Well today I got to work on a 1987 Black Mercedes 560SL with a single stage paint---no clear coat. It was a pure joy. The car was just purchased from some guy who only deals with 560SL's, and he had his own detailer polish the car.

The owner of this car is a friend and longtime customer of mine and she was furious because she told him that she wanted only me to touch the car.

Anyways, after looking it over, it looked good in the shade, and felt smooth to the touch, but in the sun, this is what it looked like.





This is how I know I was dealing with an old non clear coated finish--but PC pad turned black after buffing for a little bit


Here's the results of my first test spot


And I won't bore you with the details since this isn't a MINI

Here are the end results

Swirl free, defect free, wet, thanks to Amigo and Epic.




Process was Wash with DI water, Polish with PC and M80 and W8006 pad, Polish with Amigo with W8006 pad, Wax with Epic with W9006 pad. There were a few spots I used the rotary with a W8006 pad to remove some deeper defects. Tires and trim dressed with Nero, chrome with NXT metal polysh.

Just goes to show that Epic looks great on both a new MINI and a 20 year old finish!

Coming up Next is a GP I polished with Epic!

 

Wow!! Beautiful...you are SO good...

Donna

 

Hey we're all nuts here...we love the details!

Great job, again.

 

I saw that car in person before the detail job. Nicely done.

 

Looks flawless.

 

Thanks everyone!! Going to work on a NAM members Chili Red now with hard water spots.

Dave: I'm going to be in Irvine again today--I will stop by and see you and Bar10Girl after my detail if there is time.

 

WHOA!

I haven't been able to make it over to the forum all day and finally just got here... to see this! Wow. What a makeover.

Now THAT is a perfect example of what I would call "wet" in that black paint.

Nice work!! Thanks for posting your results. (great photos in general too!)

-Heather

 

nicely done. love that trunk lid's shine.

 

WOW.

I want to do my dad's Jag but he's being a pain about it. I think he thinks I don't know what I'm doing...

 

im the youngest in the family and my pops still think i don't know
wth im doing... well, most of the time i dont. i just learn
from my mistakes. but got to push the limit once in a
while to get better. just the way it is. nothing better than using
pop's car to learn, huh? i say do it while he's taking a nap.

 

beautiful! i love seeing these reviews and your pictures are great... thanks for sharing.

 

Wowza, amazing! So when are you visiting San Francisco?