Vanity Detailing - 2002 Mercedes-Benz E55 AMG

[VanityDetailing]

Process:

Wash with Meguiar's NXT Wash Soap

Simple Green diluted 2:1 for engine bay and wheel wells

WD-40 to dress engine bay and wheel wells

Meguiar's Hot Rims All-Wheel Cleaner

Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Aggressive Claybar

Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Mild Claybar

Meguiar's M85 Diamond Cut Compound 2.0, Meguiar's W4000 wool cutting pad, Makita 9227C rotary @ 2000rpms

Meguiar's Ultimate Compound, Meguiar's W7006 foam cutting pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 6

Meguiar's SwirlX, Meguiar's W8006 foam polishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 5

Meguiar's NXT Tech Wax 2.0, Meguiar's W9006 foam finishing pad, Meguiar's G110 D/A @ speed 3

Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Detailer

Meguiar's Ultimate Quick Wax

Meguiar's NXT Insane Shine Tire Spray

Meguiar's Natural Shine Low-Gloss Interior Protectant

Meguiar's Gold Class Leather Cleaner and Conditioner

Meguiar's NXT Streak Free Glass Cleaner







Full album is here...





Before pics, notice severe spiderwebbing and swirls, and minor holograms...

And 11 hours of paint correction later...

And some driveway shots... I lost a lot of daylight, since I didn't get done until almost 9pm... but here's what I could get before the sun went completely down.

And the client decided to take pics on his own...

 

[mini1]

Do you not do interiors?

 

[MrCLRider]

Meguiars 105/205 would do you wonders! You have no idea how nice that combo is.

 

[MrCLRider]

You did do a dramatic improvement to that car though, good job!

 

[imported_JoshVette]

Looks better then it did before that's for sure.



Why do you degrease the engine bay just to spray it down with WD40 again??? kind of counter productive don't you think?



Josh

 

[alloutdetailing]

WD40 is a good dresser/cleaner

 

[VanityDetailing]

Do you not do interiors?

It was done right before I got the car. The majority of the work was paint correction.

Meguiars 105/205 would do you wonders! You have no idea how nice that combo is.

I've tried M105/M205, and honestly, I prefer the diminishing abrasives in the M85/UC combo.

You did do a dramatic improvement to that car though, good job!

Thanks!

Looks better then it did before that's for sure.



Why do you degrease the engine bay just to spray it down with WD40 again??? kind of counter productive don't you think?



Josh

I've defended my position on this several times on here... it's an old detailer's trick. It wicks out water from sensors, after pressure washing.



See VVV

WD40 is a good dresser/cleaner

 

[Rtom]

Looks a ton better than before. Good job!



Suits that beautiful E55 *drool*



WD-40 = Water Displacement 40: It serves as a solvent, dressing, grease, etc.