Mercedes-Benz Club Road Star Section at Autogeek!

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Mercedes-Benz Club Road Star Section at Autogeek!


On Saturday, June 8th, members of the Mercedes-Benz Club, Road Star section attended on of our detailing clinics for car clubs from 9:00am to noon.

One of the member's volunteered their black Mercedes-Benz for demonstrations on how to inspect paint, clay paint and then remove swirls using both a Porter Cable 7424XP or a Flex 3401 with Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover and Wolfgang Advanced Finishing Polish. Afterwards we sealed the paint with Wolfgang Fuzion.

The entire finish was filled with swirls and scrathces...

Here's a hood shot. I measured all the body panels and in my opinion, this Mercedes-Benz had very thin factory paint as all my measurements were in the 2 to 4 mil range. That's not very thick...

After claying, there was a demonstration on how to use the Porter Cable style of DA Polisher...

Next there was a demonstration on how to use the Flex 3401 forced rotation dual action polisher...

Time to inspect!

Huge thank you to all the members that attended. If there's anything I can do for you please let me know. If you're looking for a qualified detailer in your area you can also contact me and I'll hook you up.

1-800-869-3011 x206

[email protected]


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For the guys that want to know what we used to remove all the swirls and scratches out of the finish of the Mercedes-Benz demo car, here's a list...

On Autogeek.net

The below polishes also come in 8 ounce and 32 ounce options and these use some of the best abrasive technology around.


Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 16 oz

Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 16 oz

Wolfgang Füzion Carnauba Polymer Estate Wax

Here's the clay, since the owner had just clayed recently we used the Pinnacle Clay as it's an "Ultra Fine" grade and safe for frequent use on daily drivers.

Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay


We used the Porter Cable with 5.5" LC Flat Pads

Porter Cable 7424XP

Lake Country 5.5" Flat Pads

5" Lake Country Backing Plate



We used the Flex 3401 with 6.5" CCS Pads

Flex 3401 Forced Rotation Dual Action Polisher

Lake Country 6.5" CCS Pads


If you have any questions at all you can call Nick or any of our Customer Care Staff at,

1-800-869-3011



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[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Very cool Mike. What was the groups reaction after using all the cool gear in the AG garage?

Where is the inspection shot?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Very cool Mike. What was the groups reaction after using all the cool gear in the AG garage?

Where is the inspection shot?

They were very impressed. I didn't take an after shot. I don't take a lot of pictures at these clinics.

Besides that I had 17 guys inspecting the paint after I did the demo and not a single question or complaint, just eye-opening results.

 

[Coyote33]

Did that Mercedes have the Ceramiclear paint?

 

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Did that Mercedes have the Ceramiclear paint?

No. First thing I checked.

I also shared my article on Ceramiclear paints with the club members at this class, this one...


Ceramiclear Paints - Be Careful

 

[vwfreak]

Looks great!! I'll be reading more into this.