motoo344

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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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DannoWS6

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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.

Joe "Preachers Sheets" DIESO

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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.

motoo344

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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.

DannoWS6

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Benz paint = use Menzerna

Joe "Preachers Sheets" DIESO

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I'll hit it with a 3M body shop compound and show it whos boss! :-)

DannoWS6

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Yeah or that. 3m is about as much cut you will get outta compound. Still gotta finish it off nicely. Hard paint you still need a lighter cut polish thats effective.

Joe "Preachers Sheets" DIESO

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I like the 3m professional line. The paint correction stuff is a 3 step process and is ready for wax/sealent after the last step. All in what your used to I guess. 3m is my comfort zone.

motoo344

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I hear about the 3m stuff but I have not really read all that much on it. How is it?

Joe "Preachers Sheets" DIESO

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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.

BlackScreaminMachine

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Solid improvement, especially on the Rims. I do take notice on cars I pass by and man, I swear some people have 100k on a car and never washed the rims once.

motoo344

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Yeah, I notice also, I understand not everyone takes care of their cars because it might be an older or car or they might drive it 100 miles a day. It amazes me that people with expensive cars let them go to hell. Not saying this customer did, she got this car from someone else, but even a quick detail once a month will keep a car in great shape.

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.