Our latest patient for a little OCD magic was a 1998 Mercedes Benz SL320 in solid black. The car had been obviously parked under a fur tree for quite some time and was covered in green staining, sap and lots of bonded contaminants. To begin with to we decided to give the car a good clean before we assessed the full extent of what we had to deal with. The initial was to remove the bonded contaminants ready for a deep cleanse. For this process, we decided to use the New range of OCC (Orchard Car Care) products that will be on sale very shortly. Products used. OCC All Purpose cleaner snow foamed and left to dwell for several minutes. OCC super Degreaser used in wheel arches. OCC Alloy wheel cleaner. Once the initial rinse was over the car was refoamed left to dwell and then washed using the 2 bucket method and OCC Luxury shampoo. Various brushes were used to help agitate the stubborn grime and the steam cleaner was also used to help for the bad bits. The car was then treated to A complete De tar using OCC Tar Remover. Clayed using OCC clay and OCC clay lube. Wheels washed Before: After: Wheel nuts cleaned and painted: Wheel arches were actually not bad and needed very little work! After the wash the full story began to unfold. The car was very heavily swirled with massive amounts of buffer trails all over the car and a very nasty “brillo pad” mark on the passenger side rear quarter. So once all paint readings were taken the car was moved inside and the correction work began. A full 3 stage correction was carried out using various Chemical guys Hexlogic pads with the following products: 3M fast cut plus Megs #105 Megs #205 Tail pipe was removed as it was very rusty. It was matt black but I decided to paint it using the cars paint code as I hate different colours of black on a car then it was finished in a temperature resistant lacquer to prevent fading. Before: After: During shots: Due to the serious amount of work that was involved to remove the marks the car was prepped using Panel Prep to remove everything then refined for several hours with a blue 3M waffle and good old 85RD to ensure a hologram and as much as possible defect free finish. The car was then wiped down with IPA checked over then treated to: 2 coats of Chemical Guys EZ-Crème and 2 coats of Valentines Concourse wax. All plastics were dressed using OCC trim sheen, arches were dressed as well as the Engine bay. The interior was also steam cleaned and the leather treated to a good clean using OCC leather Cleaner and then given a good 2 coats of OCC leather conditioner. Now for the afters: And one of Clarke’s art shots! Many thanks for reading and as usual any C&C are very welcome. Ronnie
Good work, how would you rate OCC to different brands, is there really that much of a difference. You forgot to show us the interiors
Cheers guys. The OCC products are very good developed by detailers so it is well tested. not available on the market yet but will be and hopefully going to America as well. Wheel cleaner tar remover all very good the snow foam is twice as concentrated as most others so a little goes a long way. All the other products are as good as anything else on the market but te ease of use is what I love. As for interor bar a good deep clean it was in great condition so no real change was noticed unlike outside that is!
