Mercedes CDI 220

virtual · 06-25-2008, 02:12 PM

Wash:
Chemical Guys Citrus Wash and Gloss
Grit Guard
Green mf mitt
Dehydrator ww
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Ez Detail Brush
Meguiars Tire Brush
Chemical Guys APC
Riccardo Clay
Onr lube

Windows:
Carlack Glass Sealing Kit
Meguiars NXT Window Cleaner (inside)

Paint:
Brinkmann
Menzerna Powergloss Compound -> Yellow Sonus and wool
3m Extra Fine Compound -> White Sonus
Menzerna po106ff -> White Sonus
Menzerna po85rd -> Blue Sonus
Lots of Ultra Plush mf

Protection:
Swissvax Cleaner Fluid
Swissvax Saphir
Zymöl Concourse

After wash:

Inspection:

Tested 3m efc with a yellow sonus pad, still lots of rds remaining!

Next attempt was sip with a yellow sonus, but it must be broken or something..
Have tried it on several cars, with the same result.. Maybe the polish froze during the winter or something?

M105 with wool gave this result, quite nice.. But I don't like working with the product..
Gonna give it another try when I get my foamed wool.

Found Powergloss and yellow sonus x2 to be a good combo for the car..

Finishes down quite nice!

Before:

After:

Finishing with po85rd:

After rewash:

Wax time!

Zymöl on the hood, Swissvax on the rest of the car.

It rained outside, so no good after pictures..
Thanks for looking

pirex · 06-25-2008, 02:35 PM

My man! That looks outstanding. The car was a mess before, looks brand new now..no, BETTER! Love it. Would be fun to see the flakes in the sun.

Nica · 06-25-2008, 05:26 PM

Wow what a turn around well done

Just curious, what is this picture all about:

I'm refering to the 2x4's under the tires. I mean was it to be able to give the tires and the lower panels a good scrub? To make sure you got all the way down in the lower, lower panels of the vehicle? Just wondering that's all, it's a neat idea if you think about it

Oh another question, why use two differnt kinds of wax? What was the reason for that? Again just wondering that's all.

I enjoyed the loads of pictures of the correction process, that ws wicked

Oh and the colour looks great, I love blue and you made it look so good

Oh by the way that is a wicked shop too

virtual · 06-25-2008, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pirex

My man! That looks outstanding. The car was a mess before, looks brand new now..no, BETTER! Love it. Would be fun to see the flakes in the sun.

Thanks Ketil!

Maybe I'll get som pictures in the sun, waiting for the summer to arrive..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nica

Wow what a turn around well done

Just curious, what is this picture all about:

I'm refering to the 2x4's under the tires. I mean was it to be able to give the tires and the lower panels a good scrub? To make sure you got all the way down in the lower, lower panels of the vehicle? Just wondering that's all, it's a neat idea if you think about it

Oh another question, why use two differnt kinds of wax? What was the reason for that? Again just wondering that's all.

I enjoyed the loads of pictures of the correction process, that ws wicked

Oh and the colour looks great, I love blue and you made it look so good

Oh by the way that is a wicked shop too

Thanks Nica

I like to place 2x4s under the tires so I can give the lower part of the tire a good scrub..

About the waxes, I just got my Zymöl, and was very curious about it..
So just had to try it, that's all

This also gives me opportunity to check the durability.

Hehe, it's not a shop.. It's our old garage, which we now use for repairs, hobbys and such..
We live at the ocean, so the steel get rusted and ugly very fast, so it doesnt look so good on the outside