Mercedes S350 - massive interior work

Discussion in 'Show and Shine' started by Brynjar, Dec 25, 2010.

  1. Brynjar

    Brynjar Birth of a Detailer

    Mercedes S350

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    Long time since last detail, but here's a one I did a couple of months ago.
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    This car biggest problem is that the previous owners have been smoking in it for several years:
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    Autosmart Tardis used as degreaser:
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    Foam with Maxi Suds II:
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    P-21S for the rims:
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    Too cold to be claying outside at this time of year:
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    Found some dried out alcantara here:
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    Swissvax Alcantara cleaner and brush:
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    Drying the residue with a soft and lint-free microfiber cloth:
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    According to SV manual for the alcantara cleaner you should be careful with rubbing the cleaner too hard in to the fabric. This was anyway done in this case due to bad condition the interior was in. Also worked on larger areas at the time, not as displayed here:
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    A quick look up on the roof line made me Tourettes in the same way as the bartender from “Buldocks saints.”
    Miles of alcantara exposed it selves and I could see several hours pass by in a flash:
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    Did some vacuuming for a change:
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    Then back to the lovely alcantara:
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    Here are the results after the dash and two doors: [​IMG]

    Getting rather fed up from so did a couple of door mats. In A-C-T-I-O-N shot:
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    Then some more alalalalalcantara:
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    Used Chemical guys cleaner on all leather, since this is a bit stronger than the one from SV:
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    In the search for perfection new solutions are often found. The seats on the S-class have both air heating and cooling within the seats. Some of pores were clogged up with dirt that had to be removed. Found a small tool from the cleaning kit for my paint gun:
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    It seemed to do the trick:
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    Then it was time to remove some parts:
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    This car has two active coal filters + two normal cabin air filters that had to be removed before all of the cigarette smell could be removed:
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    Never changed obv:
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    With cabin air filters removed I began a 20 minutes process cleaning up the air condition:
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    While the”Evapomat” from Wurth was doing the work inside of the car, I had time to clean some floor mats:
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    “Evapomat clean" all done. This left a light fragrance of lemon, but still some cigarette smell from the air vents. Had one more Nanolotus (alcohol based cleaner) A/C cleaner left and decided to see if that could work better: [​IMG]

    Nanolotus removed the last bad smell from the air vents... Time for some fresh air in the rest of the car:
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    All of the ashtrays was taken back home and put in the dishwasher. Good as new after that:
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    Brand new filters were put back:
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    The paint was also in the need of some TLC:
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    Could just as well start out with a small 50/50:
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    Scholl S03Gold on gul scholl pad:
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    If my memory serves my correct this was a couple of rounds with 5-6 hard passes:
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    Here too, but used something different:
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    Mirka wool pad and S03Gold heavy cut compound:
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    After one heavy cutting round the car was in desperate need of a wash down. Splashed away with all of leftovers of Scholl CF02 wipe down prior to rinsing with hot water:
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    After the rinse down the car was taken back inside and dried, gloss polishing was done first with 3M Extra Fine and finishing with 3M Ultra Fine SE: [​IMG]

    Meguiars synthetic sealer # 21 applied with large MG soft buff pad and Flex DA:
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    Let the sealer flash on the paint for about one hour prior to buffing it off: [​IMG]

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    A couple of days later it took the car out to take some pictures for the cars sales add:
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    Really don’t remember how much time the entire detail took me, but the interior was done in 13 hours, mostly on cleaning alcantara...

    Thanks for watching!
     
  2. agpatel

    agpatel OD On Detailing

    Great work as always...that is a ALOT of alcantara to clean. Great after pictures also!
     
  3. kakeuter

    kakeuter DB Forum Supporter

    Simply stunning work, again. I always enjoy reading your write-ups.

    -Kody-
     
  4. PDJ3.2

    PDJ3.2 Birth of a Detailer

    I would have lost my mind working on all that alcantara. That is a NICE interior though. I'm pretty sure it's nicer than the one available in the states
     
  5. pmb600

    pmb600 Virgin Detailer

    Beautiful work! Was that alcantara factory installed? The interior is beautiful, we never had black wood or alcantara on the dash as options for the W220 S-Class here in the U.S.
     
  6. cnut

    cnut Guest

    Beautiful work! That was ALOT of alacantara that needed attention.
     
  7. Danny

    Danny Nuba Guru

    Man thats amazing work :thumb: cleaning all the alcantara cleaning would have drove me crazy. I enjoy your write ups alot hope to see another one soon.
     
  8. stingray23

    stingray23 Jedi Nuba

    awesome, thorough job.
     
  9. kdude

    kdude Jedi Nuba

    Amazing work ! 13 hrs on the interior ... I can just imagine what you charged for that detail package... you brought that car back to life.... Priceless :)
     
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  11. supercharged

    supercharged DB Forum Supporter

    I'm absolutely thrilled with this detail! Stunning work!
     
  12. CG6Lemon

    CG6Lemon New Member

    great job
     
  13. michakaveli

    michakaveli Welcome to Detailing

    Great job!! Thanks for posting!! Gorgeous Merc. :mounty:
     
  14. P1et

    P1et Official DB Moderator

    Amazing work making this Mercedes limo look perfect again, it's stunning in the afters. Looks like this one came with all the options from the factory, very nice...

    PS: what is the "parts and retards" sign???
     
  15. daveinsweethome

    daveinsweethome DB Forum Supporter

    two things. mercedes paint sure comes back to life, and please dont blame the poor alcantara animals that gave their all for this interior. really nice turn around. never seen air freshener in use before.
     
  16. Chas

    Chas DB Forum Supporter

    Amazing work as always. I never get tired of reading your w/u's. The turn around on that car was great.
     
  17. JoeyV

    JoeyV Welcome to Detailing

    B-E-A-UTIFUL! Amazing work.

    This shot looks like it could be from the Mercedes Catalog! lol
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  18. Tim_G

    Tim_G Any Rag Vehicle Washer

    An awesome turnaround. Great pictures on the after - feels catalogy
     
  19. bairdwc

    bairdwc Guest

    Great post. I thought you guys can run the studded tires?
     
  20. Socal Brian

    Socal Brian DB Forum Supporter

    Nothing like a job such as this to keep your interior skills sharp! (LOL)
    Keep the writeups coming, We love them! Oh by the way happy birthday
     

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