1999 Mercedes ML430, I wash this one every other Monday. It was last polished and waxed with Collinite 845 in mid October if I remember right. Paint still looked decent but slickness was mostly gone and the beading was larger than I like. 6 months for a carnauba, I`m not complaining! Anyway, I just hit it with Optimum Car Wax because of this:
There are a couple more areas that need some bodywork, but it may be a couple months before they put in the shop. Still needs protection but any polishing (maybe a light glaze at this point) is probably a waste.
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1991 Porsche 928 GT. 3rd owner, car was repainted about 5 years ago (a couple years before the current owner bought it). He has a Porter Cable 7424 with some odd looking fuzzy pad, looks like a wool wash mitt. No other pads so he wasn`t getting the results he wanted. The paint was remarkably orange peel free, too bad I couldn`t say the same about the swirls. There were also some really dull areas on part of the hood and the front right fender-should be obvious in the pics.
Before:
After an Optimum No Rinse Wash and dressing the tires and fenderwells:
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