2004 Black Mercedes S430 De Swirled

[jgh1987]

All I can say is I was not prepared for this car! My parents S-Class that has never seen anything other than nylon brush washes and the occasional Swirl-O-Matic run. Other than that the car is in excellent shape, only around 20,000 miles and has always lived in a garage. Since I only had a PC and Menzerna Intensive Polish as my most aggressive combo, each section took around 5 passes (sometimes more) to perfect. It also did not help that I only had two pads, I kept finding myself having to clean each halfway through each panel

Process:

-Wheels, tires & wheel wells washed with Meguiars Deep Crystal soap and Meg's APC 4:1
-EZ Detail Brush for wheel barrells
-Paint foamed with Meg's Deep Crystal
-Washed with Meg's Gold Class via two bucket method
-Clayed with blue Clay Magic
-Polished with Menzerna IP & Orange LC 5.5" pad
-Polished with Menzerna Final Polish & White LC 5.5" pad
-Meg's Quick Interior Detailer
-Poorboys EX-P as LSP

Dried off after wash, preparing to clay

50/50 shot of rear passenger door

Close up

Before, driver side hood

50/50

After

Driver mirror, before

After

Before

After

In the middle of the detail, one of my dads friends came by with one of his new cars so I took a break to check it out.

its a 1970 Challenger with the original body & paint, but with a brand new 470 cubic inch (I believe) Hemi crate motor

Back to the detail...

50/50 of trunk

After

 

[jgh1987]

Driver side front quarter, before

After

Another 50/50, driver door

After second wash to remove all dust & polish oils, preparing to dry for LSP application

EX-P applied, I let it cure for about 20 hours

Afters:

I would also suggest that if anyone is in need of microfiber towels right now, to consider what George at Detailed Image has to offer. Just before this detail I had received 10 of his "Ultra Plush Two Sided" towels and 10 of his "reTHICKulous" towels. These MF's are fantastic! Extremely soft and thick, and they don't come with tags! I took a picture of each towel:

Ultra Plush Two Sided (what I used for this detail)

and the reTHICKulous towel

 

[ScottB]

no links to outside products and competitors, thanks !

 

[karburn]

Wunderbar! Nothing more regal than a black MB sedan. That Cuda is a collector's item. Detail it for him, then send him to Barrett/Jackson to reap his fortune!

 

[supercharged]

Great job you have done out there!

 

[David Fermani]

Josh - Awsome work my man. :applause: Great documentation too. I'm not sure if I'd rather have the Mopar or the Benz??

 

[ehuth1]

Nice detail and pics! Showroom new.

 

[Gary Sword]

Big improvement on the MB. Nice Work!

 

[jgh1987]

no links to outside products and competitors, thanks !

Whoops! wasnt aware, no problem.

Wunderbar! Nothing more regal than a black MB sedan. That Cuda is a collector's item. Detail it for him, then send him to Barrett/Jackson to reap his fortune!

Well thanks! the cuda was pretty sweet. loud as hell too

Great job you have done out there!

Thanks super!

Josh - Awsome work my man. :applause: Great documentation too. I'm not sure if I'd rather have the Mopar or the Benz??

Thanks David, I dont know which I would rather have! how about both?:righton:

Nice detail and pics! Showroom new.

Thanks! I sure did try to make it show room material

Big improvement on the MB. Nice Work!

Thanks Gary

 

[m4gician]

I applaud you my friend. Using only a PC for a car that size, or for any full swirl removal like that is really doing it the hard way. Very hard work for very good results.

Like you, I was baffled that it takes so long to polish a vehicle from that condition to newer and I can truly empathized with you how you had to clean pads, repolish, etc. Keep maintaining that job so you don't have to do it again!

Very, very nice work.

 

[Corvette Junkie]

Nice work

 

[jgh1987]

I applaud you my friend. Using only a PC for a car that size, or for any full swirl removal like that is really doing it the hard way. Very hard work for very good results.

Like you, I was baffled that it takes so long to polish a vehicle from that condition to newer and I can truly empathized with you how you had to clean pads, repolish, etc. Keep maintaining that job so you don't have to do it again!

Very, very nice work.

Yes sir, it was such a pain in the ass! Now I know to have PLENTY of extra pads on hand, I will be getting the car to 100% next time I am home from school:cheers:

 

[killrflake]

I applaud you my friend. Using only a PC for a car that size, or for any full swirl removal like that is really doing it the hard way. Very hard work for very good results.

Like you, I was baffled that it takes so long to polish a vehicle from that condition to newer and I can truly empathized with you how you had to clean pads, repolish, etc. Keep maintaining that job so you don't have to do it again!

Very, very nice work.

I agree you did a great job with just a PC. I can speak from experience how hard to do that much correction with only a PC. If your reluctant to go rotary, give the Flex a shot, I did and it's the best decision I've made in a long time.
But any way you look at it, you did one really great job.