Detailer's Domain: Mercedes Benz C280 - Paint Correction Detail

Mercedes C280 - Paint Correction
As you will see in the pics this car clearly needed to be polished out. We used Meguiar's Microfiber DA Compound and finished with Menzerna Super Finish for that perfect finish. We used Aquartz Reload as a last step.

What was done -
Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Pre Washed with W99
- Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- 2 Step - Meguiar's M105 and Super Finish
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step – Aquartz Reload
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed

Engine -

- Clean
- Dress

Interior -
- Vac
- Wipe down and protect dash
- Leather cleaned and conditioned

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Iron Cut
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Meguiar's Microfiber DA Compound D300
Menzerna Super Finish
Aquartz Reload
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
1Z einszett Windscreen Cleaner

Glass
Uber Glass Cleaner Kit

Engine
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Adam's In and Out

Interior
1Z einszett Cockpit
Sonax Leather Foam
Adam's Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter

Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Interior After





Before shot


Engine Before




Engine After


Prep, Wash, Clay




Iron Cut in action




Rinse


Clay


Before and After Correction Shots










Before


After Correction Shots




After shots

 

sorry for the tease guys the write up is now up.

 

Good job Phil

 

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Nice Phil!

 

Wow there's still much I have to learn from you - it's hard to make white shine like that. Great work Phil!

 

Phil, looks great. Not sure how you photograph the shine on white like you do? I can never capture the shine on white. Perhaps it's my car and not my camera? LOL.

 

Honestly I have no idea how I take pictures, I just point and shoot.

 

Looks great Phil!

-Kody-

 

Looks Great Phil

 

nice work, paint was hammered!

 

Very nice! How u like the DA microfiber system? Got it from you my last order but still waiting to try it out. I didn't get the finishing wax and pad. What pad did u use to finish it up with?

 

A C280 Phil? I bet the detail cost more than the car was worth!

I joke, I joke

 

I have been using the DA Compound for a couple months now and the results have been great, I was a skeptic but after a few cars I can say I'm a believer ; )

I used the Menzerna Super Finish with the Uber Green Pad.

 

that white paint was filthy...very nice work Phil.

 

Looks great! What did you use for dressing the tires

 

Thanks! I believe its up on the product list - Tire Dressing = Adam's Super VRT

 

Great work Phil! I've always been impressed when someone sells a paint correction on a white car. Kudos

 

Nice Work Phil

 

thanks guys!