Gleaming Kleen- Merc SL300 Resurrected

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Gleaming Kleen- Merc SL300 Resurrected

Post by JayPlay » Mon May 04, 2009 2:29 pm

Not a Audi I know but still thought Id share it

The owner's wife of this Merc called me and said her husband had this vehicle and obslutley loved it but was too embarrassed to drive it because of the condition it was in.

Owners purchased this car in Hong Kong from new and when they moved back to UK they brought it back with them. This car is 21 years old and has only covered 50,000 miles but it has had a very hard life and been neglected over the years.


INTERIOR
All carpet flooring removed from vehicle and front/rear seating to allow me to thoroughly clean them. All upholstery cleaned with APC and an extractor. Plastic's/Vinyl cleaned with APC
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Leather

Build up of dirt between stichings
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As you can see very grubby
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All leather cleaned and conditioned with Gliptone. In total I had given them 4 coats of conditioner to get them nice and soft.
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Fronts seats were showing signs of cracking and badly faded so were reconditioned

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Brite work polished up using Brillant metal polishes.
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Interior complete
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BOOT
The boot was given a thorough vacuum and upholstery cleaned also
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Spare wheel removed and cleaned and given a coat of Zaino AIO for protection and dressed with Swissvax Pneu
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CONVERTIBLE TOP
Hard Top was corrected then removed to enable me to throughly clean the soft tipRenovo soft top reviver was applied by brush and left to dry for 3 hours and then treated with 303 Fabric Guard. Plastic windows cleaned and protected using Swissvax Vinyl Clear set
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The 50/50 below shows the rightside of plastic window restored
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Plastic wax being applied
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Convertible top compartment vacuumed, cleaned and then dressed with 303 Aerospace Protectant
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Short Vid of 303 Fabric Guard in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CWKqgfPq1g

EXTERIOR
Vehicle certainly seen better days
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Jay

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Post by JayPlay » Mon May 04, 2009 2:29 pm

I started first by cleaning up all the panel gaps, door shuts, badges and crevices with G101
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20 years worth of grime and grease cleaned using cotton swabs and degreaser and alot of patience
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Vehicle was then foamed twice with a strong mix of degreaser and then washed twice to remove the build up of grime. After washing the car I then spent a good time claying the car using Sonus Grey as paintwork was rough like sand paper.

Paint readings were then taken which were showing readings of 110-130 throughout the entire vehicle. Whilst taking readings i found several panel edges had strike through.

After trying several combos I settled on using Megs 105 on a Megs Cutting pad knock back the heavy oxidation and defects. This was then followed up with Menz 3.02 and then 85rd.
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Tight area's cut in by hand or by using 4in pad
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Vehicle was then given a IPA wipedown and given a coat oF Zaino Z3. Two coats of Swissvax Divine were also applied over 2 days. All metal polished using Brillant Polishes and tyres dressed with Zaino Z16

Short video of Divine sheeting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74QxGgo2AUc

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Total work time just over 50 hours

Thanks for looking
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Post by frazered » Mon May 04, 2009 3:45 pm

quite a transformation!

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Post by chunky79 » Mon May 04, 2009 4:51 pm

truely amazing turn around. Can't believe how paint can be turned from that bad to that good
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Post by david7m » Tue May 05, 2009 12:27 pm

Fantastic result! I bet the bill for 50 hours made the guys eyes water ;)

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Post by rtd » Wed May 06, 2009 5:57 pm

great work.
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