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Old 10-11-2018, 04:52 PM
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Default 2006 Mercedes CLS 3.5ltr V6 Detail

Spent the morning working on this black beasty...

12yrs old and rarely washed, the paintwork was very very swirly and had no protection on at all.

The wheels were shockingly filthy and there was lots of tree sap over the paint.

So as usual I started with a citrus pre-clean and iron out on the wheels followed by two brush clean and rinse off.















The wheels were that heavily contaminated it actually took 4 coats of iron out and rinsing to bring them up clean.

Then came the snow foam...











Then it was a rinse and then two bucket wash and rinse off again..







Then it was time for a good claying, and boy did it take some claying!! The paint was very rough and very contaminated!

Then it was out with the DA - starting with Meguiars Ultimate Compound as the paint was very swirly and scratched up...first pass came out ok..





Then it was time for a second pass with a finer compound polish to add some depth to the paint followed by a good glaze...

Engine bay was also cleaned and treated to a seal and coating..





Finally the paintwork was sealed using Menzerna Powerlock and then waxed with Autofinesse Desire Wax.































Was a really tough clean this one - wheels especially...headlights were sanded and three compound polished but internally have big flaws which meant it didn’t come clear as I had hoped..

Still - time for a cuppa.........and a nap!!!!!!!!
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