Paint Correction of a Black Mercedes
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- Опубликовано: 8 янв 2021
- Welcome to the brand new Cam's Car Detailing channel!
I also took the time to explain the entire paint correction process to you in the most fun and interesting way I could, and sincerely hope you learn something from it. DO NOT mistake sharing my knowledge as me being a know-all. Detailing is an industry that is evolving at rapid speed and there is something new to learn every day, which is why I love it so much.
As I said, this is my first serious RUclips video. Having no clue what I was doing, I put over a week into the video itself. I know it will not be perfect, but it was a great learning experience.
I hope you enjoy the video! If you do... go ahead drop a like, share it, and subscribe to the channel for more awesome transformations like this!
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That textured ceiling in that garage did you no favors. Damn. But the fact I could tell the finish on the ceiling means you were doing FINE WORK!
Thanks!!
Mate this is what separates car washes from real men 💪
Thanks so much man. Really trying to convey that to my customers
Mercedes detailer in Florida boy have I seen my share of these! Great video I really appreciate someone that is so thorough on detail's.
Thanks so much! I appreciate you taking the time to say these kind words. Are you a mobile detailer or do you work out of your garage?
I actually work for Mercedes Benz Gainesville florida
That's awesome man! Are you looking to get into your own business?
@@CameronRDavis Funny that you ask because that's what my plans are in the next upcoming months. Due to Corona alot of people are having their cars interiors sanitized at least once a month. So I really hope that things are continuing to head in that direction for me.
@@waymonnew7820 Awesome to hear man, best of luck to you. You will love it.
Incredible. The Doctor of Detailing. It is like Cam performed surgery on that Mercedes - that was on life support. I do need a dictionary for the detailing jargon. And I thought I knew how to detail a car. I now consider myself a detailing neophyte after watching this video! Awesome.
Thanks so much! Glad you were able to get something from it!
I detailed car's/trucks for 17yrs, and my pet peeve was windows, they had to be perfect, we never used any silicons, hate the stuff.❤️ your work, very A grade 👏 very nice
I am the same way. If I have to spend an extra 10 minutes to make glass streak-free I will! I stick to Stoner’s Invisible Glass, love the stuff. I appreciate the kind works man!
Couldn’t have said this any better…awesome vid!
I thoroughly enjoyed everything that you did to this car.
There is only one thing I regret about your company: it's not near me so I can get my 1989 lincoln town car looking as BEAUTIFUL as that Mercedes.
Keep the videos coming, this was AWESOME.
I think that is the kindest thing anyone has a ever said to me! Thank you so much Charles, your words are so encouraging.
With the right equipment/products/experience you can do just about anything. The element that cannot in any way be substituted is time...a proper job takes time. Don't know how many times I've informed a client that a job may take 6-8 hours and I'll give them a call when I'm wrapping things up... and with bobblehead acknowledgement they shake hands leave then call 4 hours later hoping their car is FINISHED. Although they hire us because they don't get it - they just DON'T get it lol...
Gr8 vid - fabulous work. Hope y'all got a good tip. Shine on you crazy diamond.
I feel you brother. The right clientele does understand, they are just hard to find. Trust me I’ve been there
Great job man I picked up the ibird nano for the window pillars and it makes a huge difference for time. No longer need to tape alot of the stuff I used to have to tape. You deff did an amazing job on that car
Thanks Matt! That’s awesome, It will completely change your level of correction. I use the flex mini polisher and it is a freight train I LOVE it.
Awesome video. I've had cars paint corrected before by top notch pros....and this is right up there with the best of the best.
Wow man, thank you for the kind words. I’ve come a long way since this video was posted, you should check out my new one!
Did you not think to say what was the 2nd pad you used on the 2 stage correction and to clean the pad often to minimise scratches
Nice work brother much respect from Los Angeles
Appreciate it man!
🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼wow great job!!!
Thanks so much!
Great work! I have a 2014 W204, and I am wishing you lived in my Area lol. Wish me luck on trying to get this level of perfection on my own.
Thanks Patrick! Best of luck with the W204, I am sure it will turn out beautifully.
I had the shivers watching this! It's 9.11.21 as I'm watching! Very nice job,from one detailer to another! Keep up the great work! It takes SO long! But once done, it's well worth it. Liked and Subscribed😎
Jay, thank you so much! Great to hear that from another detailer, really means a lot. You should make some Detailing content!
@@CameronRDavis You're very welcome! I'm weird like that! Patient with buffing/polishing/coating.... video editing? Meh! Not My strong point. It takes so much time! I love all the videos out here on RUclips! If You'd ever seen the cars I detailed in the 80's and 90's! OMG! Lol Things are awesome now! Microfiber towels alone are worth their weight in gold!
Yah man, editing took over a week it’s quite a commitment. I’ve found it also makes me strive for perfection even more which is awesome.
@@CameronRDavis I record music, so I know just what You mean!! Perfection! I'm familiar with that word!
Keep it up. You're doing a great job.
Thanks man!
Good work!
Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱🖐️
Thanks so much! I actually visited Krakow about a year ago and loved it
Incredible 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks David, lots of work!
Nice Job mate.
Thanks Salim!
Looks amazing! Would have taken me 3 weeks lol
Well after all the filming and editing it sure felt like three weeks! Thanks for watching!
Excellent. Question... when you used the touch-up paint, did you come back and touch up those spots with a dab of clear coat?
In this case I did not. I did it at no charge for them. Usually would want to follow up with clear.
8:42- minor touch up work on the front “fender”? Looked like the front bumper to me. Those cracks are from impacts, even if just minor bumps, but it takes the plastic bumper cover flexing to create those, not just temperature fluctuations. I paused there and haven’t seen the end result, but I’ve tried to do the exact same thing with the exact same paint pen on exact same color but 2002 ML320. Never did look right even after blending and rubbing and compounding, rinse, repeat. Able ding solvent can help mask the touch up spots. But ultimately I removed the bumper cover, which on a Mercedes or a Chrysler(at one point one and the same) is amazingly easy. Support it properly, scuff the whole thing for good adhesion, maybe 600 grit(ish), and repaint with an adhesion promoter for plastic bumper covers, which is a clear spray, then another light scuff, then code matched touch up spray can. Get the garage to around 70 degrees, 40% humidity, spray the base coat, maybe three coats, then clear coat. Use only 2k(a colloquialism for 2-part; there’s a button on the bottom of the cans that you hit to release the hardener inside to mix with the clear, which is CRUCIAL. That can is only good for maybe a day or three. But it’s worth it! 1k clear coat is fine, if you don’t mind never exposing your car to the air, the rain, the pollen, bird “leavings”, gasoline(the WORST), and road debris which have all obviously conspired to aggravate you to no end after doing a detail which is negated after maybe a few months. 2 part “catalyzed” clear coat is like a detailer’s insurance policy. Night and day difference. And once it has cured completely, the wet sand correction just might be the most rewarding paint fix experience of your life. On my Dodge Magnum in Brilliant Black Pearl, as I buffed away the compound after the the 5k wet sand, which clearly reveals orange peel, I all but cried with joy. The 1k grit, to 1500, 2000, 2500, 3000, then 5000, were progressively less and less dull, obviously. But the best part is that each level takes minimal wet sanding. You have to be “in-touch” with your tactile sensitivity to the resistance of the paint and grit as you wet sand, but really it only takes a handful of passes per section, until that grit feels very smooth, then next up, and so on. After the 5k, a heavy compound had been bypassed, so a light cut compound was in order. Not too fast, never let the machine sit for any length of time. Fast enough to cut, slow enough to stay safe. If you ever see the base color in your wet sanding or paste correction, stop and reconsider the next steps, for you have gone through the clear coat. It might be worth a clear coat touch up. No, it is mandatory, as your work will not last without the protection of the clear coat. My Dodge had ZERO factory defects after 14 years of weather and Charleston, SC heat. I rarely hand washed it, and never did a hardcore wax, ever. Few if any swirl marks, and no overzealous clear coat “burn through” at all. Those people with peeling clear coat on body lines and edges have only done that damage to themselves,or factory defect, which was common in the 90’s and early 2000’s. But on my car, little waxing and seldom hand washing did what I wanted. Lo and behold the clear coat had done its job and preserved the paint.
And it’s not like the car was overly pampered. Rarely garaged, not even washed until it needed that acidic dust removed, scrapes and chips and scratches all around. Correcting that is another story. Anyway, I’d repaint that bumper cover. By the time time you “touch up” that minefield of chips and cracks, there is no way a paint pen can accomplish the uniformity of a good spray after a good sanding-to-level the chips and such. On my ML320, long existing hood chips had allowed serious deterioration of the remaining paint or primer. Bad news. Paint pen touch ups would just dislodge when leveling. Those chips had to get sanded to the “feathered edge” look, and more importantly, feel. Paint can look lots of ways. But if you feel an imperfection, you WILL see it after “correction”. A bumper cover is generally a ten minute removal process. A no brained. And when sanding or scuff I g, make sure the entirety of the underside is well supported. My Magnum had been rear ended, and when I replaced the bumper cover with a perfectly straight and same color junkyard piece, I had not realized that the honeycomb of impact support inside the cover had been shattered and mostly gone. So while sanding it, I did not realize I was leaving the impression of whatever was below the plastic. Just like putting a leaf below paper and rubbing with a crayon leaves that impression, you could CLEARLY see the impression of the underlying support of the bumper cover after paint and polish. In fact, the more I polished, the worse it showed! Lessons learned. And as you have well demonstrated, the right tools are CRUCIAL. Some parts will simply never look as good by hand as with a machine. Even with sanding blocks, large flat areas can reveal the shape of the block or your hand without constantly moving to keep the corrections uniform. At an inner curve on the hood line, I could clearly see the impression of my four fingers after I started wet sanding. Ugh. At that point you have to pray for enough clear coat thickness to be able to correct that blemish without cutting through to the base coat. Dicey stuff indeed. And remember this lesson- if you are correcting someone else’s failed “correction”, you will most likely be perilously close to the base coat. Danger, danger! Time to reconsider a strategy.
Thank you .......🍻😎
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for your invaluable information, highly appreciate it, keep it up the outstanding job, have a great day.
Thanks so much taking the time to write this. Means a lot to me that I can help others learn and grow! I appreciate you
I'm trying to paint correct 2005 slk55 AMG and the paint is extremely hard! I using m205 with microfiber cutting pads with Milwaukee M18 fuel DA polisher. I just ordered m105 to see if that will help cut. I also tried the hex orange cutting pads and nothing!
Microfiber definitely is the best bet. I use sonax ultra cut compound. Wonder if there is a coating on there?
AWESOME! What was the tire coating you used??
I used TireWet's 4 week dressing. I just like the ease of use and that it is affordable!
Amazing video i really enjoyed it. But i have a question. When should i use a wool pad and when should i use a MF pad? What is the difference?
There is no situation where you always use one over the the other. You really have to just do test spots to see which one works with the paint you are working on. This paint happened to like wool
How do you polish the hood without it like bending in cause usually thats what happens to me
Just use weight if the machine. No big deal if hood bends in as long as you aren’t pushing hard
Do you have a favorite one step polish?
Yes! Sonax Perfect Finish usually ends up being my go-to.
Great video! How did you remove the nicks / chips from the silver front grill? I tried using Mother's mag and aluminium polish but it only removed some water spots and brown discolouration, not the unevenness... I have the e300 also around the 10 year mark.
Hello! I honestly don’t remember what I did for the grill but my go-to right now is Zepher metal polish for anything chrome/aluminum. Stuff is absolutely amazing. Key with metal is producing heat
@@CameronRDavis I see. Thanks so much!
Is it safe to spray iron remover straight to the paint? I thought it's only meant for rims only
Yes iron remover is made to be sprayed onto paint. There is iron remover in some wheel cleaners but those cleaners should not be used on paint.
Yo great video! Where can i find the instrumental that starts at 17:30
Hey man, that should be in the RUclips sound library! It’s a pretty common song. I ran out of music from there and ended up purchasing membership to a website with royalty free music.
Pittsburgh I'm close to it from kittanning
Neighbors!
@@CameronRDavis let’s go 👍 I seen the background on the wash and thought to myself that is Pittsburgh! I knew you said it in intro but first time I played it I was in public so I turned off sound
Don't you have to apply a 2nd round of foam after the Iron-X?
The product I use only needs to be rinsed off and this is consistent with most iron removers on the market, including iron-x. Adding foam would just add more time and would do the same job but decrease efficiency!
Good job ! Rupes mk3 15 is the best ?
I personally believe so. Rupes is the leader in DA polishers and the Mk. 3 is their newest polisher!
I have a 2016 E 350 and it has a lot of swirls in my paint. Can you tell me roughly how much I would pay for a correction like this ?
Typically anywhere from $500-$700. Really just depends on your area!
Te quedo chingon,yo tengo un carro negro 2019 y lo traigo todo rayado, compre una DA pero me da miedo usarla aparte por que no tengo un garage para meter el carro y trabajar.
¡Intentaría preguntarle a un amigo si podría usar su garaje para trabajar en el auto durante un fin de semana! O eso o encontrar un área agradable con sombra para trabajar donde pueda conectarse a la electricidad. Si trabaja al aire libre, asegúrese de mantener húmeda el área alrededor del automóvil para que la suciedad no se esparza por el automóvil.
Lo siento, tuve que usar el traductor de Google
@@CameronRDavis You made my day w ur reply,never cross my mind getting the ground wet yo avoid dirt n dust but i live in the dessert so watter is limited ,GRacias
@@CALABEHRA No hay problema hermano, espero que encuentres la manera de llevar tu auto al nivel que deseas. ¡Cantidades infinitas de información disponible en línea para aprender exactamente cómo hacerlo!
Around how much would something like this cost? I really need to do this
Typically anywhere from $400-$700 depending on vehicle size
جميل جدا👏👏
Thanks!
Your a beast. How much do you charge for something like what you did to that Mercedes.
Thanks, John! That was in the beginning of my detailing career. I am much more experienced now and could do a much better job, likely charging around $700. Haven’t been at detailing in a while though!
What pad is that?
Hi Gianni! It is the Rupes yellow wool pad
If I may asks what kind of car wash soap do you use
Sure thing! I use Insane Orange PH Neutral soap from Professional Detailing Products in Canton Ohio.
@@CameronRDavis thanks do they have a site I could order from
Yes, professionaldetailingproducts.com
@@CameronRDavis i really appreciate that thanks
Cam nice job, weekend warrior , or side hustle here ?!? In any event you enjoy the process thanks for sharing, check out fellow RUclipsrs who detail as a hobby and as pros the detailing community is large and lots of enthusiasts who support all the different channels this can help your channel grow . Good start, looking forward to more vids
Thanks man, and thanks for the advice! I’m actually in college but I’m looking to turn this into a full time business one day.
@@CameronRDavis what’s good Cam, spring is here , how is school semester go ??!
With spring here, getting ready to get back into the swing of things detailing ???
@@abelcelestinjr8810 Semester went well man! I’m getting back into the swing of things and trying to get as many y bookings as possible! How are you ?
@@CameronRDavisHey Cam, I’m good, same here waiting for steady warmer weather here in the NYC just about there, glad every went well looking for studio 59 car detailing videos take care
This was great brother, you’re very passionate and talented, I’d pay to have this done to my car, I live in New York what about you ?
Thanks so much man, I appreciate the kind words! I’m in Pittsburgh PA, so if you ever find yourself out here send me a message!
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Thanks!
6:35 - lol it's funny seeing that from someone else. I always do that too.
It has become a habit lol!
Just don't understand why you don't use a buffer if you're going to use a wool pad! It's pointless and time consuming!
I don’t have a buffer, and this Rupes to me is safer and more consistent.
Will take some time until you can call your work detailing, definetly not now :)
Hey thanks Pete, subscribe to let me know when I make it to Detailing status
No protection on the paint.
Yes there was no protection at all. Unfortunately this customer didn’t opt for a ceramic coating either :(
The Hybrid Solutions spray isn't?
Hybrid solution is a Ceramic “sealant”, not coating. There is a drastic difference in percentage of SiO2 and coatings are on a whole different level. Sealant claims to last about 6 months but that is obviously dependent on how owner cares for their car.
@@CameronRDavis sure. As the OPs question was vague in protection. Though can Hybrid Solutions coating not be classified as protection Or is ceramic coatings and similar the only standard for protection these days?
What category is standard wax then?
@@King88_8 No, that is protection. Wax is protection too. The primary difference is durability. From weeks with a spray wax to years with good coatings. But it's all considered protection, and they all have their strengths and weaknesses.👍