Recent content by nmwhitneyjr

At some point in my car`s past, the PO had the engine bay detailed and then shellacked or clear coated. No surprise that now 60% of that has flaked off and the rest has turned a dirty brown color. I degreased the engine. That helped some, but what remains acts like it won`t come off with a...

Greetings all, I`ve done all my own auto repairs for years, now it`s time to man-up and learn the art of detailing. Why, after 48 years? Well, I recently picked up a nice 1991 300D Mercedes. Low miles and in excellent mechanical shape... but it spent the past 5 years or so parked under pine...