Detailed: 2008 Mercedes Benz C300

It has been a long time since I posted on my blog here but since last time I posted, a lot of things have changed and between new job and studying for few tests, I barely had any time to write and post on the blog. So, with that said, last week a buddy of mine asked me to detail his 2008 Mercedes C300. He has just bought the car with less than 47000 miles on the ODO

Upon picking up the car and inspecting it, I knew that even though the dealer has supposedly cleaned and prepped it, this wasn't going to be an easy task. The car had some sort of brown stains and gunk stuck on pretty much all panels and the body felt rough to the hand. Right away I did the bag test on the paint and realized that the car needs a CLAY badly! This car had the roughest surface I have ever felt. Anyway, we will get to that later as I go through the quick write up for that detail.

Here are some pictures to show how the car was when I picked it up.

First thing first, I started with the wheels, tires and wheel barrels and applied the Deep Wheel Cleaner which is specifically designed to remove brake dust on sports cars (In order to increase the stopping power of sports cars, the brake pads usually have a higher amount of metal, causing A LOT of brake dust).

Before

The Deep Wheel Cleaner in action

After

I then moved to wash the car by using a Foam Gun to reduce the potential of adding more scratches to the surface as I'm washing the car with the wash pads.

Just after a wash

I then went ahead and clayed the car, here's what I got on the clay bar (after a thorough wash!)

I then went ahead and masked the car to make sure the polish doesn't get in contact with the rubber or in the nooks and crannies.

It was time for polishing, so I started with Severe Swirls and Haze Remover and the green pad then Swirl and Haze Remover, Fine Machine Polish, Brilliant Glaze and Buttery Wax. Unfortunately, I don't have a lot of in-process paint correction or comparison pictures (except for the heavily swirled B-pillars) as the time was running out and I needed to focus on the car instead of taking pictures but I have some pictures after the car was done and I felt comfortable with the time. 

B-pillars before

B-pillars after

Here you go

Reflections....nice!

 Engine bay after

Here are some pictures after I delivered it to the proud owner :)

Next time, I will have to find someone to help me out with the in-process pictures as I find myself too focused on the detail that I don't take pictures or if I see something wrong and I go ahead and fix it and after I fix it I realize that I should have taken a before picture first then an after.

Thanks for reading and watching.