Defining Details: Black 2008 Mercedes Benz C350

[DefiningDetails]

Auto car wash special: 2008 Benz C350. Beautiful car, abused like clockwork every Friday at the local Autospa drive-through car wash. For a car less than a year old, it was in pretty rough shape:



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Test spot using Optimum Polish II / white. No go. OPII/orange. No go. Stepped up to M105 on white and after 2 passes we were good to go. After the first coupe panels, I went to M105 / orange and managed to cut my working time in half and finished the compounding with that combo.



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Once compounding was complete, I finished out with M205 / white. Left almost a flawless finish. I had a VERY tight schedule to get this car done, so I ended up doing a lot of the finishing out over night with no sun to inspect for light hologramming. Everything looked great in LED and Halogens and I was praying to the detailing gods that the sun would treat me well in the AM!



This was one of those details that just `goes right`. No curveballs, no issues, just a great car to work on. All finished up with a layer of EZ Creme glaze and CG Butter wax.



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Thanks for reading!

[BostonBull]

What a great turnaround! Was this an exterior only?

[Got Wax]

Man, that car was beat to cr@p!!! Nice work on bringing it back to life!!!



Andy

[PresdntialDtail]

Great job, I just completed the same detail but on a white one. Had the same car wash damaged, but the owner admitted he only ran it through twice and it still did that much damage!

[MrCLRider]

Holy Crap!! What a shame that benz even got to that point, excellent results!!

[DefiningDetails]

Great job, I just completed the same detail but on a white one. Had the same car wash damaged, but the owner admitted he only ran it through twice and it still did that much damage!



Thanks man! I remember reading about yours, and asking about your storage unit.



While the owner of this car cherishes the thing, he had zero clue about proper maintenance. I`ve informed him of the new wonders of `Touchless` car washes LOL. I actually closed the client on a monthly maintenance package, so I will be able to see how long it takes him to hack it back up again...

[SpoiledMan]

Nice work! What kind of machine did you use?

[DefiningDetails]

PC with 4" pads for compounding, 6.5" for finishing (with 4" in tight spaces).

[SpoiledMan]

Thank you sir!

[LVIIR]

Nice work!

[DefiningDetails]

Thanks guys

[Tru_Shine]

I love seeing threads like this. good job