DannoWS6

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What we have here is a 2002 Mercury Marauder dressed in Black with 75k miles and something a little special under the hood....

Goal for this car was well, perfect, or at least as close as we can get it.

Overall the paint was in poor condition, it had lots and lots of water etching, on the glass also, but very few RIDS. At the end of 34hrs of detailing over a few weeks we got damn near there... Car is a solid 95% corrected and the depth of the black and wetness of the finish is great. Car looks fantastic sitting still

Please enjoy and thanks in advance for any feedback!

Materials
Flex 3401VG
Porter Cable
Bench Polisher
Uber 6" Orange
Uber 6" Green
Uber 5" Orange
Uber 5" Green
Uber 5" Black
Uber 3" Green
Uber 3" Blue
Menzerna FG400
Menzerna PF2500
Menzerna SF4000
Prima Amigo
Menzerna Powerlock
Mequiers NXT 2.0
Spray Away Glass cleaner
Chemical Guys Citrus Wash
Adams Car wash
Sonax Wheel Cleaner
Westly Bleach white
Metal Polish
50/50 Alcohol Wipe down
Chemical Guys applicator pads
Various MF Towels
Various Wheel brushes
Various interior brushes
Blue painters tape
Qtips




Process:
Exterior (body)

Citrus wash, dry, clay bar, 1 Pass FG400 on Orange for Hood, Roof, and Decklid and Glass, 1 pass PF2500 Uber Orange (spot work as needed, hood, roof, decklid), 1 Pass SF4000 Uber Green, Adams Wash, MF towel dry, 1 Pass Amgio on Uber Black, , Alcohol wipedown, Power lock on Uber black 45min set time, Topped with NXT


Wheels
Sonax wheel cleaner, Weslty bleach white, citrus wash, SF4000 on Orange and Green pads, Mequiers NXT 2.0, tires dressed with CG Xtreme shine


Exhaust
Citrus wash and polished



ENOUGH OF THAT!



What lurks under that hood...








At Delivery (Heavy coat of wax)....



















Under the lights,,, Eeekkk....



































After a bit of work, checking the progress...











Ready for refinement of the finish, but still looking stellar...






And we continue...

DannoWS6

iTrader: (5)

You see it, then you almost don't...









Not bad, not bad...













Glass was etched bad... Gave them a good polish to get them looking far far better...









Wheels need some love too. Brightened right up after a bit of SF4000 love...







Compound was dusty and oils wanted to stick to car, so we gave it a quick bath...











Getting final checks before stepping out into the light. Looking SHARP!















Remember this spot?









How about this one?









Stepping out... Fantastic!

ramairetransam

iTrader: (18)

nice work , bringing that black back

MrBlueDevil14

Good to see someone bring a Marauder back in shape. These are one of my favorite cars, eventually i'll have one.

Ps Marauders were only made in 2003 & 2004. Might want to check the year on that one

DannoWS6

iTrader: (5)

Ahh you are right, DOH. I will have to look into the year (must have read the vin wrong)

They are cool cars, def an enjoyable cruiser that's a bit unique.
Big cars, lots of paint.