What we have here is a 2002 Mercury Marauder dressed in Black with 75k miles and something a little special under the hood.... Goal for this car was well, perfect, or at least as close as we can get it. Overall the paint was in poor condition, it had lots and lots of water etching, on the glass also, but very few RIDS. At the end of 34hrs of detailing over a few weeks we got damn near there... Car is a solid 95% corrected and the depth of the black and wetness of the finish is great. Car looks fantastic sitting still Please enjoy and thanks in advance for any feedback! Materials Flex 3401VG Porter Cable Bench Polisher Uber 6" Orange Uber 6" Green Uber 5" Orange Uber 5" Green Uber 5" Black Uber 3" Green Uber 3" Blue Menzerna FG400 Menzerna PF2500 Menzerna SF4000 Prima Amigo Menzerna Powerlock Mequiers NXT 2.0 Spray Away Glass cleaner Chemical Guys Citrus Wash Adams Car wash Sonax Wheel Cleaner Westly Bleach white Metal Polish 50/50 Alcohol Wipe down Chemical Guys applicator pads Various MF Towels Various Wheel brushes Various interior brushes Blue painters tape Qtips Process: Exterior (body) Citrus wash, dry, clay bar, 1 Pass FG400 on Orange for Hood, Roof, and Decklid and Glass, 1 pass PF2500 Uber Orange (spot work as needed, hood, roof, decklid), 1 Pass SF4000 Uber Green, Adams Wash, MF towel dry, 1 Pass Amgio on Uber Black, , Alcohol wipedown, Power lock on Uber black 45min set time, Topped with NXT Wheels Sonax wheel cleaner, Weslty bleach white, citrus wash, SF4000 on Orange and Green pads, Mequiers NXT 2.0, tires dressed with CG Xtreme shine Exhaust Citrus wash and polished ENOUGH OF THAT! What lurks under that hood... At Delivery.... Under the lights,,, Eeekkk.... After a bit of work, checking the progress... Ready for refinement of the finish, but still looking stellar... And we continue... You see it, then you almost don't... Not bad, not bad... Glass was etched bad... Gave them a good polish to get them looking far far better... Wheels need some love too. Brightened right up after a bit of SF4000 love... Compound was dusty and oils wanted to stick to car, so we gave it a quick bath... Getting final checks before stepping out into the light. Looking SHARP! Remember this spot? How about this one? Stepping out... Fantastic!
