Faded & Oxidized !!!

[Clean Dean]

I spent the last 2 days on this 1983 Mecedes 300 Turbodiesel, and I was really pushed hard detailing this car in every aspect. The engine bay was a grease pit and the interior had a very bad incident of multiple cola cans exploding inside !!!

Here is the the faded and badly oxidized paint that took me in excess of 6 hours to correct. All steps done with a rotary buffer.

The first step was to completely compound the car with Meguiars Power Cleaner Compound and a Yellow wool pad.

Second step was Meguiars DACP with a Green Edge pad.

Third Step was Meguiars Swirl Free Polish and Blue Edge Pad.

Final seal with UPP and topped with Nattys.

Note: Second and third pic is after initial pass with PCC. This stuff really cuts well !!!

 

[Clean Dean]

A few last pics...

 

[Luv-N-It]

Class is in session and I'm taking notes!!! Great job. I hope you feel good about this one-you should! :bigups

 

[jaybs02]

Beautiful job on bringing that paint back to life :bigups
In the first picture I thought the color was brown.
Do you have any B/A shots on the interior. I'm interested on how you dealt with the cola situation.

I'm curious, is this a new owner? I can't believe that someone would have a car and let it get to that shape and suddenly want to have a full detail done on it.

Happy Holidays
"J"

 

[G35stilez]

Oyyy!

That is some turn around ...I'm sure it paid out nice at the end.

Great Work.

 

[91LSMAN]

WOW!! Looks like a different paint job!!

 

[mtodde]

It definitely looks like the car was repainted. That's gotta make you feel good!

 

[andriver]

Nice job CD! You brought that car back from the dead. Any interior pics?

 

[dalmore]

I'm telling you dean, you should do internships ....

 

[norahcrv]

:wow - what a transformation!! :bigups

 

[Clean Dean]

Thanks everyone !!! I detailed that car indoors, and degreased the engine in sub-freezing temps outside. You would not believe it. I detailed the car indoors and I take horrible indoor shots with my Sony U-30 . I just bought the Sony W1 and will be working on taking quality indoor shots with that camera. As soon as I wrestle the camera away from my wife !!! She loves the 2.5" LCD and the ease of use.

And to think I bought the camera specifically for my business !!!

Thanks again !!!

BTW... One good thing about the harsh indoor florescent lighting is that EVERY scratch and swirl sticks out like a sore thumb. When a car looks really good under these lights it looks flawless in natural sunlight !!!

 

[Hawaiianelement]

Great job. How's your back after all that buffing?? It would have taken me about 2 days to do all that work.

 

[Clean Dean]

My back is holding up well. But in the past couple of months my knees really sarted to take a beating. The skin on my right knee has exema and I finally decided to wear these all the time while buffing.