Detailer's Domain: Brings this one back to life - 05 Mercedes SL55
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Detailer's Domain: Brings this one back to life - 05 Mercedes SL55
Subject: 2005 Mercedes SL55 (was a NYC car)
Requirements - get it back to NEW like condition
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Wolf's Decon Gel
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Meg's M105 with Surbuf and Griots Orbital
- Sonax 5/5 Fine Abrasive Paste - Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital
- Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Aquartz
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Products used
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Wolf's Decon Gel
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's M105
Sonax Compound 5/5 - Coming Soon
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6 - Coming Soon
Aquartz
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Interior
1Z ****pit
1Z Plastic Deep Cleaner
1Z Leathercare
Sonax Upholstery and Carpet Cleaner
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Interior
Before
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Size: 6.33 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21870d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6183.jpg)
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Cleaning up the mats with the Griots 3 inch and brush attachment
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Size: 7.54 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21879d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6342.jpg)
Vac
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Requirements - get it back to NEW like condition
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Wolf's Decon Gel
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Meg's M105 with Surbuf and Griots Orbital
- Sonax 5/5 Fine Abrasive Paste - Microfiber DA Cut Pad - Griots Orbital
- Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish - Uber Green Pad - Griots Orbital
- Aquartz
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were autoscrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Products used
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Wolf's Decon Gel
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Meg's M105
Sonax Compound 5/5 - Coming Soon
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6 - Coming Soon
Aquartz
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish
Interior
1Z ****pit
1Z Plastic Deep Cleaner
1Z Leathercare
Sonax Upholstery and Carpet Cleaner
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Interior
Before
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Views: 77
Size: 6.10 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21850d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6198.jpg)
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Size: 6.01 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21854d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6196.jpg)
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Size: 6.10 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21858d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6190.jpg)
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Views: 57
Size: 6.78 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21862d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6187.jpg)
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Size: 5.15 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21866d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6186.jpg)
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Size: 6.33 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21870d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6183.jpg)
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Size: 7.84 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21874d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6182-1.jpg)
Cleaning up the mats with the Griots 3 inch and brush attachment
![Name: DSC_6342.jpg
Views: 77
Size: 7.54 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21879d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6342.jpg)
Vac
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Views: 76
Size: 6.18 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21883d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6343.jpg)
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Size: 6.93 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21886d1501286203-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6333.jpg)
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Paint Correction
The 50/50 shots will show it all
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Size: 7.20 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21774d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6321.jpg)
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After compounding and polishing we ended up with this
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Pulled the wheels off to do a thorough cleaning - wheel wells cleaned and dressed, brake calipers cleaned and protected, wheel cleaned up and protected
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Size: 7.10 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21783d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6383.jpg)
Calipers before
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After caliper and wheel wells were taken care of
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Size: 6.50 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21795d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6455.jpg)
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Size: 7.33 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21798d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6457.jpg)
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BBS LM's were pretty dirty on the inside
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The 50/50 shots will show it all
![Name: DSC_6302.jpg
Views: 77
Size: 4.28 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21772d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6302.jpg)
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Size: 7.99 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21773d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6324.jpg)
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Views: 85
Size: 7.20 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21774d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6321.jpg)
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After compounding and polishing we ended up with this
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Size: 6.61 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21779d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6331.jpg)
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Pulled the wheels off to do a thorough cleaning - wheel wells cleaned and dressed, brake calipers cleaned and protected, wheel cleaned up and protected
![Name: DSC_6383.jpg
Views: 89
Size: 7.10 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21783d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6383.jpg)
Calipers before
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Size: 6.99 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21787d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6451.jpg)
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After caliper and wheel wells were taken care of
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Size: 6.50 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21795d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6455.jpg)
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Size: 7.33 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21798d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6457.jpg)
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Size: 6.80 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21801d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6456.jpg)
BBS LM's were pretty dirty on the inside
![Name: DSC_6388.jpg
Views: 81
Size: 7.00 MB](https://www.f150online.com/forums/attachments/care-detailing/21803d1501285448-detailer-s-domain-brings-one-back-life-05-mercedes-sl55-dsc_6388.jpg)
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