A little detailing for the crappy weather
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A little detailing for the crappy weather
In between the miserable two weeks of rain we have had here in the Northeast I got a chance to do some detailing.
I thought this was a cool car, I am not a huge fan of Mercedes but I like this, its a CLK500. Just a few shots.
Nothing too exciting, I detailed this car two months ago so it was not in terrible shape just a nice coat of dirt on it. Handwash, used some blackfire enhancing polish and autoglym wax.
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This car was gross, another Mercedes but an older one. Paint was in rough shape with a few small rust spots, no real reason for correction. I washed everything, clayed and then used some klasse aio to finish cleaning the paint then a little sealant to keep whats there protected. Not many pics but just looking at the wheels you can tell how grimy this car was.
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I thought this was a cool car, I am not a huge fan of Mercedes but I like this, its a CLK500. Just a few shots.
Nothing too exciting, I detailed this car two months ago so it was not in terrible shape just a nice coat of dirt on it. Handwash, used some blackfire enhancing polish and autoglym wax.
Before
Afters
This car was gross, another Mercedes but an older one. Paint was in rough shape with a few small rust spots, no real reason for correction. I washed everything, clayed and then used some klasse aio to finish cleaning the paint then a little sealant to keep whats there protected. Not many pics but just looking at the wheels you can tell how grimy this car was.
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After
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blackfire makes just about any car look good. good job, that 2nd one needed some love for sure. We just did a Subaru baja in similar condition, no correction but the works on everything else, makes a big difference especially in person. Atleast mercedes uses good paint.
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I have started using the blackfire more lately and I really like it. The CLK has some swirls but overall they are not too bad. I am surprised the other Mercedes came out as well as it did, it looked like it hasn't been cleaned in years.
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The new Benzo paint is like trying to buff defects out of a diamon, good luck.
I just detailed my car this past weekend, the exterior, rims, glass and interior look great. Even busted out the Cyclo random orbital; that thing is a beast and it's still 101% safe.
I just detailed my car this past weekend, the exterior, rims, glass and interior look great. Even busted out the Cyclo random orbital; that thing is a beast and it's still 101% safe.
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I like it alot, espically the professional line. If you find an auto body/detail shop locally chances are they'll have it in stock. The products work pretty well; I used them for quite a while back in the day when other brands were tweaking their own stuff and anything worth while could only be purchased online. I never really had issues with hazing or that stuff. Straight forward and easy to use.
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I see a lot of people driving around BMW and Mercedes and I think if you can pay 35k+ for a car you can spend at least 50-75 bucks to get someone that know whats their doing just to clean it and wax it. I charge a little more but I am still on the low end around here, I guess I just gotta be more aggressive.