Mercedes CLK320 - Tansanite Blue

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:29 am
Todays detail, not total paint correction (thank goodness) the paint was hard as stone, and the leather interior was ordinary.

Interior shots are just a blur as my phone has no flash, but there is one which shows how dirty they were on the left side and the cleaner side on the right.

I spent almost 5 hours on the interior alone and around 4 on the paint.

Interior had all the nooks and crannies blown out with compressed air and APC
Leather cleaned with magic erasures (eight of them) and APC
Zaino Leather Conditioner on the leather and 1z Cockpit Premium on the rest of the trim.

Paint was washed, clayed, Buffed with a rotary and white Wolfgang pad with Menzerna 106FF, then Black Wolfgang CCS pad on the RO with the same 106FF, finished off with Duragloss 105 and Aqua wax

Glass was polished and tyres got the Bold 'n Bright treatment after a bath with some acid cleaner.

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Left side B4 - Right side After
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:30 am
Good job,,,Who put the steering wheel on the wrong side? :wink:

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 7:33 am
Old Dupont Guy wrote:Good job,,,Who put the steering wheel on the wrong side? :wink:


I should have flipped the pic just for you guys :lol: :lol:

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 8:07 am
Just kidding ......good pic's too



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:37 am
Very nice as usual. What do you use to clean rag tops?
And what are your thoughts on the CCS pad?
Do you have a dedicated shampoo/vacum?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 9:59 am
Old Dupont Guy wrote:Good job,,,Who put the steering wheel on the wrong side? :wink:


It's not the left side so it must be the right side :!:
JC.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 10:11 am
One more here for review of the CCS pads which I use.

I noticed you used the Black for final instead of the Blue.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:10 pm
Yeah I use the black instead of the blue, maybe its just me but the black seems so much softer then the blue :shock: :shock:

Do you think I could get even better results if I use the blue.......... :lol:

CCS pads????????? I had no problems with the old eurotech foam so for me there alright, but not overally exciting. They are certainly harder to clean then the old ones. All in all I prefer the old ones but since there not available anymore I will use the new ones with no complaints.

Rag top was pretty good so just got brushed down.

I have a Neumatic Vacuum (the ones with the smily faces) and a Kerrick Scup Shampoo Extraction Machine.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 17, 2007 5:30 pm
Wow, what a difference on the back seat upholstery ( before/after pic)!

I didn't realize leather could get that dirty.

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