It was sad to see the state of the paintwork on this beautiful dark metallic blue Mercedes ML 4WD!
This car was bought new not that long ago and the condition of the paintwork went downhill quickly thereafter. The dealer induced holograms, swirls and marring and unfortunately the car also hit 2 car washes. The results below say enough what a those “car washes” do to your paintwork.
Evidently someone whether it was the dealer itself or some Detailing Rambo had previously "a crack" at the paint before which polishing compound was still found between door jams, all over the plastics including under the doors (side-step area) and even in the engine bay (?!?!)
It also seems that acidic wheel cleaning agents were used that have caused oxidation, whitening and some corrosion of the calipers, caliper carriers and other parts including slightly damaging the surface of the wheels finish.
Now before we start
Two Bucket Wash!
The Two Bucket Systemis something we religiously stand by and recommend to all our customers - The reasoning is simply so, you are not dragging dirt bag onto your paintwork and leaving it to separate from your soft microfibre or lambswool mitt. This is quite important to maintaining your paintwork, and long term will avoid those "swirl marks", "spider webbing" and "marring" caused by the single bucket washes + those horrible sponges (ps. Apparently we heard there are “premium sponges” available these days… far as we knew they were all the same and offered you the same amount of damage to your paintwork as a $2 sponge!)
Duragloss Wax Eraser came into action to remove the excess polish residue found on pretty much the entire length of the skirting/valances on the Mercedes.
Polish residue found its way into all areas it seems
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