Smoke Detailed - Black Merc CLS 63 AMG, Gloss It Correction

Smoke · #1 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008

This car was originally booked for a full wash and seal but upon picking it up at the owners house I saw that it was going to need some correction work. Having this beauty sitting in direct sunlight is the perfect way to show the owner its absolute need for polishing attention.

Anyways on with the detail, sorry but I didnt take a lot of before pictures.

The car was fairly new with only about 4k on the odo. With that knowledge I figured whatever "dealership prep" that was done on the car (ie. heavy glazes and wax) would still be on the paint, and I was right.

After initial inspection I thought a light corrective polish would take care of the swirls but after stripping off all the old wax and whatever else may have been used i saw the true finish.

I started with the wheels, as usual massive AMG brakes have a tendancy to cook up quite a bit of brake dust. After a thorough pressure wash of the wheels, tires and wheel wells I then sprayed a liberal amount of the P21s wheel gel to the rims and let it sit for about 10minutes. I always grab the P21s gel for delicate wheel finishes and cars with high performance braking systems to ensure no damage is done to either the wheels or brakes.

The tires were scrubbed with the E-Shine APC and so were the wheel wells. Later I dressed the wheels with Adams Invisible undercarrige and the wheels with CG liquid dressing

Heres a quick before shot

The after

Here is the hood before, you can see the hardened water spots left on the finish, good thing the owner opt'ed for my polishing services on this one!

Now onto prepping the finish

I started out qith a P21s Total Auto Wash pre-soak to strip off all prior wax/glaze applied by the dealer

Here is the p21s TAW dwelling

After that came the wash. 2 buckets, 2 shmitts were used, followed by claying and then drying. I like to dry the car using a slick QD product in between to prevent streaking, in this case it was again Megs Last Touch.

Then I took dozens of PTG readings, plenty of CC to work with. It was a new car so I wasnt expecting to many suprises. The car averaged 130-160 microns.

Now it was time for the correction work. The process was as follows

Gloss It Evolution Cut with yellow cutting pads on the Cyclo (x2 in some areas)
Gloss It 1step Machine polish with white finishing pads on the cyclo (jeweling step)

followed by an IPA wipedwon to ensure no filling and then more inspection

Here is the finish under the CM5300, the flake really began to show

I then brought the car out into the sun to make sure no holograms were left after polishing, sometimes I find garage lighting isnt enough to thoroughly inspect a finish

Here is the hood in direct sun post polishing, No wax or sealant was applied. I think its important to show your work in direct sunlight to prove that full correction was done.

I then rinsed the car to remove any polishing dust and carefully dried it.

Here is the car back in my garage after the rinse. Again there is no wax or sealant on it yet.

Now onto the interior which btw has some of the best seats around, thick bolstering ftw!

Before

After

After

Center comsole re-organized and cleaned

All plastics removed and properly cleaned using 1Z CP

door jambs cleaned and polished

windows/chrome trim polished using 1Z glas polish and adams metal polishes

The LSP of choice was Gloss It Signature Gloss, applied via cyclo with white finishing pads followed by a gloss enhancer QD wipedown

Now for the final finish

This is the same picture I took post polishing only this time the LSP was applied. The finish now has more clarity and depth than before, you can see the P21s TAW label in the reflection from the shelf above

Taken down by the lower panel near the clear bra

Wheels all finished off

I always have this Bugatti EB110 in my reflection shots, this CLS IMO prodcued the clearest reflection of the picture on the wall I have ever seen

I just love this shot

Headlights were machine polished via the makita and PlastiX

I wish I could have had this car out in sunlight but I finished around 10pm

My favorite

Gloss It polishes came through once again

Thanks for looking, hope you enjoyed

DetailWerkz · #2 (**permalink**) 09-07-2008

Looks really good!! Great depth brought out by using the Gloss-It polishes!

You should really start trying out the Gloss-It T.R.V. for all the vinyls, plastics and rubber items in the interior and exterior, and try out the Satin Leather Cleaner for the seats and then seal them with the Satin Leather Polish.

If you were impressed with the Gloss-It compounds and polishes, you will be floored by the Gloss-It T.R.V. and Satin Leather Cleaner and Polish!!

damon@tirerack · #3 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008

Wow. Those are the best reflections I have ever seen.

Smoke · #4 (**permalink**) 09-08-2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by DetailWerkz

Looks really good!! Great depth brought out by using the Gloss-It polishes!

You should really start trying out the Gloss-It T.R.V. for all the vinyls, plastics and rubber items in the interior and exterior, and try out the Satin Leather Cleaner for the seats and then seal them with the Satin Leather Polish.

If you were impressed with the Gloss-It compounds and polishes, you will be floored by the Gloss-It T.R.V. and Satin Leather Cleaner and Polish!!

Thanks Brian and im actually about to order TRV and the leather products now.