ScheerSpeed
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This car was purchased just a few months ago from someone who lived up in new york. And up in the north, cars are subject to a lot more abuse from road salt, snow, ice, etc. The S430 had some very deep rids and swirls covering the entire car. in addition to that, this car has the rock-hard Mercedez Ceramic clear coat.
Nevertheless, i was able to clean up the paint to 99% perfection, using a combination of Meguiar's M105 and Menzerna polishes. On average it took 5-6 passes of M105 on a wool pad to remove the defects in the paint.
This car was only booked for an exterior job, thus the engine bay and interior were not touched.
Enjoy!
Cleaning
Exterior
-Wash
-1Z Anti Insekt
-CG CWC
-Meg's mitt
-P21s TAW
-Wheels
-CG CWC
-Meg's Wheel Brightener
-P21s TAW
-EZ detail brush
-Swissvax wheel brush
-OXO tire scrubber
-ARO
-Wheel Wells
-P21s TAW
-Meg's APC+
-Meg's Super Degreaser
-DD wheel well brush
Clay
-Special yellow poly clay
-ONR lube
Polishing
-Exterior paint
-Meg's M105 via Black TufBuf wool / LC PFW pads (5-6 passes)
-Menzerna SIP via Orange über pad (2 passes)
-Menzerna PO85RD via blue über pad
-Makita 9227C
-3M Yellow Foam Backing Plate
-1000w halogen lights
-BMW LED flashlight (Someone stole my brinkmann!
)
-ISA 50/50 wipedown
-DD über MF towels
-Racatac
LSP
-Paint
-Collinite Insulator Wax
-Swissvax Mystery
-Optimum QD
-CG 530XL MF towels
-DD Fluffy green "no name" towels
-Wheels
-Swissvax Cleaner Fluid
-Swissvax Autobahn
-Optimum QD
-CG Barebones (wheel wells)
-Swissvax Pneu
Glass
-Adam's Glass Cleaner
Before:
Here you can see just how oxidized and scratched up the paint was on this car. at first i told the owner then it should take no more than three days... boy was i wrong...
After taking the before shots, i drove the car into my garage and prepared all the necessary things for the three-bucket wash. (two for paint, one for wheels)
After washing and claying the entire car, i realized that the imperfections in the paint were a lot worse than i had previously expected. sorry, no brinkmann shots this time around... i think someone stole it from my garage, i couldn't find it anywhere...
Nevertheless, i was able to clean up the paint to 99% perfection, using a combination of Meguiar's M105 and Menzerna polishes. On average it took 5-6 passes of M105 on a wool pad to remove the defects in the paint.
This car was only booked for an exterior job, thus the engine bay and interior were not touched.
Enjoy!
Cleaning
Exterior
-Wash
-1Z Anti Insekt
-CG CWC
-Meg's mitt
-P21s TAW
-Wheels
-CG CWC
-Meg's Wheel Brightener
-P21s TAW
-EZ detail brush
-Swissvax wheel brush
-OXO tire scrubber
-ARO
-Wheel Wells
-P21s TAW
-Meg's APC+
-Meg's Super Degreaser
-DD wheel well brush
Clay
-Special yellow poly clay
-ONR lube
Polishing
-Exterior paint
-Meg's M105 via Black TufBuf wool / LC PFW pads (5-6 passes)
-Menzerna SIP via Orange über pad (2 passes)
-Menzerna PO85RD via blue über pad
-Makita 9227C
-3M Yellow Foam Backing Plate
-1000w halogen lights
-BMW LED flashlight (Someone stole my brinkmann!
)-ISA 50/50 wipedown
-DD über MF towels
-Racatac
LSP
-Paint
-Collinite Insulator Wax
-Swissvax Mystery
-Optimum QD
-CG 530XL MF towels
-DD Fluffy green "no name" towels
-Wheels
-Swissvax Cleaner Fluid
-Swissvax Autobahn
-Optimum QD
-CG Barebones (wheel wells)
-Swissvax Pneu
Glass
-Adam's Glass Cleaner
Before:
Here you can see just how oxidized and scratched up the paint was on this car. at first i told the owner then it should take no more than three days... boy was i wrong...
After taking the before shots, i drove the car into my garage and prepared all the necessary things for the three-bucket wash. (two for paint, one for wheels)
After washing and claying the entire car, i realized that the imperfections in the paint were a lot worse than i had previously expected. sorry, no brinkmann shots this time around... i think someone stole it from my garage, i couldn't find it anywhere...
