Swissvax'ed: Revisited, Georg's 1987 Mercedez-Benz 560SL
 

I initially detailed this car about a year ago after it had some extensive repair done due to an accident. When I initially detailed the car, the paint was an absolute mess, along with everything else on the car. Here's a link to the last writeup of this car.

1987 Mercedez-Benz 560SL

Nevertheless, once the car was perfect after I detailed it, Georg noticed many imperfections that were due to the bodyshop that did the repair work. Since the last time I detailed this car, It sat in the bodyshop for about 8 months... so you can just imagine how much of a mess it was in again. The car took me 3 days to complete. This car received an Initial Swissvax exterior Treatment, Stage 3 Polishing Package on this car using Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Strong, Professional, and Medium in that order with corresponding Swissvax Pads; as well as a full interior cleansing and protection as well as a Fine Wood Therapy Treatment The paintwork was thereafter finished off with a layer of Swissvax Concorso (At Georg's Request) by hand (Using my palms, not an applicator).

Here's how "Bobby" looked upon arrival

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OVERSPRAY

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SONAX on the wheels

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Proper 3-Bucket Wash using Swissvax Car Bath

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Treating every single rubber seal with Swissvax Seal Feed

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Following the Wash, Rubber, and Plastic treatments, I proceeded to clay the entire exterior surface using Swissvax Paint Rubber (Yellow)

Here's how the paint looked prior to polishing

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Polishing

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The Final Polishing Step. To ensure a hologram-free finish and an extreme gloss!

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There was a door ding on the driver's door, so I had My colleague over at Sharp Dents, Inc. come and take care of it

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The finishing Touch!

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Applying Autobahn Wax to the Wheels

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Onto the interior...

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Swissvax Leather Healer was used to touch-up some areas of the leather upholstery

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Applying Protecton Matt to all the interior plastic and vinyl surfaces

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Just applied Protecton Matt. in about 2 hours time it will have a completely natural looking finish

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Leather Milk had just been applied, hence the oily appearance. However, in a few hours it returned to a natural look once the Leather Milk fully absorbed into the hide.

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Fine Wood Therapy

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Chop-Stick method to get perfectly into the badges and emblems on the exterior

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FINISHED!!

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