Today’s detail was an Exterior only on a 2002 Mercedes C32 AMG. Car roughly has 55k on it, some suspension and some engine modifications. It was time to modify the exterior! Pretty rough swirls, tons of contamination, etc. The brake dust was baked in on the wheels. Even though in the pics they look clean, up close you will see a bunch of black particles that won’t come out. 
This is the second detail with my new camera (Nikon D40x). I have gotten the hang of a few things better than the last outing, but some things I still messed up on. Some of my direct sun shots flared in a star pattern pretty bad, I think the aperture was set too high. Also, it seems when I have the lens at 18mm it’s a wide angle which I didn’t know before (my first SLR camera). That’s why some of the after pics the car looks a little “bulgy.� Other shots I zoomed around 35mm which made it look back to normal.
This detail also marked the first time using SIP (Menzerna Super Intensive Polish). Let me say this, WHERE HAS THIS POLISH BEEN ALL MY LIFE!!! As some have already reviewed. The polish kicks some serious butt, cuts more then IP, less dusting, and way better finish left!!!! I actually ordered it from detailersdomain.com a week ago or so but never tried it out yet. I was going to order the P-something-85 106FF finishes down fine enough for me.
Process:
Wheels cleaned with Meg’s Wheel Brightener 2:1 x2.
Car washed and clayed.
Top surfaces – EC with foamed wool pad @ 1800rpms.
Whole car received Super Intensive Polish with orange cut pad @ 1800rpms.
Whole car received Menzerna 106FF with blue finesse pad @ 1500 rpms.
Car re-washed.
LSP = Souveran
Tires dressed with Mothers FX tire shine.
Glass cleaned with Sprayaway.
PICS!!
Before Wash:
Hood:
Front bumper with a lovely cemetery:
Embedded Brake Dust:
Another Hood Before
These are the pics that “starred� on me
Left side un-polished, right side polished:
Hood All Polished After:
Hood All Polished After:
Trunk under halogens before:
Trunk Half polished: (Kind of bad picture, but look hard enough and you can see the tape line)
Trunk Before Under the Sun:
Trunk After Under the Sun:
Passenger Quarter Before:
Passenger Quarter Before Close-up:
Passenger Quarter After:
Passenger Rear Door before:
Passenger Rear Door Half Close up half done:
Passenger Front Door Polished, Fender Unpolished:
This is the second detail with my new camera (Nikon D40x). I have gotten the hang of a few things better than the last outing, but some things I still messed up on. Some of my direct sun shots flared in a star pattern pretty bad, I think the aperture was set too high. Also, it seems when I have the lens at 18mm it’s a wide angle which I didn’t know before (my first SLR camera). That’s why some of the after pics the car looks a little “bulgy.� Other shots I zoomed around 35mm which made it look back to normal.
This detail also marked the first time using SIP (Menzerna Super Intensive Polish). Let me say this, WHERE HAS THIS POLISH BEEN ALL MY LIFE!!! As some have already reviewed. The polish kicks some serious butt, cuts more then IP, less dusting, and way better finish left!!!! I actually ordered it from detailersdomain.com a week ago or so but never tried it out yet. I was going to order the P-something-85 106FF finishes down fine enough for me.
Process:
Wheels cleaned with Meg’s Wheel Brightener 2:1 x2.
Car washed and clayed.
Top surfaces – EC with foamed wool pad @ 1800rpms.
Whole car received Super Intensive Polish with orange cut pad @ 1800rpms.
Whole car received Menzerna 106FF with blue finesse pad @ 1500 rpms.
Car re-washed.
LSP = Souveran
Tires dressed with Mothers FX tire shine.
Glass cleaned with Sprayaway.
PICS!!
Before Wash:
Hood:
Front bumper with a lovely cemetery:
Embedded Brake Dust:
Another Hood Before
These are the pics that “starred� on me
Left side un-polished, right side polished:
Hood All Polished After:
Hood All Polished After:
Trunk under halogens before:
Trunk Half polished: (Kind of bad picture, but look hard enough and you can see the tape line)
Trunk Before Under the Sun:
Trunk After Under the Sun:
Passenger Quarter Before:
Passenger Quarter Before Close-up:
Passenger Quarter After:
Passenger Rear Door before:
Passenger Rear Door Half Close up half done:
Passenger Front Door Polished, Fender Unpolished:
