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Old 05-15-07, 09:06   #1 (permalink)
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2002 Black AMG E55

Black does look great when done right.

Well I arrived at 9:30am to start the fun and games. After talking with the owner and setting up. It was 10:00, I had to start, and when the sun hit it, it was a different story.
The paint was covered in spiderwebbing, and had rotary trails all over the hood.

The wash Optimum car wash
Tires/wells Optimum car wash and a little dawn mix with a wheel brush.
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I started to use a few products and they were doing ok, but not good enough. With the org. wg pad. Then I used the org. edge pad, since my green pad was still wet from a previous use. I took out my heavy hitter 3M heavy cut, that did the job. It did leave a little haze on the paint. So then I used Optimum Polish to bring back the shine and depth. I then rewashed the car with my foam gun. I used a mix of optimum car soap and dawn soap. The owner wanted me to put zaino on as the last finish. Zaino Z-5pro was used.

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Old 05-15-07, 09:23   #2 (permalink)
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Re: 2002 Black AMG E55

Looks VERY good great job on those swirls, black is not a easy color to work with
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Re: 2002 Black AMG E55

Looks fantastic great job!
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Re: 2002 Black AMG E55

Excellent job, especially on the swirl removal. Even without the dreaded C040 paint code, the regular 040 black paint is still pretty hard.
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excellent swirl removal. car has so much reflection and depth its insane. awesome job.
 
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Re: 2002 Black AMG E55

Nice job! Was that rotary or pc?
 
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Nice job! Was that rotary or pc?
The pc was used with a edge org. pad and 3M heavy cut
 
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