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    Its friday and iam very tired, i had to work on a friends Mercedes, its a 93 300se, the interior was a disaster, but we tried the best we could do without an extractor, i dont know why but i worked and worked and never finished, this car was hugee, and by looking at the hood i found out that was recently hacked by someone, it was full of holograms from a bad polish, so with that in mind i had to take a "mild" correccion because i did not know how much paint was removed by someone else, we were not able to give a 100% correccion do to some very deep scratches, also panels were repainted badly, bondo patches under paint, under the paint sanding marks, out of all the repainted cars i have worked here in Chile theres not 1 that has been painted without a flaw. well lets go on with the detail. about 9:00am we arrive do to bad traffic.

    es Viernes y estoy muy cansado, aparte de haber hecho un calorrr insoportable, fuimos a trabajar movil en un 93 Mercedes 300se de un amigo, el interior era un desastre, pero como no tengo el equipo para hacer interiores, la mayoria de mis trabajos han salido de correccion exterior, asi que le mencione que haremos lo que se pueda en el interior sin costo.
    Pasandonos al exterior, este auto era enorme, yo diria que mas grande que el Infiniti q45 que tuve antes, asi que no terminabamos nunca con la pintura. tambien mirando la pintura pude ver que habia sido pulida muy mal por algun Simunisado, ya que tenia lugares con pintura quemada/Hologramas en todos lados, asi que con esto en mente tuve que usar una forma de correccion muy poca abrasiva usando la Doble accion el cual es imposible dejar hologramas, tenia que ser asi ya que no se sabia cuanta pintura habia sido removida anteriormente, no se pudo llegar a una correccion del 100% por los danos que tenia (rayas profundas al parecer por perro o gato, tambien varios paneles fueron repintados, y aca en chile no he visto ningun auto que quedara bien de repintada, siempre dejan marcas de lija bajo la pintura, ojos de pescado, etc. pero bueno sigamos con el detallado, 9am llegamos por el trafico de las mananas.




    we started by using the jack to remove each wheel, the back side of the rims were black with caked on dirt and brakedust first i tried some Super Degreaser @ 10:1 and nothing, then 4:1, a bit better but not enough, after this i opened my new gallon of Wheel brightner @ 4:1, it was faster but still these rims were probably never cleaned from behind in 16 years. in the end, WB and steel wool had to be used,
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    comenzamos usando el gato para remover cada rueda, la parte trasera de las llantas estabas negras con tierra y polvo de frenos pegados, probamos con Super Degraser @ 10:1 y nada, despues a 4:1 y un poco mejor pero no lo suficiente, despues decidi habrir mi botella de Wheel Brigtner @ 4:1 que fue lo que ayudo bastante, depues de dudo que los hayan lavado desde atras en 13 anos, a final WB con lana metalica suave fue usado.











    After this we worked on the paint, the usual again:
    2BM, NXT wash, microfiber glove and power washer helped get the work done, a drying towel and last touch finished this step.. then mild clay was used to remove al the contaminants from the paint: pix is from a 2x2 spot
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    Despues de llantas el cual no fue rapido, comenzamos con el lavado de siempre, 2BM, NTX wash, microfibra telescopica y el powerwasher nos ayudo a hacer el trabajo, el secado fue por medio de microfibra para secado y Last Touch en spray. depues Clay suave con un detailer fue usado para remover la contaminacion y dejar la superficie limpia para pulir y suave como espejo. esta foto es despues de trabajar en un cuado de 2x2 pies.


    The engine also was given a minor wash--- el motor tambien recibio una pequena limpieza, y protector de plasticos.






    Correction:
    like i said a mild polish was used to remove hologram burns and bring back some shine and reflection to the dead paint,
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    Correccion:
    bueno como mencionaba, un pulidor suave fue usado para remover los holgramas que tenia y aumentar el brillo y reflejos a la pintura muerta.





    scratches were wet sanded and then repolished:
    algunos defectos fueron tratados y despues pulidos.


    here you can see a bit of the holograms from a bad treatment,
    aqui se ve un poco como estaban los hologramas por un mal tratamiento,

    and an after---y un despues, este color siempre me da problemas con el foco de la camara:


    Headlamps and tailights also recieved some glass polising to remove minor water spots,
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    las luces tambien recibieron una pequena pulida para remover manchas minimas de agua:








    Then all the atencion went to the interior, the leather was brown with dirt, and all carpets were a mess, from dirt to leaves everything was inside, the owner also seems to have a bad habit of leaving the windows down so you can imagine the rest.
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    Despues la atencion fue puesta en el interior, los cueros estaban cafe con tierra y las alfombras estaban terribles, desde tierra a hojas habia de todo adentro, tambien el dueno al parecer tiene la mala costumbre de dejar los autos con las ventanas abajo asi que se imaginan el resto.






    A before and after: the leather was already cracked so there was not much we could do about it:
    Antes y despues: el cuero estaba bien danado y partido asi que no hay mucho que se pueda hacer ahi:














    After the we finished the correccion stages, we aplied 2 coats of 2.0 Sealent, while that cured for about 30 minutes i started the metal polishing, every crome piece was hand polished with Metal Polish Paste,
    the black chrome between the doors also had to be carefuly polished, to remove some bad water spots.
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    Despues de las estapas de correccion, se aplicaron 2 capas de Sellador sintetico 2.0, mientras eso se secaba por unos 30 minutos, comenzamos el pulido de metales, cada pieza fue pulida a mano con Pulidor en pasta para metales, tambien el cromo negro de las puertas debio ser cuidadosamente pulido para remover unas manchas feas de lluvia acida.

    Before-Antes:

    After-Despues:










    then all seals, molding, rubber, plastics were dressed to regain their flexbility and return them to black again.
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    Despues todos los sellos de puerta, gomas y plasticos, fueron protegidos y se aplico un renovador libre de silcona para devolver la flexibilidad y el color negro.



    And now some final shots, not bad for a 93 model!!
    y ahora unas finales, nada malo para ser del 93!!













    well thanks again for stoping by!! keep shining!!
    gracias por ver! sigan brillando

    Nelson Zapata
    www.advancedetail.webs.com
    Nelson Zapata - Advance Detail - Detailing and Auto Reconditioning in Santiago Chile.

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    Re: Advance Detail Chile-93 Mercedes 300se

    Fantastic turnaround on a HUGE car. Did you get it all done in just one day? How many man hours were involved with this job?
    Detailing blog: prodetailing.blogspot.com
    Everything else: theseech.blogspot.com

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      Re: Advance Detail Chile-93 Mercedes 300se

      Originally posted by seech View Post
      Fantastic turnaround on a HUGE car. Did you get it all done in just one day? How many man hours were involved with this job?
      yeahh it was hugeee, specialy the hood, seemed like a never ending job, well we arrived at 9 something, probably worked from 10am to 4pm so 7 hours total, me-polishing, bro-rims and suspencion, dad-clay/sealent, and my wife did the whole interior, she was happy working by herself!! great helper jaja.
      Nelson Zapata - Advance Detail - Detailing and Auto Reconditioning in Santiago Chile.

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      • #4
        Re: Advance Detail Chile-93 Mercedes 300se

        Very nice, Nelson. I love when I log onto MOL and see another new thread from you. You have excellent writeups and wonderful photos. I absolutely love your attention to detail.

        Colin
        A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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        • #5
          Re: Advance Detail Chile-93 Mercedes 300se

          Great work as usual. Way to go, Nelson. That was a huge improvement. Now if you can get the owner to close the windows. lol.
          quality creates its own demand

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          • #6
            Re: Advance Detail Chile-93 Mercedes 300se

            Wow! Big save on that one!

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            • #7
              Re: Advance Detail Chile-93 Mercedes 300se

              ola Amigos

              ORA Et Labora
              u just know how to have a family fun &

              thanks for posting yr work & write up & enjoy every bit of it
              it only takes a little patience and plenty of PASSION!!

              detailing blog

              http://thedetailers.blogspot.com

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