2-step polish on black Range Rover

[RaskyR1]

A good client of mine had scheduled this job for a 1-step polish a while back. Unfortunately he had to drop it off while I was not there (I was working at my regular job) as he was heading out of town for a few days. I stopped at the shop over my lunch break to check it out and to pull it inside....immediately I new a 1-step was not going to get this thing to where we wanted it to be and I contacted him to discuss the issues I was seeing. There was heavy swirling and some sort of chemical staining/oxidation all over the vehicle (likely from touch-less washes). One thing I really wanted to do was utilize the MF pads ability to get it close to edges on this vehicle. Foam pads often have a rounded edge which prevents them from getting in real close like MF pad can. This was very important around areas like the door handles and the top edge by the windows as I has to cut away the oxidation and staining.





Before pics (I was pressed for time on this job so the pics are limited)



Close up of staining

Paint looking dull and stained

Sonax FE doing work!

Cropped pic to better show staining/spotting

Paint wash washed with CGCW followed by IronX and TarX. Surprisingly IronX removed a lot of the staining that was on the paint!



50/50 shots. Correction was achieved using D300/MF on the GG6, and Sonax Perfect finish/Tangerine LC on the GG6.

It was getting dark when I finished and the owner was on his way so the only lighted after shots I had were the 50/50 ones.



LSP was Blackfire Wet-Diamond (2 coats). Trim was coated with 22ple. I actually did do a full interior on this as well, but chose not to take pictures as I was pressed for time and it wasn't too dirty inside.



Finished pics

Thanks for looking,

Rasky

 

[mikemurphy234]

Looks like a different vehicle. That's how a black Range Rover should look.



I drove to the east coast a year or so ago and I seen a guy in a rest area/gas station in Pennsylvania wiping one down next to me with the blue paper towels from the window cleaning tub.

 

[Junebug]

Ah, somewhere across the big pond, a very tall fellow is saying,"now that is a proper Range Rover" - (Mr. Clarkson, you are correct!)



Chad, are you using the latest BFWD? I got a bottle the other day and I think it's even better than the original.

 

[maxepr1]

Black paint with the fall leaves in the back round looks awesome! Black cars and car washes, still amazes me?

 

[RaskyR1]

Looks like a different vehicle. That's how a black Range Rover should look.



I drove to the east coast a year or so ago and I seen a guy in a rest area/gas station in Pennsylvania wiping one down next to me with the blue paper towels from the window cleaning tub.

LOL! I think we've all seen someone doing that at our local gas stating. :grinno:

Ah, somewhere across the big pond, a very tall fellow is saying,"now that is a proper Range Rover" - (Mr. Clarkson, you are correct!)



Chad, are you using the latest BFWD? I got a bottle the other day and I think it's even better than the original.

Nope, I still have 2 bottle of the older version and it will take me forever to use it up as the majority of the car I do get coated now. I did by the Crystal Seal which is great!

Black paint with the fall leaves in the back round looks awesome! Black cars and car washes, still amazes me?

LOL. I tried to capture the tree in the shot as much as I could. I really wished I had finished sooner as it was just glowing before the sun got to low in the sky.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

That came out perfect!

 

[Envious Eric]

I hear ya dude, with the new coatings being better now, menzerna powerlock is sitting full still! on my second bottle and wondering if I should have even bothered! People keep hitting me up for coatings!



cant get around to using the SPC..stuff is too oily and never ending. takes two sprays of IPA to remove and at that point, the paint is too dry for my liking! Ill stick with 85rd over that stuff!