got to this bad boy at 8.45am. now ive taken care of this car for some time now and it always got treated like a baby until the owner took it to mercedes for a service and it came back swirled up and hydra blade marks on it. i was mortified to say the least, the customer not to happy either. he wanted it sorting promptly and though a full correction would make it its best the car is a every day user so we agreed with a one stage correction. now we all know that it wont be at its upmost best but it will be far more better than many cars on the road. heres some before shots. wheels cleaned with valetpro billberry allsafe wheel cleaner and soft brush. inside wheel rim cleaned with meguiars spoke brush and then washed with ph neutral wash sollution and zymol sponge. all nooks etc cleaned with APC and aggitated with soft brush. rinsed whole car then snowfoamed with valetpro ph neutral snowfoam. and left to dwell for a few minutes. using 2BM and washmitt, washed from top to bottom with ph neutral sollution. dryed with poorboys spray and gloss and dodo drying towel. clayed car using megs quick clay and home made lube ( ph neutral shampoo and bottled water ) heres some nasty grime it pulled off. wheels clayed also. heres the swirl issues. and a nasty scratch on the drivers wing. lights and bonnet vent taped with 3m blue tape. whole car done with 3 passes of my flex machine with a soft buff pad and lime prime original. it was a hard slog in the scorching heat but seeing the progress on the car made it worth it. heres that drivers wing with the scratch gone. once all the polishing was done another judicious bout of snow foam action, dwell, rinse and dry again to remove any last bits of polish. im getting quite fond of using lime prime now and seeing this after just using that product made me smile. and after drying. car was then waxed with 2 coats of dodo juice rubbish boys juiced edition then final inspection and level with poorboys spray and gloss. wheels sealed with smart rimwax and tyres dressed with megs tyre gel. heres some final reflection shots for you to enjoy. and my favourite. thanks for looking everyone.:thumb:
Really impressed with the Lime Prime! And the Dodo RB juiced edition looks fantastic on black! Well done
CLS how I love you. Shame about those rims though, eck, not my thing. Anyways, great job with the car, looks amazing.
the cars lovely, the wheels do let it down but this ones the customers everyday motor hes got a nice sl55amg that ive got to do some heavy correction work on soon.
Scott..great job on a lovely, lovely car!! That car, IMO, is the prettiest Mercedes since the '55 gullwing 300sl! You done 'er proud!!
the car was fine until it went to the mercedes dealership for a servicve. they gave a " courtesy wash " to :doh:it for the customer.........i say keep your wash the cars to precious to get damaged by the idiots there using to clean cars.:doh:
ive been working on the principal of using less aggressive product such as lime prime which actually doubles as a colour booster and glaze coupled with less aggressive pads and slightly higher speeds ( work up to1600-1700rpm then refine back down ) is working quite well. the lime prime has a very slick, oily consistency so stays workable even at these speeds and i find that its not just the polish doing the job but the actual heat you are creating on the cars painted surface. ive seen one guy in the uk after wet sanding a panel using water, lambswool polishing bonnet and certain speeds with his rotary bringing the panel back to such a gloss and perfect finish........with water......no polish, i was surprised but intrigued so im always doing little experiments and this one has worked on a couple of jobs now but i know it wont everytime as there is always some form of issue on ever car.
