ScheerSpeed Detailed: Trashed Mercedez CLK500

This is a 2004 CLK 500. the car is barely driven only on occasions and had only 17K on the odometer!

At first sight, the car looked as if it hadn't been washed in at least a few months. The brake dust was very caked on and the dirt on the paint was all dried up and stuck to the paint. If i had a foam canon it would have been perfect to use, but unfortunately i dont own one.

enough of me talking and i'll let the pictures speak for themselves

Products:

Cleaning

Exterior
-Wash
-1Z Anti Insekt
-CG CWC
-Meg's mitt
-P21s TAW

-Wheels
-CG CWC
-P21s Gel
-P21s TAW
-EZ detail brush
-Swissvax wheel brush
-OXO tire scrubber
-ARO


-Wheel Wells
-P21s TAW
-Meg's APC+
-Meg's Super Degreaser
-DD wheel well brush



Engine
-P21s TAW

Clay
-Special yellow poly clay
-ONR lube


Polishing
-Exterior paint
-Menzerna SIP via Orange über pad (2 passes)
-Menzerna PO85RD via blue über pad
-Makita 9227C
-3M Yellow Foam Backing Plate
-1000w halogen lights
-Brinkmann Dual Xenon
-ISA 50/50 wipedown
-DD über MF towels
-Racatac

LSP

-Paint
-1Z Glanz Wax
-FK1# 425
-Optimum QD
-CG 530XL MF towels

-Wheels
-Swissvax Cleaner Fluid
-Swissvax Autobahn
-FK1# 425
-CG Barebones (wheel wells)
-Optimum Opti-Bond

Engine
-Meg's Hyperdressing

Glass
-Sprayaway glass cleaner

Interior
-Leather Master Trio
-1Z Cockpit


Before:

Here you can see just how caked on all the dirt was


















The engine bay looked as if it never had been washed...









To start off i gave the dirtier parts of the car a spray with P21s TAW and gave the wheels a generous coat of P21s wheel gel. I sprayed off the TAW after about 10 minutes, and then went to have breakfast while the wheel gel worked it's magic for about 30 minutes. After breakfast i gave the car a thurough wash using Chemical Guy's Citrus Wash n Clear. Then while the car was still wet i clayed the entire car (including windows and wheels) using the "Special" yellow clay with Optimum No-Rinse as lubrication

Look at how dirty the clay was...







After claying the entire car and applying tape to all the edges this is how the paint looked... i didnt think it would have been so bad...































As you can see, the paint was in pretty bad shape. I decided first to try Menzerna Super Insensive Polish with an Orange Über pad. it cleaned up pretty nicely with one pass, and two passes left the paint 99.9% perfect.


Here's a shot after two passes with SIP





and the hood after SIP and Alcohol wipedown





another 50/50





I Had to take a break to change the song





Two more 50/50's







and another






A 50/50 on the trunklid







After a lot of hard work, sweat, and some elbow grease, here's the final product:













































Miami beach...





Thats all, thanks for looking!

Dom

 

Quality work as always!

 

awesome work, I love how that Benz came out. By the way, it was some of the very best tires you can get - Michelin Pilot Sport A/S. I have the same on my Acura and BMW.
Love this shot that shows it -

 

wow!!! great transformation!
the 50/50 is sooo disguesting!

 

Great Save, Beautiful car :applause:

 

Damn booboo that's insane!

 

Nice save!

 

Damn, Dom, I was almost afraid to open the post..I'm thinking Man I like those, I hope it's not too bad. You sure rescued it. Your photography skills rival your detailing skills. Excellent choice with the tall buildings to show the depth of the shine. Great work man! Gotta love the SIP/85rd combo.

 

Fantastic save their Dom! Looks beautiful.

 

Amazing work!

 

Wow those swirls were beautiful, not kidding I thought they looked great. I love seeing swirls like that only because I know they can be removed :thumb:

Superb job on this vehicle and I agree the pictures look great, love the sun pictures :druling:

 

Simply amazing turn around. Did you school the owner on how to properly wash?

 

im lovin this detail right here ...it seems black always get me ..i wonder wat kind of wax u use on this German automobile:headbang:

 

Great job as usual. Have to agree that I love both your detailing and photography skills. How do you like the 1z Glanz? I see more and more folks using that now.

 

glanz is a great wax!

thanks for the comments!

 

Awesome recovery !:applause:

 

Thanks!

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Thanks!

Thanks!

Haha, thanks! the tall buildings are where i live and detail, hence all the pictures from the garage.

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thanks!

Thanks! and yes, i sent him a list of recommended products to buy and use

1Z Glanz!

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Outstanding, one of my favorite details of yours

 

Quality work, very nice.