ScheerSpeed: 24 hours STRAIGHT on a Benz GL550

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by scheerspeed, Sep 3, 2010.

  1. scheerspeed

    scheerspeed DB Forum Supporter

    This car belongs to my customer's wife. they have two kids, and thsi car serves as the "family car". Meaning kids go to soccer and baseball practice, school, etc in this car, so you can just imagine how out of control filthy the interior was. The exterior needed a two stage polish to get about 95% of the swirl marks out. However a few RIDS here and there remained, but would have needed to be sanded to completely remove, and the owner did not want to go that far. We worked for 24 hours STRAIGHT... 8am-8am because the owner needed the car the next day. The interior alone took 10 hours!

    Products:

    Wash
    -Chemical Guys Citrus Wash
    -1Z Industrial cleaner
    -P21s TAW

    Wheels
    -P21s Green wheel gel
    -Ace Powerstick
    -EZ Detail Brush
    -SV brushes

    Clay
    -Special yellow poly clay
    -ONR lube


    Polishing
    -Exterior paint
    -Menzerna SIP / Orange Uber pad
    -Menzerna PO85RD / Blue Uber pad
    -Makita 9227C
    -3M Yellow Foam Backing Plate
    -Brinkmann Dual Xenon
    -Menzerna Top Inspection
    -DD über MF towels
    -Racatac

    LSP

    -Paint
    -Collinite #845 Insulator Wax


    -Wheels
    -Poorboy's wheel sealant
    -Adam's VRT (new formula)

    Glass
    -Adam's Glass Cleaner

    Interior
    -1Z Cockpit
    -Chemical Guy's Lightning fast
    -Chemical Guy's Leather cleaner
    -Leather Masters Vital / Protection cream
    -Adam's Glass Cleaner

    metal
    -Optimum Metal Polish
    -#0000 steel wool


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    And the Interior

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    A CHICKEN BONE!


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    We also removed the plastic and rubber inserts to clean them thoroughly

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    Ready for polishing!

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    Finished Interior!

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    Nasty water that was extracted from the carpets!

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    Finished!

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    That's all for that one. Thanks for looking!

    Dom
     
  2. pecka13

    pecka13 Birth of a Detailer

    good job.

    Good thing they have seat covers in the back :)
     
  3. floraneg

    floraneg Birth of a Detailer

    Great job. My wife has the GL450 and that car drives me crazy! I call it the bugger mobile. She car pools 5 kids every day between the ages of 6 to 12. It must be something with the GL model that makes it a rolling garbage can. Everytime I go to drive it I have to take a nitro pill.
     
  4. daveinsweethome

    daveinsweethome DB Forum Supporter

    nice job. i am a mercedes fan. i love finding smashed gummy bears and such in soccor mom details. a chicken bone is good too. suv looks great
     
  5. cnut

    cnut Guest

    Good work! That was a beast to clean I bet.
     
  6. richy

    richy Guest

    The Nitro pill cracks me up!
    The chicken bone is priceless!

    Great job on the pigstye! Did you clean the cover on the rear seats as well as the seats themselves? 12 hours straight? That's why God invented caffeine.
     
  7. Pats300zx

    Pats300zx Official DB Moderator

    Good God...talk about a marathon...What an awesome job !!!!!
     
  8. 911Fanatic

    911Fanatic DB Pro Supporter

    Great job guys. And people don't believe me when I tell them how long it takes to do an interior properly!
     
  9. dsms

    dsms DB Forum Supporter

    Damn dude, great work!
     
  10. scheerspeed

    scheerspeed DB Forum Supporter

    thanks everyone!
     
  11. TheRustySuper

    TheRustySuper Obsessive Detailer

    My mom drives a GL450, I always cringe when my brother's friends crawl around in it like it's just some stupid minivan :p Great job!
     
  12. supercharged

    supercharged DB Forum Supporter

    how could people trash such a nice car! It was discusting...Great job cleaning it up!!!
     
  13. bryansbestwax

    bryansbestwax DB Forum Supporter

    great stuff dude
     

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