Anbuzero Detailed: 04 Mercedes Benz C240-130 pics!

[anbuzero]

Recent car i did a full detail on. Heres my aunt's daily driver. This car had a good amount of contamination on the paint and it was heavily swirled from being taken to the car wash regularly. The interior was in good shape. Probably the best I've seen in a while lol I used Menzerna SIP and Orange Pads and was surprised to find it finished down LSP ready with one pass of my PC at 5. A yellow pad and Menz SIP was used on some areas. Theres about 130 pictures so if you have slow internet take a coffee/beer break. Whole job took 28 hours over the course of 3 days.


Wash:
Gilmour Foam Gun
CG Maxi Suds
Megs #62
Sheepskin Wash Mitt
Two Bucket Method
WW MF Drying Towel
Larger MF Drying Towel


Clayed:
Clay Magic Fine Grade Clay Bar
CG Synthetic Quick Detailer

Paint Correction:
PC 7424 XP
LC Orange Pad
LC Yellow Pad
IPA

Trim:
P21S Finish Restorer
Black Wow

Glass:
CG Window Clean
Rain X

Wheels:
EO A2Z All Wheel and Tire Cleaner
Wheel Brush
EZ Detail Brush
CG Silk and Shine

Engine:
CG Grime Reaper
Brush
Black Wow

Interior:
Shark Steamer
Vac
MF Towels
CG Silk and Shine
CG's Fabric Clean (carpet)
Adam's Fabric Clean (headliner)
PB's Natural Look (for the leather)
Dodo Juice Rainforest Rub (on wood panels)

Exterior:
PB's S&G

LSP:
CG's M-Seal

Tools:
Costco MF towels
DD Uber MF Towels (Buffing)
Sony Cyber Shot 7.2mp
Rolling Knee Thing
Goggles/Protective Eyewear (you'll see why later)
Nitrile Gloves
A toothpick (such a golden tool {thumbup})

Pictures:

















The flash made it look really dirty

No flash







Not sure if everyone can see this, but if you have a laptop and you tilt your screen you'll see the grime on the trunk in this pic

So as you can see in the picture above the tires and wheels were bad. I decided I needed to use heavy stuff so I brought out the EO A2Z Tire and Wheel Cleaner. Now I sprayed them down pretty well and the brake residue and grime dripped right off. Heres where I HIGHY SUGGEST USING GOGGLES AND GLOVES. While rinsing the wheels off the stream of water caught a part of the wheel and shot some wheel cleaner into my right eye. I was not a happy camper. My eye burned right away and I quickly began to rise my eye out. I literally took the hose to my eye :shakehead: and kept rinsing my eye for about 20 mins. After this my eye still didnt feel good so i went inside and hit the shower and let the water hit my eye for a good 5 mins straight. Probably the scariest moment of my detailing career to date and hopefully the worse it will get. My eye felt better but it was highly irritated. I stupidly forgot I didnt have my goggles on and this is what happened. So todays lesson WEAR EYE PROTECTION

[anbuzero]

This item in the picture below I found at Harbor Freight for around $20. It was a lifesaver on my back and body when it came to polishing, claying, and interior. I would love Racatac but i rather not spend $200 on it when i have this cheap solution.













Like i said before the interior was not bad at all.


Before Clay:

After Clay:

Before:

After:

Car completely clayed





Also picked this up at Harbor Freight while i was there, I think I paid around $50. All steel with rubber wheels and it has 3 shelves. I put some protective foam on the edges to avoid any scratches on the car. This was also a huge lifesaver and time saver. I would load it up with the necessary products for the job at the time, (Wash, Claying, Polishing, Wax). This was a bargain compared to the Rubbermaid one which is like $100+

Polishing the trunk:

A lot of swirls from the car wash {thumbdwn}

Healthy reading on the paint of the car all over the place. Readings were between 4.5 and 5.5

[anbuzero]

After one pass of SIP via orange pad


Great clarity after the one pass, Left side uncorrected, right corrected:

Close up of before polishing one spot

After:


More swirls all over the place and a few RIDS


Taped up and prepped for surgery


Hood correction:


After:




Door Pillar (im drawing a blank for the correct term)
Before:



After:

Interior shots




Dont know if this is considered meticulous or crazy :shrug:

[BigAl3]

nice job i know what you mean about wearing eye protection, when using something like the ez-brush/megs spoke brush, the wheel cleaner likes to fling in my face sometimes . how are you liking the new PC7424XP?

[anbuzero]

Leather Cleaner and Conditioner


Dodo Juice Rainforest Rub used on all wood panels

The difference between untreated leather and treated:

Carpets:
Before:



After:



Even more intense swirls and water spot etching compliments of your local "scratch and shine"



Delirious while polishing at 5am




Emblem before:

Emblem after P21S Finish Restorer

Trunk Jamb

[anbuzero]

Afters:









A little bit of dust got on here before the picture :sorry:


Some parts were faded and could not be fixed without dying the plastic

Steering wheel doesn't hide the cars age or use. :/


Had the hood up and saw an opportunity for a nice reflection shot


Hope you enjoyed it. As always any and all comments/suggestions are welcome.

[Imatk]

How dare you allow some dust in that console picture!!

Hehe, just kiddn bro nice work.

I hope your aunt either paid you well or at least took you to dinner because DAMN that looked like a lot of work.

Great job

[anbuzero]

Originally Posted by Imatk

How dare you allow some dust in that console picture!!

Hehe, just kiddn bro nice work.

I hope your aunt either paid you well or at least took you to dinner because DAMN that looked like a lot of work.

Great job

thanks and yes i was paid pretty well for this

[Mark77]

Looks great now, I never wear any protection when using wheel cleaners, I think I will now

[ReLoaDeD BuLLiT]

Absolutely amazing. Extreme attention to detail. I like.

you were able to get that much correction with a portercable? I just ordered a flex rotary. Looking forward to it. My harbor freight polisher was a piece.

how do you like those 4 inch pads vs the 7inch?

[anbuzero]

Originally Posted by ReLoaDeD BuLLiT

Absolutely amazing. Extreme attention to detail. I like.

you were able to get that much correction with a portercable? I just ordered a flex rotary. Looking forward to it. My harbor freight polisher was a piece.

how do you like those 4 inch pads vs the 7inch?

and yes with the PC I was surprised to get that much correction but i consider it a lucky combo of the SIP and the Orange pads. I also went very slow and took my time on each pass making sure the polish broke down nicely. Im looking to get a rotary to cut down on time and save the PC for when the rotary overheats and when there's skeptical paint levels on an area.

[anbuzero]

Originally Posted by BigAl3

nice job i know what you mean about wearing eye protection, when using something like the ez-brush/megs spoke brush, the wheel cleaner likes to fling in my face sometimes . how are you liking the new PC7424XP?

woops didnt see ur post there. Im loving the new PC XP its light and sturdy so you can even hold it with one hand if you have enough forearm strength. Over all great machine for a new detailer.