Detailed: 2003? Jaguar XK8

[Whitethunder46]

Time: 6 hours

Verdict: I'm buying a Metabo rotary now

Payment:
Base - $150
Upgrade to sealant - Additional +$25
Upgrade to Pinnacle leather conditioner - Additional +$10
Total: $185

Interior:
Carpet cleaned with APC+ 10:1 and spot stains w/ Folex
Vinyl cleaned with APC+ 10:1
Vinyl protected w/ Optimum Protectant Plus
Leather cleaned with WG's Leather conditioner (good stuff)
Leather conditioned w/ Pinnacle
Glass cleaned w/ DP's Krystal Vision glass cleaner
De-oderized w/ DG
Fenderwells APC+ 10:1

Exterior:
Washed w/ Megs NXT and Shmitt
Bug/Tar w/ tarminator and Megs Body Solvent along w/ Safe scrub
Glass w/ DP's Krystal Vision
Wheels cleaned w/ DP's gel wheel cleaner
Tires shined w/ Megs Silicone-Free dressing - these tires were very sensitive to browning. This dressing solved that problem though.
Clayed w/ DP's 4n1 claying mixture and Pinnacle Ultra-fine clay

Paint Polishing:
Front windshield polished w/ Klasse AIO, Blue Edge pad speed 6
Paint spot polished w/ yellow pad XMT4 speed 6
Polished w/ orange wave pad and OP speed 6
LSP - DG #105 via white pad speed 3

Before:

After:

 

[D]

Damn, that only took you 6 hours, impressive.

 

[Whitethunder46]

Damn, that only took you 6 hours, impressive.

I also did a wash n vac on the Jag XJ8 in the background (other thread). 8 hours all together. Long day and I'm tiredddddddddddd. I have a Saab 9-3 tomorrow.

 

[Gary Sword]

Very nice, I like his pet cat.

 

[sparkie]

WOW what a awesome job. That is a beautiful car, I always love Jags. The reflection shot is remarkable.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[D]

I need to speed up my process! How long are you working that polish in for?

 

[Whitethunder46]

WOW what a awesome job. That is a beautiful car, I always love Jags. The reflection shot is remarkable.
Thanks for sharing.

and that was metalic paint!!!!!!

 

[Whitethunder46]

I need to speed up my process! How long are you working that polish in for?

5 min or so. The clear was hardddddddddddddd. That's why I mentioned I'm purchasing a Metabo soooooon. I would say about 90% of swirls were gone. There were a lot of little little scratches everywhere.

 

[D]

Yeah, I figured thats why you are getting the rotary. Youve come a long way in a very short time. Congrats.

 

[ehuth1]

Great job Greg !! 6 Hours aint bad for that vehicle, you did alot of work !! The reputation from that one customer should open doors to more of those vehicles by the look of the neighborhood. Very nice turnaround!! Good job on the upgrades too.

 

[Jimmie]

That car went from flat looking to beatiful. Good job. Enjoyed your write up. Thank you.

 

[D]

I dont know how you guys get this done so fast. It takes me about 1-2 hours to wash and clay. Then 2-3 hours for polish and wax. Interior takes me 3-5 hours. So usually about 10 hours per car.

 

[Whitethunder46]

Great job Greg !! 6 Hours aint bad for that vehicle, you did alot of work !! The reputation from that one customer should open doors to more of those vehicles by the look of the neighborhood. Very nice turnaround!! Good job on the upgrades too.

I'm going to be doing that Lexus SUV in the background Sunday. Also the Saab I'm doing tomorrow is in the same neighborhood.

 

[Nica]

Great job Whitethunder, I agree you turned that vehicle from just a regular jag and gave it a very nice make over...she looks all purty now.

That was done fast too, I was going to ask how was the clear coat on that thing. Ceramic clear coats are a pain but you sure worked your voodoo dude.

Nice write up to. You will be very pleased with the Metabo, specially for long use. Your hands/body will thank you for it.

 

[Pats300zx]

Awesome work. Whew 6 hours..you must have been moving....:righton:

 

[Driven Auto Detail]

Looks great!

 

[Truls]

Great looking...

Just to mention it, heard from some detailers in Norway that the paint is "strange" on the new Saab`s, some have got problems when detailing them, dont know what, but may be softer paint. Just so you know (they used rotary).

 

[supercharged]

Beautiful work, Greg! I love Jaguars! Love the reflection shot and interior.

 

[alban61]

Great work!! That car looks great with DG 105!!

 

[HighEndDetail]

Nice work on the Jag, I bet you are glad you are getting warmer weather up there in Ohio.
And six hours is not all that bad. As you do more and more details you will learn to do things a little faster.