Achtung baby! Mercedes 380SL detail...

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Had a friend whose Fiat I detailed (Ciao! A Rupes review...on Little Red)
Thread here: http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/product-reviews/83978-ciao-rupes-review-little-red.html mention me to his neighbor. She has an all original 1984 Mercedes 380SL that needed a little love.

It only has 29K miles on the clock...and it was pretty hammered. Some of the panels looked like they were washed with a brillo pad. Very swirled up...some heavy swirls, holograms, and some heavier scratches/scuffs. The wheels were pretty trashed too. Baked on dust and just filthy. The interior has a sh!t ton of real leather all over the place and it was dry..Sahara desert dry!

OK, on to the fun stuff!

Dirty wheels:






Swirls, scratches, scuffs, etc...hammered!












Had real good readings:






50/50:








After:























Products used:

UWW exterior
Nano sponge for clay
Blackfire Rinseless as clay lube
Griots HD wheel cleaner
Daytona brushes
Tuf Shine tire cleaner
Tuf Shine brush
FG400
Rupes Green pads
Rupes Duetto & Mini
CarPro Eraser
Wolfgang Fuzion
DP total interior cleaner
Adam's Super VRT (tires & trim)
Adam's leather conditioner
Adam's glass cleaner
Metro vac for interior




FG400 and the Rupes green pad finished down spectacularly! It was easy to use. Pretty long work time, minimal dusting. Good stuff! And I'll say this again. I really LOVE my Rupes Duetto & mini. GREAT machines. So smooth!






I think that's about it! Hope you enjoyed my little project!
 
Great job on a true classic. I am sure she was ecstatic with how it turned out.

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Great job! Isn't that the car from that 80's TV show Hart 2 Hart LOL
 
Great job, Rupes is getting a really big following. I haven't had a chance to use one yet but Menzerna is top notch, for sure.
 
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