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  1. nmwhitneyjr

    Neglected/Abused 29 year old Mercedes Paint - NOOB

    Suggested pads? My DA Polisher has a 5" backing plate. I'm also guessing that a round of IronX would be a good idea?
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    Neglected/Abused 29 year old Mercedes Paint - NOOB

    Thanks for the link... helped to reign in my expectations about resolving/removing those spots. (And I had low expectations to begin with). Since the clearcoat/paint are compromised in those spots, what would be a good plan to keep them from getting worse?
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    Neglected/Abused 29 year old Mercedes Paint - NOOB

    I feel like the car needs a good claying out before AIO (or anything else for that matter). I'm leaning towards the Mequiar's "aggressive" clay. Is that a good plan or should I use something less aggressive first? What AIO's would folks suggest to try?
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    Greetings from NC

    I'm in Burlington (Alamance Co.)
  5. nmwhitneyjr

    Greetings from NC

    Well, the time has come for me to get off my duff and do a full and proper detail of my 1991 Mercedes 300D. I'll be posting a thread in 101 about it's particular issues, but I wanted to say "hi" first. I'm new to detailing... so I looked around several detailing forums and AGO seemed to be the...
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    Neglected/Abused 29 year old Mercedes Paint - NOOB

    Greetings All, I have a 1991 Mercedes 300D that spent several years parked under a previous owner's tree. I bought it from the son of the original owner with a mere 113k miles on it. As you can tell, it's overall in respectable shape... but up close, the paint needs help. It has sap and...
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