View Full Version : first mercedes black....love it
Envious Eric
01-28-2007, 08:39 PM
mercedes E350...loved this detail, probably one of my better ones, and most rewarding...
process:
wash
megs blue clay - really bad on horizontals, but nothing on the vertical panels...
megs 83 on a orange LC pad
megs 80 on a white LC pad
sealed with megs 21
interior cleaned solely with megs APC+
interior protected with OPP
glass with megs glass cleaner detailer line 10:1 - i have grown fond of this stuff, smells good too
pics
befores....swirls and a few scratches here and there
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture698.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture700.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture697.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture702.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture701.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture714.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture711.jpg
Envious Eric
01-28-2007, 08:42 PM
and some afters.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture712.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture715.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture707.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture708.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture718.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture720.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture719.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture717.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture716.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/toyotaguy/Picture704.jpg
Envious Eric
01-28-2007, 08:45 PM
I was stoked on the outsome, and I am picky! The owner, well, she just wanted it cleaned up....and she wasnt there when I finished...she paid and left me about 30 minutes from finish time...never commented on the job....I hate that!!! The only thing they said was, "thats a lot of work and takes a long time huh?"...I wanted to say "yeah, that is why I get to charge what I do, if not more!!!" but I held my tongue...lol, they werent the humor type I could tell...but they did buy me lunch today...mmmm DEL TACO!!!
Scottwax
01-28-2007, 08:54 PM
Really deep and wet finish in the after shots, excellent interior work too. :)
DetailsByDennis
01-28-2007, 09:00 PM
nice job overall, the interior looked like it had a few stains ;)
Envious Eric
01-28-2007, 09:22 PM
if you are saying the interior looks dirty still, its just those cheap plastic floor mat cover things...they were hideous....I told her to take them out when she shows it (selling it) off to people....the mats under came out clean, as well as the carpets...
Charisma
01-28-2007, 10:22 PM
Rewarding... Yeah, that`s the least you could say! That`s why I love doing this, it`s so rewarding seeing what you can do with a cars paint and interior.
backwoods_lex
01-29-2007, 10:06 AM
Very clean. That`s what a mercedes should look like. Nice work!
imported_JoshVette
01-29-2007, 11:21 AM
Nice job.
I have a few Benz`s lined up as well for my first time....... did you find the clearcoat to be a bit hard on that Benz?? I`ve heard they`re hard.
RUSSH
01-29-2007, 11:30 AM
Great job on that car. It looks like an E430 to me though ;)
Hey Josh, I detailed a 2000 CL500 about a month ago that had some minimal spider webbing and haze. I found the clear to be pretty soft on that car as they came right out with a medium cut and white pad. I think the newer clears might be a little harder, I`m just not sure what year they changed the clear. :D
xtahoex
01-29-2007, 11:43 AM
That E430 Looks great. Good work!!
sixty7mustang22
01-29-2007, 11:54 AM
...did you find the clearcoat to be a bit hard on that Benz?? I`ve heard they`re hard.
The last car I worked on was a Mercedes and the clear was pretty hard. I had a heck of a time chooseing the right polish that would take the swirls out. I had to step up to a pretty agressive polish to get them totally out.
Very nice work on the Mercedes. You definitely made the interior look good again and the exterior is amazing.:wow:
imported_MP525i
01-29-2007, 12:53 PM
great work!
mercedes black is very nice when it`s all clean.
-mike
Nuke33
01-29-2007, 01:05 PM
Looks awesome!
imported_JoshVette
01-29-2007, 02:05 PM
Great job on that car. It looks like an E430 to me though ;)
Hey Josh, I detailed a 2000 CL500 about a month ago that had some minimal spider webbing and haze. I found the clear to be pretty soft on that car as they came right out with a medium cut and white pad. I think the newer clears might be a little harder, I`m just not sure what year they changed the clear. :D
I think they changed over to the ceramic clear in 2005. I have a few 03`s lined up and was wondering even if not ceramic clear how hard they are?
Thanks.:bigups