2002 Black AMG E55

[HighEndDetail]

Black does look great when done right.

Well I arrived at 9:30am to start the fun and games. After talking with the owner and setting up. It was 10:00, I had to start, and when the sun hit it, it was a different story.
The paint was covered in spiderwebbing, and had rotary trails all over the hood.

The wash
Optimum car wash

Tires/wells
Optimum car wash and a little dawn mix with a wheel brush.

The Gameplan
I started to use a few products and they were doing ok, but not good enough. With the org. wg pad. Then I used the org. edge pad, since my green pad was still wet from a previous use. I took out my heavy hitter 3M heavy cut, that did the job. It did leave a little haze on the paint. So then I used Optimum Polish to bring back the shine and depth. I then rewashed the car with my foam gun. I used a mix of optimum car soap and dawn soap. The owner wanted me to put zaino on as the last finish.

A few befores

Half way point

The Final Look (all pics were taken with the flash set to on)

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[supercharged]

Looks awesome! No Carnauba wax? just Zaino?

 

[HighEndDetail]

Looks awesome! No Carnauba wax? just Zaino?

Sad but yes, he wanted zaino on it. So I put zaino z-5pro on. Just one coat.

I ask the owners what they would like on it. And we go from there

 

[Gary Sword]

It looks very good but I think there are a lot of products that look better then zaino especially on black.

 

[ehuth1]

Looks good HIGHEND !! Knocked out the swirlies and finished it off great!! You do great work my friend.

 

[Jimmie]

Absolutely some of the best reflection shots I've seen on here. Stunning ED.

 

[Truls]

:iagree:

 

[med]

Holy Crap that is nice!!!!! You do awesome work!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[joe.p]

looks sweet Ed..

Gary,Zaino looks phenominal on black,Red and Yellow too

 

[Nica]

Looks good Ed, I'm assuming that the vehicle had the ceramic clear coat.

The color looks good to me, kinda hard to tell on pictures but still has nice depth to me.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[alban61]

Awesome! Black gives off the best reflections! You knocked out those swirls!

 

[pirex]

:iagree:

 

[sparkie]

Beautiful work there, the paint is a mirror.
Killer reflection shot!!