2008 ML350 Full Interior Detail and Winter Prep

[bretster]

Here's my 200+ picture write-up on a 2008 ML350 full interior detail and exterior 2 step winter prep. Onto the write-up:

What was done:
- Before pictures
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect and meguiars wheel brightener
- Tires treated with Adams APC and prima nero
- Engine treated with in and out spray
- De-Bugged with 1Z Bug and Tar Remover
- Exterior wash using lusso auto bathe and foam gun w/ CG MSii
- Door, hood and trunk jambs cleaned
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut to decontaminate
- Clayed entire exterior including windows
- Taped up
- 2 step - menz sip -> menz super finish -> menz powerlock
- Rubber and vinyl cleaned w/ In and Out, Prima nero
- Exhaust tips cleaned and polished
- Windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity
- Wheels waxed with Prima Wheel Armour
- Exterior Wax -> 1Z Glanz Wax

Interior:
- Leather cleaned with Leather Master
- Vacuum
- Trims treated with Prima Nero and 1Z Cockpit Premium
- Interior glass cleaned with clarity

Products used:
Exterior wash:
- Lusso auto bath
- Gilmour Foam gun w/ CG MaxiSuds
- Uber wool wash mitt
- Blue microfiber wash mitt
- Uber super drying microfiber towel
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- 1Z Bug and Tar Remover

Engine:
- Adam's APC
- Adams In n out spray

Interior:
- Leather Master Super Remover
- Leather Master Vital Leather Conditioner
- Leather Master Protection Cream
- Uber leather cleaning brush
- In n out and Prima Clarity and Nero to clean the trims

Paint correction:
- Porter Cable PC 7424XP
- Flex PE-14
- Uber green and orange 4/5.5 pads
- Surbuf pads 5.5
- Megs 105
- Menz superfinish
- Menz SIP
- Menz Powerlock

Now for the pictures

Before

Sonax

These wheels were bad

 

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more before pictures

Love this stuff

Onto the wash

Spray down with Iron cut

 

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done for the day

Clay was very contaminated, Iron cut definitely helped out but the car was still very bad

37 degrees! too cold

new garage mate

interior before, heavily stained

50/50

Misc interior places before

 

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after

Another happy customer

Thanks for looking

 

[Theostoubos]

Nice job Mate!!!

Just out of curiosity how long did this job take you ?
:dblthumb2:

 

[bretster]

Nice job Mate!!!

Just out of curiosity how long did this job take you ?
:dblthumb2:

Thanks man :xyxthumbs:

This detail spanned over 5 days. Tough work haha.