Detailer's Domain: Brings this one back to life - 05 Mercedes SL55

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Subject: 2005 Mercedes SL55 (was a NYC car)
Requirements - get it back to NEW like condition

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
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Wolf's Decon Gel
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Meg's M105 with Surbuf and Griots Orbital
- Sonax 5/5 Fine Abrasive Paste - Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital
- Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Aquartz
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Wolf's Decon Gel
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's M105
Sonax Compound 5/5 - Coming Soon
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6 - Coming Soon
Aquartz
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish

Interior
1Z ****pit
1Z Plastic Deep Cleaner
1Z Leathercare
Sonax Upholstery and Carpet Cleaner
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Interior
Before








Cleaning up the mats with the Griots 3 inch and brush attachment


Vac



50/50 shot of the leather - we cleaned them up with 1Z einszett Plastic Deep Cleaner - take a look at all the dirt and oils removed.. returning the leather to a "like NEW' look and feel




Afters





Exterior

Wash/Decon/Autoscrub/Wheels/Tires/Engine










Engine
Before






After

[DetailersDomain]

Nanoskin Autoscrub
Lubricant prior to the Autoscrub



Here is what we had in front of us







Paint Correction
The 50/50 shots will show it all







After compounding and polishing we ended up with this



Pulled the wheels off to do a thorough cleaning - wheel wells cleaned and dressed, brake calipers cleaned and protected, wheel cleaned up and protected


Calipers before






After caliper and wheel wells were taken care of




BBS LM's were pretty dirty on the inside



Sonax Full Effect going to work



Wheel Woolies for easy cleaning



Cleaned up and dried - ready for the final touches and sealant


Testing Sonax Polymer Netshield on the BBS LM's


Ready to mount them back on



Exhaust tips (Optimum Metal Polish and Steel Wool #0000)
Before



After


Exterior
Afters

[RTexasF]

Exquisite work, better than showroom.

[03AZAccord]

I have looked at most of your clean ups but have never commented.
Always outstanding! Amazed at how bad some of those cars are and what you do with them.

My question is what do you use in the wheel wells? I think I read one time that you steam them. It looks like you do more than that. Can you tell me what product(s) you use? Gotta have those clean to complete the look! Nothing worse than a clean car and dirty wheel wells!

Thank you!

[bc626]

Originally Posted by 03AZAccord

I have looked at most of your clean ups but have never commented.
Always outstanding! Amazed at how bad some of those cars are and what you do with them.

My question is what do you use in the wheel wells? I think I read one time that you steam them. It looks like you do more than that. Can you tell me what product(s) you use? Gotta have those clean to complete the look! Nothing worse than a clean car and dirty wheel wells!

Thank you!

I also want to know what's the "special product" they used to clean the wheel wells too! My wheel wells don't look too nice, but the one in the picture looks so even better than new! Is it necessary for me to take my wheels of to clean the wheel well thoroughly?

[03LXV6]

Look at the list of products used.
I take it Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner was used.

[bc626]

So the Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner can be used on the wheel wells as well as the wheels itself?

[cheap_deal]

you guys are miracle workers. amazing work. the attention to detail is awesome.

any plans of setting up a branch in uae?

[DetailersDomain]

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner was used on the wheels.

We used an APC for the wheel wells.

Thanks for the feedback guys.