I have been working my butt off to restart my detailing business since moving from Connecticut to Socal and have found it has been a bit of a challenge especially after enjoying such a loyal clientele base back North. The owner of this very nice ML500 requested a full interior and a full exterior minus any correction but placed a very strong emphasis on the interior... and I could see why after inspecting the car. I spent 4 hours on the interior because there was a couple inches of food under the back seats as well as melted chocolate and tootsie rolls. Good thing I just bought gloves! She has a few small kids and the previous detailer never got under the seats so it accumulated after a while. I then tackled the exterior which, in all fairness, was actually in good shape: some bugs on the front and the typical brake dust on the rims but I think it turned out well. Products+Process: Exterior -ONR wash -Dried with my new Showroom FX WW, it dried the whole exterior and could have gone further -OPC 3:1 on the wheels and front bumper (bugs) -Automagic clay, CG Luber on glass and paint -CG EZ-creme glaze by hand, really brought the flake out and set a base for the LSP -Collinite 845 applied -Opti-bond on the tires and exterior plastics -Exhausts done with 0000 steel wool and Mother's Chrome polish Interior: -Thorough vacuum with the Shop-vac and various attachments -Folex wipedown on the carpets -OPC 3:1 on all the nasty spills and gunk all over the seats and door cards -AG Fast Glass on interior windows -303 on all the plastics and vinyl Onto the befores. I am kicking myself for failing to take a picture of what I found under the seats, but the rest of the interior was not too bad as was the exterior. A treasure trail of popcorn leading me to the real gold: Again, most of the car really wasn't too bad which is a credit to the owner: I did my best to make sure that I did not overlook anything and to do a bit extra in the process since the area I live in is made up of close knit friends, therefore word of mouth is crucial. Onto the afters: The prep work and LSP really brought the flake out nicely: The area under the seats turned out great in the end: I got most of the melted candy out of the carpet and removed what seemed like a pound of chips, crackers, and other wrapped candy. I always like to end with the car's emblem. Thanks for reading, I am all ears for any comments or critque!
Thanks Doc! I was definately happy with how it turned out, for some reason that carpet was hard to get all the sand and dirt out of but in the end it did thankfully. Thanks for the kind words! Definately a nice way to get your morning started especially when it turns out well. I live on an Island community where most people are members or participants in various clubs and organizations like the Yacht Club, Sailing Club, the Women's Association and the Men's Association which the owner of this car is active in pretty much all. This area seems to have many longtime residents so everyone knows everyone and I believe that once someone tries my services, they will be so happy that they will spread the word. At least that is what I have my fingers crossed for! Thanks for the nice comment! It is a great area without a doubt, I have really enjoyed living here so far because everything is so convenient and, of course, the weather is unbelievable. I am an outdoorsy person so having the ability to cycle and play tennis everyday without even thinking about rain or snow is great. It's not bad having the beach 5 minutes walk away either.
Thanks, I appreciate your nice comment! I agree; both are super easy to work with and look good on every color I have used them on so far. The beading they produce is amazing which is important to me because I am a beading fanatic.
