Team Adam's Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I'll start with this:Not long ago, a good friend of mine mentioned his mother had been washing her car with "old t-shirts and dirty sponges." I immediately shed a few tears, and told him I wanted to get it into my garage for a little TLC.Enter the previously mentioned blue SLK.From 20' away, it's a cute little car. Upon closer inspection, this had some of the worst clear coat damage I've come across in quite some time. Swirls, marring, washing scratches, and RIDS galore, and they were EVERYWHERE:Since it had been recently washed and they don't live far away, I did a quick Waterless Wash wipedown to get the driving dust off, and broke out the Clay Bar. Only going to post one picture here, but I think you'll get the point:Post clay inspection, pretty much the same everywhere:Time for some taping to see what it was going to take to take make an improvement. She didn't want perfection as I only had a few hours to work with, but I wanted to to get close. This was the roof after one pass of Paint Correcting Polish and Orange Microfiber Cutting Pads on the Cyclo. I was pleasantly surprised, to say the least:All of the horizontal surfaces had quite a bit of solvent pop in them, which are the tiny dots you can see:Deck lid 50/50:This was the passenger side corner of the hood, near the windshield cowl after one pass as well. You can still see some deep stuff here as well that still remained after one pass of the Correcting Polish:We are getting ready for a cookout (hence my limited time frame to do this one) so the garage was a busy place! My Mom and my little man James supervising:My sister and daughter Azlyn "cooking" in her garage kitchen:I went around everything with a quick pass of Revive Polish on Grey Sealant and Wax Pads to clear up any polishing oils, then laid down a coat of Liquid Paint Sealant, Super VRT on the tires, and away she went!The Cyclo, combined with our Paint Correcting Polish and Microfiber Cutting Pads, correct very quickly and finish down great!Thanks for looking, and if you have any questions, fire away!! Chris@Adams, rwisejr, scootertrash19 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky Bobby Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Awesome job Nick on that hammered finish! Your correcting polish finishes down LSP ready with the MF cutting pads which is phenomenal. I'm sure if it was a paying customer you could have gotten more finish out of the surface with the white finishing polish but for someone who just wants to see improvement you have given them what they wanted! When my current polishes are spent I will give the Orange/White combo a purchase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsager Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Nice job! I hope she doesn't continue washing with with old rags and sponges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 So they wet sanded it before bringing it over to you? Great results Nick! We need to see more of these on the site! scootertrash19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerryC Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Nice garage, Nick. I wish I had half that amount of space. Car didn't come out too bad either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gen9Rolla Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 That's a great looking color. Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Awesome job Nick on that hammered finish! Your correcting polish finishes down LSP ready with the MF cutting pads which is phenomenal. I'm sure if it was a paying customer you could have gotten more finish out of the surface with the white finishing polish but for someone who just wants to see improvement you have given them what they wanted! When my current polishes are spent I will give the Orange/White combo a purchase You won't be disappointed, I can assure you of that! Nice job! I hope she doesn't continue washing with with old rags and sponges. I gave her two wash pads and a Great White to use and told her to burn any/all washing supplies she was been using in the past. So they wet sanded it before bringing it over to you? Great results Nick! We need to see more of these on the site! I believe it was dry sanded. Nice garage, Nick. I wish I had half that amount of space. Car didn't come out too bad either Thanks Gerry. The shop has underwent some serious transformation since we purchased the place last spring. It's about done, and I'll post a thread here soon once it's closer to completion. That's a great looking color. Good job! It was very pretty, reminded me a lot of Impulse Blue Metallic they used on 04-06 GTOs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
butchman Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) Awesome job. Wow that was bad to start with. Looks like they took towels and dipped them in sand and then washed the car with them. Edited June 4, 2014 by butchman Team Adam's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fphillips Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Great Job Nick! Team Adam's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Nice work Nick!! Team Adam's 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Amazing turnaround Nick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwisejr Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Super save Nick that baby was pretty hammered . But Adam's to the rescue again. great job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blcksilv08 Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Very nice save and not a real common color for a Mercedes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_pappy Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 (edited) Echoing all the comments above. Wow that paint was hammered, and nice turn around, especially for a quickie. Bruce Edited June 4, 2014 by b_pappy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRZN Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natch02 Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Nice work. I really like that blue color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMDChase Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Nice work Nick. Is that a recliner in your garage? Now THATS livin' !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 Nice work Nick. Is that a recliner in your garage? Now THATS livin' !! ...AND a glider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnbiker326 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Well Done Nick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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