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CLK two day turnaround

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:58 am
by Stuart
One of my most comprehensive jobs to date, the CLK was an awesome thing to get stuck into and a real challenge :)

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An exhaustive exterior pre-wash, wash and decontamination for the paintwork, glass, roof and engine followed by a multiple stage machine polish and expensive wax to protect the paint, reproofed the fabric roof and sealed the glass for good measure.

Alloys were sealed and protected as were the tyres, exhaust and exterior plastics and rubbers. The engine was dressed to protect the plastics from heat and discolouration.

The interior fabrics were dry cleaned first, then shampoo'd, the vacuumed again. The leather and ivory vinyl trim were gently cleaned to remove grease and dirt, then dried and conditioned to protect them. All wood veneers were cleaned, polished and protected.

All panel shuts were cleaned and protected with cotton buds and toothpicks being used on every nook and crannie to get dirt and grime out.

The owner of the car bought it blind as a surprise gift for his wife, so he needed it the CLK to be as good as possible prior to her receiving it. Safe to say that he caved in, gave her the present early and they were both delighted with the results :thumbs:

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:13 pm
by Ben
What a difference :) .. nice work

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:30 pm
by Stuart
Thanks Ben :cheers2:

Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 10:21 pm
by Billy
Good work batman, what you use to clean the door card?

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:27 am
by RX7
Yeah as said when you showed me the pics Stu, it is an amazing difference.....night and day !

Bet the owner could not believe it was the same car :)

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:38 pm
by Ben
Yep, how on earth did you get the door cards clean!!!

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:57 pm
by Stuart
Billy wrote:Good work batman, what you use to clean the door card?
Ben wrote:Yep, how on earth did you get the door cards clean!!!
A mixture of fabric cleaners, all purpose cleaners and loads of microfibres, brushes and a wet-vac. Very, very easy to cock this up and end up getting too much moisture into the door so go careful if you attempt this 'at home'

Thanks Gents. The new owner was quite pleased :)

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:05 pm
by Rob S
Really need a new camera mate, your work and results are nt being done justice!

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:07 pm
by Stuart
The camera is fine mate, the lighting in this unit is not the best (and that's being polite)

Thanks though :D

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:55 pm
by Daniel
You're getting good at this valeting malarkey. ;) Seriously though, the attention to detail is unreal. You will be booked again by me in the future. :nod: