2002 CLK from Deleware.

this customer now holds the title for longest distance traveled to my shop in Queens, NY for a detail. he lives a little past Philly, about 3 hours away without traffic. he drove up for the detail & left the car with me. i first thought a week would be enough time but it wound up being a 2 week job. the customer wanted the swirls out & was very patient with me. he told me to take my time & thats what i did.

this car was really bad. whatever before shots of swirls that i took, that's exactly how every square inch of the paint job looked. extremely dull, tons of deep swirls & lets not forget about a rock hard clear coat. cars with hard clear coats take longer to work on because the swirls & scratches take longer to remove. for cars with softer clear coats it should take a lot less time to do a job like this.

the list of what was done:
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after a long drive up from Deleware this is how the CLK came into the shop.
the customer confessed that its been about 4-6 months since the last wash.
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lets start off with the roof
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hood before
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hood 50/50
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look at all those stone chips. this car has about 127,000 miles on the clock.
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drivers door 50/50
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above the drivers side rear quarter glass 50/50
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above drivers door glass 50/50
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trunk50/50
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after compound & polish
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after- with the lights off
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passenger quarter panel 50/50
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gas cap
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