Hamber Surfex
Quick Detail Spray: Bouncers Done & Dusted Si Edition/Koch Chemie FSE/Bead Maker
Limescale Remover: Labocosmetica Energo/Chemical Guys Heavy Duty Water Spot Remover
Glass Cleaner: KKD Glass Cleaner or IPA 70%
Drying Towel: Korean Microfiber Twisted Pile
Tar Remover: Valet Pro Citrus Tar & Glue Removerm or Autosmart Tardis
Iron Remover: Bilt Hamber Korrosol
Wheels
Wheel Cleaner: KKD Brake Away
Wheel Brush: ValetPro 1 Inch Wheel Brush
Wheel Brush Inner Barrel: EZ Wheel Brush
Iron Remover: Bilt Hamber Korrosol
Tar Remover: Valet Pro Citrus Tar & Glue Remover
Tyre Dressing: Carpro PERL
All-Purpose Degreaser: KKD Citrus Magic
Interior
Leather Cleaner: Koch Chemie POL Star
Glass Cleaner: KKD Glass Cleaner
Fabric Cleaner: KKD Citrus Magic/Koch Chemie POL Star
Dressing: Carpro PERL
Metal Polish: Britemax Easy Cut Polish/Labocosmetica Cronos
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[@jamesbartlett5005]

If u get fed up with detailing Nick u could always get a job as a matador with those drying towel skills👍

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Haha that’s a good point. I can see myself living Spain

[@TopGRuben]

Good job, very nice to watch

[@TommyFleming94]

Thanks for dropping the nuggets brother! loved this one, Can't wait to next wash the 240i

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

No worries man 👊🏼 Oooooh I bet that’s lovely!!

[@greymark420]

Beautiful finish Nick. Just started using Koch Chemie FSE. Really impressed with the product, helps with the hard water in my area and leaves a nice finish.

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Thanks man 👍🏼 Great product isn’t it! I sometimes use it as a drying aid, either spraying it on the wet surface before I wipe it, or in the towel

[@greymark420]

@@HarpersCarDetailing 👍

[@georgemicha6756]

Awesome car. Kind of a dream one. Great work and I really enjoy your videos. Just a small suggestion if you could add the description even for your equipment that you use? Snow foam lance, towels used, etc. etc. That would help trying to find recommended products apart from shampoos and stuff. Thanks!

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Thanks George. I’m certainly give it a go. There might be some clothes that I can’t remember the names of, but I’ll try help out 👍🏼

[@georgemicha6756]

Top man! Don’t know how easy it is, but it’s a nice touch really. Sometimes I’m fed up with all the product comparisons from KZbinrs, but eventually you say I’ll get what this guy uses. It works for him! 😂 Keep up the good work! Thanks

[@McLoom1]

Nice one Nick ….. plenty of Decon done there …… great finish ….. ‼️👏👏👏🫵

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Thanks Owen 👍🏼 Surprisingly quite a lot iron fall out!

[@McLoom1]

@@HarpersCarDetailing Hard on the brakes I’d say Nick 🚗😂😂

[@darrenboston342]

Love the 340M sport but prefer my M3 tourer which is due in September. Great work, the warm weather doesn’t help when washing cars, thankfully I have an undercover area for just that job!👌

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Nice isn’t it! I love an estate car! Very nice, they are beaut 👌🏼 There’s one that goes to the little gym I go too. Very envious!

[@KiloRomeoOscar]

Probably the best car bmw makes rite now, love the skyscraper grey. Cracking job mate, I bet the sun and heat is making your jobs difficult at the moment.

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Lovely looking car! Over than the M cars, I would agree 👌🏼 Annoyingly so. I have a water mineral removal which I attach to the pressure washer for a final rinse, that way I avoid water spots

[@cb5806]

Fantastic job as always, is that a full day's work or longer?

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

This particular detail is a 1 day (what can I do in a day) detail. It’s my most popular detail as it’s perfect for a daily driver and for someone looking to enhance gloss whilst removing 80% of defects

[@cb5806]

@@HarpersCarDetailing that's a good days work, thanks for the reply

[@pfgdetailing]

@@HarpersCarDetailingI don't know if people realise how much work that is in one day 💪🏼

[@jeffreyrobert9460]

Another great video Mr Harper. I laughed when you flipped that bottle of Chemical Guys over. In America, their products are considered watered down Walmart junk with 20 products doing the same exact thing. Anyway if their water spot remover works for you then who is anyone to judge?

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Thanks Jeffrey! I always flip bottle, I can’t help it. This, unfortunately, is the only product of theirs I like. It’s really good, and very viscous so it stays on the panel 👍🏼

[@decker0373]

Lovely car and great job on it. I notice you stick to the same chemicals mainly and, clearly they're good and work perfectly well, I'm just wondering if you try different products from time to time?

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Lovely isn’t it! Over 13 odd years I’ve pretty much dialled in my chemicals. I’ve recently started using infinity wax and like a few of their products 👍🏼

[@decker0373]

@Harper's Car Detailing there are few I like the look of, especially the shampoo. I used the Synergy Lite, excellent little product. I'd like to go up the chain on their ceramics but I don't have a garage, so lite will do. Thanks for replying 🙂

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

I wouldn’t worry about having a garage for ceramic coatings. 95% of the coatings I do are outside, I just don’t post any videos as the key board warriors would come out at full force. Just make sure there is a clear day with no rain

[@eamonkelly2792]

@Harper's Car Detailing it's terrible when you do a brilliant job like you Nick and there's always someone who has to say something horrible, I think you're right not too post some videos, keep up the great work 👍 👍

[@decker0373]

@@eamonkelly2792 100% agree with you. I often see things written that I find infuriating. Some people simply have no respect.

[@Shusein]

Does the clay bar not introduce marring? If done with that lubrication?

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Not at all. This particular foam is very lubricating. The whole car was machine polished anyway, so any marring would have been removed. I didn’t notice any when Inspecting the paint before polishing.

[@micd9256]

@@HarpersCarDetailing What did you use to polish? BMW clear tends to be harder than most so always curious to see what works for others - polisher/pad/liquid.

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Mic D newer BMW are a lot easier to work on. Cartec 9000 and orange lake country pad. Older BMW this wouldn’t do much, so before this I would hit with lake country microfibre and Koch Chemie H8 then Cartec 9000

[@ilikechickensausages2075]

Did you have to clean the dog hair from the boot area, it looked pretty bad

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

I certainly did! It wasn’t too bad in all honesty. Long haired dogs are fine, it’s the short fine hair that’s tricky

[@ilikechickensausages2075]

@@HarpersCarDetailing YES the short fine hair is almost needle like. 👍

[@mazda_rt24-p]

didnt know they made a 3 wagon

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

Looks lovely doesn’t it 👍🏼

[@allymacmillan7986]

3 series tourings have been around for decades, this particular one is lovely, very fine looking car

[@RayNLA]

Leaving the wristband of your wash mitt exposed will scratch your paint. You should consider using a wash pad instead. Nice work otherwise! 😊

[@HarpersCarDetailing]

I haven’t marred the paint in 13 years and pretty much always used a mitt with a band on it. I use to think the same but it doesn’t 👍🏼

[@RayNLA]

@@HarpersCarDetailing Good to know! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to the next episode