Ah ok good to know about 040. It sorta looks single stage but I can't
tell. My wagon is peeling clear coat on the hood.
I have to buff up the S550 soon, 040 too, the new heated windshield
washer hose arrived yesterday on a slow boat from China so I can get
that in, then the rest of the stuff reinstalled and the car together,
then do the transmission fluid/filter and it should be good to go get
the AC flushed and recharged. I'm excited to finally get it sorted, it
has been sitting for some months now waiting on various bits. Will
still need some work but at least it will be running.
Will have to do some digging on some of the issues it is telling me it
has, might just be from the crash with the deer.
-FT
On 7/24/22 6:23 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote:
Never quite understood, maybe someone here with more paint knowledge than us
can tell you. I just know that 040 is a single stage color. There are others,
maybe arctic white, but I’m not completely sure.
You might recall my efforts to recover Tarek’s former S500 that was badly
faded/oxidized:
http://penoff.com/S500_Paint_Recovery_Steps.html
That’s 040. I’ll do something similar but probably not quite as aggressive on
the ML550 roof. I’ll probably start out with Ardex 1500 and a maroon wool pad
on my 9” polisher.
-D
On Jul 24, 2022, at 6:18 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
So how does one know if it is single stage or clear coated? I think the
options list says something like “paint protection” or something, I’ve never
known exactly what that means. I’ll have to look up the details
--FT
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On Jul 24, 2022, at 6:03 PM, dan penoff.com<http://penoff.com> via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>> wrote:
The single stage paints are the best, as they’re really hard to damage when
“correcting”. The roof of the ML550 is really nasty due to it appearing to have
bene parked outside under a tree or something. If the weather wasn’t so
oppressive in FL I would be hitting it with my high speed polisher and a
lambswool pad with some really heavy compound. I know I can recover it but it
will take some work, but I’m not looking to sweat 30 pounds of water out to do
it.
-D
On Jul 24, 2022, at 5:11 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com<mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com><mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com>>
wrote:
The transmission is working for now after clearing the code. Max found a vid of
a guy just cleaning the solenoids and conductor plate of schmutz and getting it
to work so I think that and new fluid/filter will probably cure it.
I decided to do the paint on the hood this afternoon. The previous owner lived
near the shipyard and did construction so the top part of the car has all kinds
of crust on the paint. Did a 4 stage paint correction on the hood and it came
out incredibly well for a 15yo car. Clay bar, compound buffing, polish and wax.
040 Mercedes black is my favorite color! The rest of the car will look amazing
too.
And I have a buyer!
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--FT
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