Detailer's Domain: ES300 - Spring Clean Up

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  1. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    This ES300 needed mostly a thorough cleaning. Customer wanted to a shine back on the car. As well remove all the sap and tar that was embedded in the paint. This ES has no swirls or deep scratches enabling us to use Power Finish to achieve the results we needed. Einszett Glanz was used to get the metallic flake to pop!

    What was done -
    Exterior

    - Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
    - Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
    - Wheel wells were cleaned up
    - Pre Washed with W99
    - Iron Cut
    - Wash down and rinsed
    - Door jambs were cleaned up
    - Clayed
    - Dried
    - Tires dressed
    - Masking
    - Paint Measurement
    - 1 Step - Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
    - Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
    - Last Step – Einszett Glanz for that metallic flake POP!
    - Rubber and Plastics Treated
    - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
    - Exhaust tips cleaned
    - Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
    - Jambs steam cleaned

    Interior
    - Vac
    - Clean Glass
    - Leather Cleaned
    - Leather Conditioned

    Engine
    - Cleaned
    - Dressed

    Links to products used -

    1Z einszett W99

    Iron Cut
    Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
    Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
    Uber Clay Bar Kit
    Menzerna Power Finish with Uber Green Pad
    1Z einszett Glanz
    Adam's Super VRT
    Adam's Glass Cleaner
    Black Wow

    Engine
    Adam's All Purpose
    Adam's In and Out

    Interior
    Leather Master Strong Cleaner
    Leather Master Vital Conditioner
    Sonax Dashboard Cleaner

    Tools used
    Uber Wool Wash Mitt
    Uber No Name MF Towels
    Porter Cable 7424XP
    Flex PE14-2-150
    Uber Buffing Pads
    Defelsko Paint Meter
    Fenix TK11
    Brinkmann
    Kranzle Pressure Washer
    Cam Spray Foam Canon
    2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
    Uber Firehose Nozzle

    Interior was in great shape not much needed (afters)

    Cleaning with the new Uber Leather Brush
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    Afters
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    Engine

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    Adam's APC in action
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    Agitating to remove heavier dirt and grime
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    Rinse
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    Adam's In and Out Spray for that final touch
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    After
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    Exterior
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    Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
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    Adam's All Purpose Cleaner working on removing the dirt and grime from the tires
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    Wheels and Tires get brushed
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    Wash
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    Rinse
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    Iron Cut goes to work
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    3m adhesive remover was used to clean up various sap and tar (Derek spent about 1 hour removing all these from various places on the car)
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    The car appeared to be cleaned up but the clay bar picked up everything that the Iron Cut did not.
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    Sorry no pics of Power Finish in action.

    Afters
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    Permission for this write up given by the owner of the vehicle.

    Enjoy!
     
  2. Kaban

    Kaban Welcome to Detailing

    Nice Phil! The fellow ES owner must've been happy!
     
  3. M3ride.

    M3ride. Wax on..Wax off

    Nice job! That new uber leather brush looks nice. I like how it has a handle.
     
  4. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    we tried just about 30-40 different types of brushes and we had this one designed to what fit our needs. this should be in stock in maybe 1-2 weeks.
     
  5. M3ride.

    M3ride. Wax on..Wax off

    Sounds good. How does it compare to the Swissvax leather brush?
     
  6. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    its much better you can now handle the brush much easier and it won't hurt your hands.
     
  7. dave_zok

    dave_zok DB Forum Supporter

    OOO that leather brush does look nice. Look fowarded to its release.
     

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