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Hi guys - Not sure where to put this, but thought I would share a few of my latest jobs with you all

A friend of mine has seen a bit of my work on a few cars and asked if I could give his car a going over, and was arranged for this week. Ended up carrying out the process inside a Mercedes main dealership due to some delays, and it made more sense to do it all there.

The car was generally in very good condition, but a few panels were fading and badly swirled, others were very good with minor swirls and some bad scratches - Either way, the challenge was to correct the entire car to the best possible.

Process

21 Step wash process
Clayed using Bilthamber regular
Dried using waffleweave drying towels etc

Correction

Menzurna 3.02 on Yellow Hexilogic pad
Menzurna 3.02 on Green Hexilogic pad
P085 Final Finish on Black Hexilogic pad

Finishing Touches

Poorboys BlackHole
DODO JUICE (Thanks Kev!) Supernatural x2
Endurance Tyre dressing
Exhausts polished
AeroSpace 303 on plastics etc


Think thats about it!

Pictures do the talking

On Arrival

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Straight in there

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Rinsed off, to leave................

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Yep, somehow in the time it took me to get some more stuff from my car, a mechanic was 'cleaning' an undertray covered in oil, and sprayed ALL over the side of the car

Grilles etc APC'd

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Clay from lower half of the car

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And the whole lot

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After a full 2bm wash again, rinsed and dried to leave

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Pulled inside to finish drying

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Gilles removed for easier polishing

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Paint Depth - Highest being

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Lowest

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Imperfection spotting

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All taped up

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Test section

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This photo showing exactly the final finish with no imperfections

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Half the bonnet corrected

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3/4 Done

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All finished

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Working my way round, finding the paint harder and harder at this point

Corrected paint

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And another

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Nasty scratches on rear quarter before

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And after

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Nasty scratch on the boot - Wet sanding maybe?

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Little low for my likings so it was corrected as best possible and carried on

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Boot complete

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Bonnet complete

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Grilles drenched in 303 - No aggitating, no rubbing, just leave it :thumb:

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Nasty scratches on boot

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And some more

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Moving onto the lights, for some reason very hard compared to other lights ive done

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Onto the bumper

Before

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After

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All polishing done

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Tyres dressed

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Interior quickly gone over

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Finished Shots

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Thanks for looking

Time Taken - 15 Hours
 
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Smart - Where abouts u based? U near the old gas works - Looks that sort of area from the photos.
 
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