Black Range Rover Full Make Over

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What a job this was. Considering this is a 2012 it was thrashed. We started with a interior detail (6 man hours), We used a Vapor System VX5000 and a mytee lite II, followed with a full aerospace 303 application. I then moved onto the exterior and started with a foam cannon wash which was done outside in the rain, we then moved into the warehouse were we performed this correction. Next, nanoskin med. mitt used with the nanoskin lube. Followed with a nice dry down with a waffle weave guzzler with all the cracks and seems being blowed out with my echo hand held blower. I then proceeded to tape the vehicle (1.5 man hours). That lead to closing time for their office so i left it ready for a full correction to be performed today. I woke up this morning to snow fall which was nice considering I live in Greenville, S.C. and we dont receive to much. I arrived to the vehicle this morning and did a ipa wipe down to start with a clean surface. I then proceeded with a flex 3401 and a orange LC pad with Menz. FG400 great results, with lite marring. I then came to the hood and roof, i had to break out the 105 and a meguiars microfiber pad. (deep acid rain etching). I did notice the 105 and microfiber pad marred the clear more then the Fg400 and orange LC pad. Also the 105 had lots of dust to be cleaned up. I then broke out the Dewalt 849x with a 3" backing plate and a meguiars microfiber 3" compounding pads to correct around the Range Rover lettering on the front and rear (individual lettering sucks!) I had great results with the correction stage, removing 90-95% of imperfections!! I then started the polishing, I used a White LC pad and Menz. SF4000 which just gave it that glow that keeps me striving for perfection. After polishing the vehicle I once again had to deal with those letters. I used a Dewalt 849x, 3" backing plate with SF4000 and the meguiars 3" microfiber polishing pads. I then followed this up with a PC 7424 and a Red LC Pad and WGTS 3.0 to seal the deal. I then moved onto the exterior plastic trimming and Black Wow was applied and for the tires I just used Aerospace 303 since the customer asked for a matte finish. I then polished the exhaust tips with 0000 steel wool and flitz metal polish to add that final touch.

Thanks for reading!
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Great work! That black is dripping wet and glossy. Keep up the good work.
 
The 50/50's are impressive, great work. :xyxthumbs:

I'm not a Range Rover fan at all but I'd drive that one :D

Scott
 
Thank you for the compliments. I ended up with 17 hrs in this one.
 
Great detailing. :)
Why did you switch to 105 instead of using FG400 with a MF pad? Less hazing IME and deep gloss. Oh, and no dusting from FG400. Just asking. The path you chose obviously worked for you though.
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It was a rate of $50 an hour. And I would have charged another 250 for opticoat but the customer wouldn't do it. I explained thoroughly on how important coating is but no luck.

@shaun I don't know why I didn't try the FG400 I guess since it didn't work with the orange LC pads and I made a trip out to my van in the rain to grab the microfiber pads I just grabbed the 105 and had my mind set on it. I tell you though I had a hard time with the 105 on the roof glazing and it was hard to remove. I tried different speeds, pressure, clean pads, less product, I think it was because of the temperature. It was in the mid 40's to low 50's
 
Yeah, 105 on a MF pad just doesn't give me the results that FG does. If I am trying to save the FG and a job isn't paying that much I will use 105, power gloss, or Optimum compound. 105 and UC are great mixed; kinda liking making your own D300.
Is this client doing a maintenance routine with you? If the scratches that were there before are from the clients previous routine, I hope they will be having you maintain it and or you educated them on proper techniques.
 
ShaunD said:
Yeah, 105 on a MF pad just doesn't give me the results that FG does. If I am trying to save the FG and a job isn't paying that much I will use 105, power gloss, or Optimum compound. 105 and UC are great mixed; kinda liking making your own D300.
Is this client doing a maintenance routine with you? If the scratches that were there before are from the clients previous routine, I hope they will be having you maintain it and or you educated them on proper techniques.
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Ever try adding D300 to M105 when M105 is in a bad mood? Try it, makes 105 easier to work with.
 
Good work, that is a lot of sheet metal to cover!
 
Yeah, I actually mixed 105 and UC into some d300 when it was running low. The best of all three worlds. Worked really well cutting with a MF pad. Finished well with a rotary. But instead of all that now I just rely on FG400.
 
Better than d300 IMO. And a spritz of water keeps it going with out as much of a flashing issue as d300. I prefer cutting with FG400 and a MF pad on the rotary; Keeps the fibers uniform and no DA haze to worry about. Just depends on how the paint reacts to either machine's action. I just prefer the finish of FG400 over d300 with either machine.
 
FG400 and a microfiber pad removed a grocery cart scratch today for a customer. The stuff is amazing!
 
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