'94 MB E220 Boat

Mad iX

Mad iX

No detail for you!!!
Handles like a boat.

Goes like a boat.

Even stops like a boat. :eek:



Anyway, 2-day detail. Interior saturday, exterior sunday.

Here's a couple of pics of it after I brought it back on Friday night.

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Paint was full of dirt but not too rough (not driven much), still showing signs of protection. Plenty of swirls (no pics as camera didn't catch them) and scuffs. Bit hazy on the bootlid and rear panels.



Process on interior:



Take out mats (all 11 of them!)



Vacuum and scrub with Simple Green 10:1

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EO Leather care to scrub seats and leather trim x 2

Let dry and buff off

Apply Pinnacle Leather conditioner, let dry and buff off

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Clean trim with Simple Green 20:1

Dress vinyl/plastics with 303

FK1 #425 on wood trim



Process on exterior:



Optimum Polish w/ Polishing Pad

Poorboys Polish

UPP Spray - looks like UPP but lacking slickness I thought so I decided to go with the next step

UPP spit shined with UPPS

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Poorboys BnB on tyres, Stoner Trim Shine on wheel wells

Optimum Compound and UPPS on battered windshield

UPPS on headlights and tail lights



Quickly became painfully obvious how much work the seats needed. Spent 1.5 hours on leather alone. Finished up a noticeable lighter shade of beige.

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Tree sap stain was rubbed out with 2000 grit wet sandpaper.

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Scuff mark on rear bumper before and after and what I used all over the car for spot buffing:

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This actually gave a nice swirl and defect-free finish.
 
After polishing and UPPS:

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Interior after. UPPS on door jams.

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Poorboys BnB after being left to dry. Not the wettest tyre dressing if you like that sort of thing, but being water-based was very easy to apply and no oily residue.

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Final shots:

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Guess where the paint was wetsanded ...

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Great work!! You used that little drill on the whole car? No wonder it took 2 days. You must own a lot of batteries too. :chuckle:
 
I am of the same verb as Mikeyc. You did the whole car with that buffer? You are one determined fellow. Good work on the interior. Nice job on the bumper. One can only do so much when the paint is gone. You really put effort into this detail!



I commend you for it.
 
Mikeyc said:
Great work!! You used that little drill on the whole car? No wonder it took 2 days. You must own a lot of batteries too. :chuckle:
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I did actually try it on a 3" x 3" area of the hood and managed to get a defect-free finish but I'd be nuts to use that over the entire car (see below). I split this up into 2 days because I had the car from friday night to monday morning anyway.

Mad iX said:
Scuff mark on rear bumper before and after and what I used all over the car for spot buffing
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The rest of the car got OCC and then OCP via DA.
 
Despite it's name, it is made for hand application.

It's not even as abrasive as ScratchX, but does have a lot of cleaning power and no fillers.

Leaves the surface squeaky clean.
 
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