Recent content by karburn

I loaned a friend my 3/4 full bottle of C-845. He liked it so well that I never got it back. :) He must have coated his Rav-4 many times. :) It's on my shopping list.

Hmmm. I'm heading out to the garage to shake all of my product bottles! Never considered the shelf life aspect.

tempting. I haul a lot of messy stuff in my '03 ML320. Do things slide around a lot on the Weathertech surface?

Some gauges read ferrous vs. non-ferrous. They will read steel but not aluminium. Found that out on my 560SL - aluminium hood and deck

Pick me for the Autogeek banner....please. ;)

The closest we get to any kind of detailing event around here is that The Complete Garage out in Lenexa, KS (suburban KC) will bring in the Griot's folks for a Saturday clinic once every year or two. The last one was in May. In our local Mercedes club we try to do one every year, depending...

I have the new Griot's unit and I'm duly impressed like the other members have said. I was still considering a Flex to "round out the tool box" so to speak, but it sounds like I should spend more time with the Griot's to learn the proper methods for correction before I add another buffer to the...

I forgot to report back: I ended up sanding off the remaining clear coat, starting with 400 grit and working up to 1500. Then I used Meguiar's 105/205 with my Griot's 3" buffer with an orange pad for the 105 and a red pad for the 205. About an hour's worth of sanding then another 45 min to an...

Someone on another forum gave me a tip that is actually working: he suggested using plastic tape or duct tape to remove the remaining peeling clear coat. Press it down over and area, then peel it off. I tried it last night and even on a cold day with minimal effort, it took some of it off! I...

Nice job & welcome back. I just got an ML320 and found that the first tool you need for these SUV's is a damn LADDER!! If you ever want to train an apprentice, remember I'm just a mile or so away! :buffing:

Hmmm...a wrap? I wonder if the vinyl wrap places would bother with something this small. I'll do the requisite sanding to get the old clear off, then I'll try some 105 to see if the underlying (and now extensively oxidized) paint will come up at all. If not, I'll have the pillars sprayed with...

The previous owner took good care of the car otherwise, so these pillars are an anomaly. I may try a plastic scraper, but otherwise it looks like a job for wetsanding.

I recently bought a 2003 ML320 that has a very typical condition on the rear window pillars – the clear coat has failed big-time. My plan is to get the remainder of the old peeling clear coat off, then wet sand the two panels and see if they will polish up to any acceptable level. Then...

Well done, young Jedi. You are on your way. :)

WUNDERBAR!! I love that color on the SL's. You really brought out the depth of the finish.