Mercedes Benz W202 in Smaraged black, s17one step

This smaragd black c230 belongs to a friend of mine, and he just had some panels resprayed. The bodyshop decided to give him a bonus by compounding the whole car after the painting process is carried out. So my mate came to me and ask me to fix the swirl marks induced by the bodyshop’s cleaning process throughout the car. Due to some constraints (time and cost), he can only have a one step correction done to the car and it has to be done in one day.
So my plan of attack was to utilize my go to one stepper which is the Scholl S17, and try to do the best I can in improving the Merc’s paint.
Here is the list of the things used
For cleaning I use
Megs soft wash shampoo
Megs APC+ with various dilutions
Multiple brushes
For paint correction (this one is an exterior only job)
Scholl S17
Based on a discussion that I had some very kind members of the forum (Ken/911Fanatic, Porta, Tomas) these were the assortment of pads that I tried on the car
Uber yellow
LC CCS white
LC CCS green
LC CCS grey
The machine I used was DeWalt 849

After some testing I decided that I’d approach the level of correction that we want using multiple passes of S17 on LC white as the pad gave a nice balance between cut and finishing , and this was supposed to be a “one step job”.
Here are the pics, I try to give viewers as much information as possible from the pics, but I am terribly sorry that at the time this work was carried , I only had a Sony pocket digital camera and a 150 watts halogen that I held with my hands (no tripod) , so I tried using the flash of the camera to show some more description on how the paint look like.

Bonnet
Some before pics of the bonnet




Some pics of the bonnet after a few passes with S17 on LC whites













Passenger side front wing


Turned out I forgot to take the After pics for this panel, sorry guys
Passenger side door
And this one was only Afters



Passenger side rear door
after



Passenger side rear wing






C pillars


after


bootlid






Driver’s side rear wing






Driver’s side rear door












Some 50-50 I managed to get of the area






Driver’s door



Some reflection shots, all of these were still without any lsp






Grille needing some touch up
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And some finished shots, these were after a coat of Blackfire Wet Diamond; the other car is another w202 I did the Thursday before , another one stepper (s17+LCWhite) topped with BFWD
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Last but not least I would like to thank the members of this forum for their tireless help in giving me directions on how to best work with the tools and materials that I have.
Without these people, I wouldn’t have been able to learn how to use them properly.
In random order, these generous people are
Ken / 911Fanatic (thanks for the late night PMs , mate, you’re the man!)
Tomas and Porta for their replies to my questions posted on this forum and especially for Porta, for posting his work a white Lexus in which he used S17 for correction.
And also for Carn , I learned a lot from your posts in which you use s17, for example the BMW335i post, an amazing one step correction done with only s17.
I’d also like to thank other members who uses Scholl products from whose posts I have also learned from (FMINUS, JLs, etc)
Jimmy and David from Indonesia, big thanks for sourcing the tools and products for me. Jimmy, Please don’t get bored with me knocking on your door late at nights and forcing you to talk about all things detailing til early morning 
Thank you for viewing this long post
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I can't see any pictures, looks like only links.

 

sorry i think i must've clicked the wrong buttons on the links, will fix this soon

 

workin on it mate

 

testing

 

Bonnet
Some before pics of the bonnet

 

guys, initially i made a mistake by pasting the wrong link, and then i copied each image's url in the post, but it seem to only work when i post only one pic, when there are more than one, it seems to only show the links.
anybody can help this nubie? thanks

 

I don't think there should be a space between the and your link. So, it should look like this:

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Give that a shot.

 

thanks rcrew, i think its fixed now, can u guys see it?

 

Yeah I can see them, great job man, car looks sharp!

 

thanks Chas!

 

looks great!

 

Nice work! How many Brabus bits on that Mercedes?

 

Very nice work! I'm an avid fan of the 202's.

 

very nice job Bob! Car looks fantastic!

 

@P1et : Thank you, without the resources and people I met at this forum that wouldnt have been possible. this car was actually the first car where I did a one stepper with s17. Previously I had to always follow up any hits i did with s17 with further refining using s40 on light polishing / finishing pad. But, thanks to the admirable inputs from fellow forum members I am now able to achieve the correction posted in this post by only using s17. I realize it is by no means perfect, but for fellow members here using the same product, here is the technique i used, in the hot and humid tropical climate of Indonesia:

1. spread the product by a couple of passes at the lowest speed setting (on my dewalt its 1000 rpm) pay attention to the pressure and arm speed since you do not want to have the polish dry out on you too quickly.
2. work the polish at 1400 rpm, again paying close attention to the state of the s17's lubrication, monitor arm speed and pressure as needed as to avoid the polish drying before it is properly broken down.
3. when you see that the polish is lookin like its almost clear (doesnt take too long for this to happen), lower your RPM back to the lowest setting, reduce pressure, to finish down the paint. (if u're living in a climate like where i live,you might only get like 2 or 3 slow passes at this stage before it dries up).

that's how I did it, any inputs or critique is always welcome

ps: the car has Brabus Monoblock 3 in black edition, some Brabus badges and a grille, eibach springs, that's it, unfortunately the engine is still stock so far. But today, I'm meeting up with another friend of mine who has a fully Brabus Tuned 202 with Brabus kompressor engine, Monoblock 6 19 inchers, Brabus big brake kits, and a full Brabus interior treatment. Luckily, this guy is a detailing fan too. I'll post some pics of his car, if he uses the Brabus today.


@Rfinkle2 and SoCalBrian : Thanks for viewing ,mateys

@Steggs : always nice to meet fellow 202 fans

 

@steggs: have you got any pics of you or your mates' 202s? Would love to see some

 

I'll shoot you a pic later today. I have a 2000 C280 Sport. Best car I've ever owned.

 

Nicely Done Bro... Great technique your showing,