Detailer's Domain: MB E500
#1
Detailer's Domain: MB E500
Winter clean up from 2009
My customer's daily driver
Tons of salt (inside and out) from snow from the last few weeks.
Exterior was a wash/clay/Power Finished/Sealed.
Interior was cleaned up with einszett Deep Cleaner and Leather Care.
What was done -
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with P21S Wheel Gel and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash and washed down
- Wheel wells were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash and washed down
- Wash down and rinsed with Optimum No Rinse
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Paint inspected and measured
- Wheels protected with Swissvax Autobahn
- Tires dressed with Adam's VRT
- 1 Step Polish with Power Finish
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Sealed with Einszett Glanz
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
Interior - Cleaned/Vacuumed/Leather Treated
Products used:
Product List:
Exterior:
Optimum No Rinse
Uber Yellow Wash Sponge
Swissvax Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer
Einszett Spray Wax
Menzerna Power Finish
einszett Glanz
Optimum Poli-Seal on the windows
Wheels and tires:
Adam's VRT
Uber Wheel/Wheel Well/Tire/Engine Kit
Interior -
einszett Plastic Deep Cleaner
einszett Leather care
Tools:
Infratech 5300
Porter Cable 7424XP
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Brushes
Interior:
Before
Cleaning it up
Under the seats
Before
After
Taking care of the leather with einszett Deep Cleaner and a SV Leather Brush
einszett Leathercare to condition the leather
My customer's daily driver
Tons of salt (inside and out) from snow from the last few weeks.
Exterior was a wash/clay/Power Finished/Sealed.
Interior was cleaned up with einszett Deep Cleaner and Leather Care.
What was done -
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with P21S Wheel Gel and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash and washed down
- Wheel wells were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash and washed down
- Wash down and rinsed with Optimum No Rinse
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Paint inspected and measured
- Wheels protected with Swissvax Autobahn
- Tires dressed with Adam's VRT
- 1 Step Polish with Power Finish
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Sealed with Einszett Glanz
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
Interior - Cleaned/Vacuumed/Leather Treated
Products used:
Product List:
Exterior:
Optimum No Rinse
Uber Yellow Wash Sponge
Swissvax Clay Bar and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer
Einszett Spray Wax
Menzerna Power Finish
einszett Glanz
Optimum Poli-Seal on the windows
Wheels and tires:
Adam's VRT
Uber Wheel/Wheel Well/Tire/Engine Kit
Interior -
einszett Plastic Deep Cleaner
einszett Leather care
Tools:
Infratech 5300
Porter Cable 7424XP
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Brushes
Interior:
Before
Cleaning it up
Under the seats
Before
After
Taking care of the leather with einszett Deep Cleaner and a SV Leather Brush
einszett Leathercare to condition the leather
#3
Quick action shot
After polishing shots
Adam's VRT on the tires
Cleaning up the jambs with einszett Spray Wax
After shots
(Permission was granted by the owner to post photos and write up)
After polishing shots
Adam's VRT on the tires
Cleaning up the jambs with einszett Spray Wax
After shots
(Permission was granted by the owner to post photos and write up)
#7
Super Member
Joined: May 2009
Posts: 507
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From: Vancouver, (BC) Best City on Planet Earth
GLK 350X :0
Great action shots.
2 questions though....
In the pix you are showing a "metabo" polisher? and on top it states PC 7424 XP used?
What is a Infratech 5300? How is it used?
thanks for the insight...
2 questions though....
In the pix you are showing a "metabo" polisher? and on top it states PC 7424 XP used?
What is a Infratech 5300? How is it used?
thanks for the insight...