Revisiting an E55/My test sealant

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Anthony O.

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Did this E55 some time ago and the owner bought some new wheels and tires for it so he called me out to clean her up a bit.



New wheels are fantastic, they really bring a new look to an already beautiful car. I started out with a wash, cleaning of the wheels and tires, wheel wells and lower panels. Had to remove some tar and gum from driver side lower panels.



Used my Cyclo with OCP and white pads as the paint was in decent shape, just some light marring. After I did the hood and the driver side fender I applied my "beta" sealant to the hood. This is the sealant that David from Optimum and I have been working on and I am pretty excited about it as it will be my formula which is uber-cool :clap:



We had some issues with previous beta samples but I think we may have taken care of those issues as I am not having any streaking problems with this sample. It's application is unique in that you just wipe it on and watch it evaporate. There is no residue to wipe away. Slickness is at this time absent and that's what we need to work on next but the durability of it is just insane.



After the sealant application I polished the wheels, door jams, polished the exhaust pipes and did the windows. Detailed the trunk area, wiped out the engine bay, vacuumed the interior, cleaned the seats, dash, door panels and dressed the leather and then polished the interior faux wood.



Here are a few pictures, only AFTER shots.



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I'll be doing a few more cars with this sealant in the coming days. Ron and I hope to use it on a black car to see if the streaking issues are truely resolved.



Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone :grinno:
 
The new sealant sounds very interesting. It would be quite an enhancement to not have to wait for a sealant to dry or spend time removing it. Please keep us informed of the progress.
 
The car looks awesome! I like the AMG badge on the hood, makes it more authentic looking. The wheels look really good with the matching paint. When I read this thread title, I pictured a silver e55 with BBS LM wheels. :drool: But this one will do. :grinno:
 
Those are the SL/S/CL-65 wheels. Gorgeous!





Nice work, Anthony! I think the look of this "beta" sealant is excellent, very wet. It reminds me of an FK product I use. The application sounds to be very simple and definately a time saver. I am interested in hearing more.
 
I don't know about everyone else, but I would LOVE a sealant that took away the last buffing step.



Car looks excellent.
 
Thank you all very much for the feedback. I believe that not all positive feedback be always "positive" so I appreciate constructive criticism :grinno:





GSRstilez said:
Those are the SL/S/CL-65 wheels. Gorgeous!





Nice work, Anthony! I think the look of this "beta" sealant is excellent, very wet. It reminds me of an FK product I use. The application sounds to be very simple and definately a time saver. I am interested in hearing more.
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It is a very cool sealant and when david and I started talking about doing this we didn't want a run-of-the-mill sealant. I wanted something that was unique and different and I believe we are on the right path with this formula.



Thanks Sean :)





96snake said:
Wow, saweet benz. Is this sealant in spray form as well?



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As of right now the beta samples are in 4oz squeeze bottles but my buddy Ron and I have a few ideas of how we would like this sealant to be dispensed. We'll have to wait and see how the final formula comes out before we go any further with that.





tumbler said:
nice work but the sealant needs more work imo.. doesn't pop that silver like UPP would..
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Thank you. I would agree with you, it needs some more tweaking. It gives the paint a nice look but a bit too much on the "sterile" side.



We are trying to give the sealant more slickness and more gloss but it all depends on how the added polymer for slickness effects the sealant. David has some unique polymers at his disposal so its just finding the right ones. I don't want anything added that will take away the simplicity of its application.



The owner of the E55 has some OCW so I told him to apply it over the sealant 24 hours later and I would come back maybe Sunday to take a look at it. If I go there I'll take some more pictures and compare the results.



Thanks again, and Happy Turkey Day!

Anthony
 
Porkanbeans said:
Did anyone else notice the carbon fiber front lip? That's pretty slick.
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Yea I think coupled with the new wheels and that carbon front lip it really lends to a very aggressive look for the E55.



Here is another picture of the front, too bad it came out so dark.



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Here are a few more pics....



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looks like you have a unique beta test to say the least. the finish is pretty good if you ask me. the fact that the sealant does not need to be wiped or buffed is a true time saver. please keep us posted on your progress. I must say that if you can perfect this product it will be something I would have to try, heck I would try it now if I could find it lol !
 
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