dsms detail- Mercedes SL55 AMG

[dsms]

2006 SL55 AMG, a few swirls on the hood and a bird bomb on the windshield followed by lots of roat grime on the lower half and a few light scratches.
ONR 2 bucket
Waffle weave dry and crevice blowout
Sonus green clay
Flex SIP w/ orange low pro pad X2 on hood
106ff w/ white
PB S&W wipedown
Z-AIO w/ white
First coat Z2pro by hand (ZFX'd w/ a shot of Z8)
Second coat Z2pro by hand (ZFX'd w/ a shot of Z8)
Z-CS cured 3 hours
Z8 final wipedown
P21S gel on wheels topped with Z-AIO
Z-AIO windows
Z9/Z10 leather
303 cleaner on carpets
Vaccum
Megs trim dressing

 

[dsms]

Beading

Enjoy

 

[trlblazer3]

Nice work bro! That's a very nice car. Thanks for sharing!

 

[jgh1987]

I love the way that car looks! good job

 

[Gary Sword]

Very nice job! Great looking car.

 

[David Fermani]

Great job on a very nice car!
2 suggestions/questions if I may:
1-if the vehicle you're claying is that bad, you'd be better off kneading your clay alot more often. If you don't, the clay will essentially not be as effective at removing the contaminants & it will cause moderate marring from being so dirty.
2-what is the reason for taping off this vehicle to the extent you did? It's very unlikely (if even possible) that you'll burn the edges with your flex (coupled with SIP). Was it so that polish wouldn't get in the cracks? It's a good idea to do this when sanding, but overkill for this application IMHO.

 

[dsms]

Great job on a very nice car!
2 suggestions/questions if I may:
1-if the vehicle you're claying is that bad, you'd be better off kneading your clay alot more often. If you don't, the clay will essentially not be as effective at removing the contaminants & it will cause moderate marring from being so dirty.
2-what is the reason for taping off this vehicle to the extent you did? It's very unlikely (if even possible) that you'll burn the edges with your flex (coupled with SIP). Was it so that polish wouldn't get in the cracks? It's a good idea to do this when sanding, but overkill for this application IMHO.

Im not really sure what you are trying to say with the clay, are you giving me a suggestion or pointing out a mistake I made with the clay from that one picture? I did happen to knead the clay quite a bit(as a do with all other jobs) and I actually used 2 small pieces instead of one. One piece was used for the lower half and the other was for the top half of the car. As for the tape job I just feel more comfortable having all the edges taped off so I can polish efficiently without worrying about polish getting into crevices etc. It just ends up being more work later removing dried crusty polish from the cracks, its very hard to remove polish from the tiny gap where the window meets the door panel as well. Plus I never have to think about burning th edges, even with my flex. I also use the tape to section off panels when polishing.

 

[SwedenDetail]

Stunning work, man.

Just a comment, not critique:

To solve the issue of polish creeping into cracks everywhere I wash the car using "tix degreaser", an alkaline solution diluted with water. Now, I'm from Sweden and most detailers don't wash off the polish but a few of us do which gives the benefit of clean paint and no problem with old polish residues. To each his own and I'm glad to see such an outstanding work delivered.

Kudos.

Daniel

 

[zaxjax]

Fantastic job.


I love the rims on the Benz!

 

[carguy]

very nice work, was that detail for a customer? How much time was involved? What machine was used on the matts to get the stripes. I love those lines. If it was a customer vehicle around what range of pricing would go for, I'm having my web site being worked on now and I am coming up with pricing, a large part of my cliniets drive vehicles of that class.

 

[David Fermani]

Im not really sure what you are trying to say with the clay, are you giving me a suggestion or pointing out a mistake I made with the clay from that one picture? I did happen to knead the clay quite a bit(as a do with all other jobs) and I actually used 2 small pieces instead of one. One piece was used for the lower half and the other was for the top half of the car.

For what it's worth, I'm just making a suggestion to avoid a possible future mistake. I'm always afraid to use clay that's that dirty. Especially when it's been resting on something that's covered in dirt & debris. They say you should replace you clay if it's dropped(even on clean ground) because it picks up damaging particles and will scratch the finish. Even if you knead the heck out of it. All those particles in that piece of clay are abrasive and even though they're embedded in the clay, they can/will scratch to finish. I guess if your clay is picking up that much contaminants, you'd have to constantly knead it or do a decon wash prior.