Help Cleaning Hood
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2014 S550
Last edited by Chucky300; Aug 18, 2014 at 11:22 PM.
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S 550
First - thoroughly wash the car, next use the clay car with a lubricant such as detail spray. Depending on how rough the paint was during the claying process I will typically then wash the car again after claying to be sure the paint is now clean before proceeding to drying the car. After drying the car then determine if any polishing is needed to remove any micro marring from the clay process. Typically the clear coat on MB is very hard and resistant to micro marring from claying (assuming that you follow good protocol: use good amount of detail spray as a lube, don't use high pressure or scrub when claying and inspect and fold the clay bar regularly) so you won't NEED to compound/polish after claying but you may need to, depending on your level of perfectionism.
Claying will remove most surface contamination which includes any sealant or wax - so you will need to reapply the sealant or wax of your choice.
Here is another video of claying (but not demo'd on a MB). You will notice the instruction and technique similarities between this and the video that Chucky shared. This is easy to do, just a few simple rules.
