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01-24-2015, 04:07 PM | #1 |
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Detailer's Domain: Big Clean Up on a Big Classic - Mercedes 600 SEL W100
Mercedes-Benz 600 (W100) - this was a big one!
This one was a call that took us off guard. The 600 SEL has been a car I had waited to work on for years. Always loved this one since I first saw it as a kid in the old movies. I knew my customer had this car but had never seen it, finally got a call in for it and I was a bit surprised it was for mold removal......a lot of it. The car was brought in and after taking a look at it, the customer and I decided it was best to go full out on it - mold removal, engine clean up, paint correction, and protection. This car is a special one to the family, we took special measures to take our time and made sure we were able to get it back to it's glory. Products used Interior Products Leather Master Mold Killer Leather Master Strong Cleaner Leather Master Protection Cream 1Z einszett Cockpit Cleaner 1Z einszett Plastic Deep Cleaner 1Z einszett Gummi Pflege Stift Rubber Care Stick Interior Tools Dupray Hill Injection Steam Cleaner Uber All Purpose Microfiber Towels Uber Leather and Carpet Brush Uber Purple Gloves 3M respirator masks Black Light Exterior Products Adam's Car Wash Adam's Metal Polish 1 Adam's Metal Polish 2 Adam's In and Out Adam's Super VRT Adam's Glass Sealant Auto Finesse Citrus Cleaner Auto Finesse Crystal NanoSkin Autoscrub Pad NanoSkin Glide Menzerna FG400 Menzerna SF4000 Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner Swissvax Divine Tools Used Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher Porter Cable 7424XP Uber Green Pad Uber Blue Pad Uber Black Pad Uber All Purpose Microfiber Towels Uber Quick Detailing Towels Uber Super Drying Towel Metro Air Force Master Blaster 2 Grit Guard Bucket Kits Uber Foam Cannon Kranzle K 1122TST Cold Water Electric Pressure Washer Interior Before MOLD, MOLD, MOLD!!! Customer stated that the mold was caused due to humidity from the hot summer months and improper ventilation in the garage. Products used for this one The A team ready to go Steam - one of the best ways to remove and kill mold Action shot Getting it done We took the mold removal one section at a time. Carpets getting steamed Chrome bits getting steamed Headliner carefully being steamed Vents steamed After steaming mats were removed and vacuumed. After everything was steamed and vacuumed we went ahead and used Leather Master Mold Remover to remove any left over traces of mold. After the mold remover was applied we waited a day to check on the interior. Using a black light we found no mold left in the interior. Carpets, leather, wood, all free and clear of mold Leather Master Protection Cream applied Random shots - interior detailing Wood polishing After shots |
01-24-2015, 04:08 PM | #2 |
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Exterior Before photos Paint imperfections before the wash Prep - wash/decon/nanoskin auto scrub/wheels cleaned Wash - Decon Rinse Nanoskin Autoscrub Nanoskin Autoscrub pad on glass first Nanoskin Autoscrub pad on paint Rinse and Dry Wheels Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner APC used on the white walls Tires were scrubbed and wipe down Hub caps pulled off and polished and protected Back side cleaned as well. Wheels cleaned Hubcaps put back on Wheels and tires looking much better Engine Before Steam used to clean the motor APC and brushes to remove the years of dirt and grime Not like modern day motors with all the plastics and covers, but a nice improvement Paint Correction Imperfections 50/50 shots - after using the Griot's and Uber Green and Uber Blue pads with Menzerna FG400 and Menzerna SF400 Pads used After correction Chrome - Bright work Before Years of oxidation Metal polished out with the Festool and Uber Green Pad 50/50 shot of the bumper Chrome fender accents Final touches Adam's Glass Sealant Applying a carnauba paste wax via the Griot's and Uber Black Finishing Pad Final shots I hope you enjoyed this one as much as we did. |
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Wow, awesome work and a great classic car
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01-26-2015, 08:33 PM | #6 |
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Awesome work, Phil, as usual. Be honest though, this has GOT to be one of the oddest, rarest projects you have had in the shop to date!
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