Clean Dean
Keep it clean !!!
Not one for spending a holiday detailing, but I fell behind last week, and needed to get this car in and this was my only window of opportunity.
Had my work cut out for me this morning. This all original paint 1983 Mercedes Benz 240 Diesel was looking a little tired, and the owner wanted gloss restored to the exterior, and the engine detailed as well as the interior. After washing and claying the single stage paint I got my forearms ready for a marathon buffing session. I have been using Hi-Temps 357 Magnum for quite some time with great results, so I ordered some Extreme Cut last week and was looking for a victim to try it out on.
Started cutting through the oxidation and wash scratches with a Schlegel yellow wool pad, and the single stage blue paint quickly saturated the yellow pad and had to keep raking the pad to keep it clean. It was evident that much of the vehicles top surfaces were etched from 25 years of usage, but the paint was starting to show some life again. Next I had to remove some serious buffing swirls.
I opted for Hi-Temps light cut compound to remove the buffer swirls and finished with 3M Ultrafina to level out the remaining light swirls. Sealed with Klasse SG. All exterior trim dressed with AM Dress-It-All and chrome polished with Mothers.
Engine detail:
APC diluted 50% pressure washing and cleaning with various brushes and acetone to remove cosmoline. Hit the aluminum with Mothers Aluminum polish.
Engine dressed with Stoners trim Shine (non-aerosal).
Interior:
Good old indestructible MB Tex !!! Interior was scrubbed with Meguiars APC diluted 10:1 and carpeting hit with my Mytee Tempo and a hot water solution. All nocks and crannys blow out with compressed air. All interior dressed with aerosol Trim Shine. Glass cleaned with Sprayaway. Wood trim lightly waxed with a non cleaner carnuba.
Not exactly a show car, and will never be a concours winner, but a little more than just an everyday daily driver. The owner was quite pleased with the results.
Had my work cut out for me this morning. This all original paint 1983 Mercedes Benz 240 Diesel was looking a little tired, and the owner wanted gloss restored to the exterior, and the engine detailed as well as the interior. After washing and claying the single stage paint I got my forearms ready for a marathon buffing session. I have been using Hi-Temps 357 Magnum for quite some time with great results, so I ordered some Extreme Cut last week and was looking for a victim to try it out on.
Started cutting through the oxidation and wash scratches with a Schlegel yellow wool pad, and the single stage blue paint quickly saturated the yellow pad and had to keep raking the pad to keep it clean. It was evident that much of the vehicles top surfaces were etched from 25 years of usage, but the paint was starting to show some life again. Next I had to remove some serious buffing swirls.
I opted for Hi-Temps light cut compound to remove the buffer swirls and finished with 3M Ultrafina to level out the remaining light swirls. Sealed with Klasse SG. All exterior trim dressed with AM Dress-It-All and chrome polished with Mothers.
Engine detail:
APC diluted 50% pressure washing and cleaning with various brushes and acetone to remove cosmoline. Hit the aluminum with Mothers Aluminum polish.
Engine dressed with Stoners trim Shine (non-aerosal).
Interior:
Good old indestructible MB Tex !!! Interior was scrubbed with Meguiars APC diluted 10:1 and carpeting hit with my Mytee Tempo and a hot water solution. All nocks and crannys blow out with compressed air. All interior dressed with aerosol Trim Shine. Glass cleaned with Sprayaway. Wood trim lightly waxed with a non cleaner carnuba.
Not exactly a show car, and will never be a concours winner, but a little more than just an everyday daily driver. The owner was quite pleased with the results.
