white gecko
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This forum member reached out to me after having an amateur detailer try to correct the paint on his Jeep. Not only was the correction performed badly, but numerous areas were not done at all. Detailing done cheap has its consequences.
Most of the exposed screws had heavily built up compound and/or wax residue. The textured satin top had been waxed despite the owner's request that it not be. This resulted in pretty bad staining, a good amount of which would not come out. The areas that had been corrected were heavily covered in DA micromarring as the previous detailer could not handle the hard clear on the Jeep. Other areas were not done at all. It was originally scheduled for a one step correction but once I saw its condition I knew it would not restore the finish enough. So I brought out Ryan to help me restore it as best as possible. We logged in a significant amount of time to fix this Jeep.
Upon arrival it was pretty dirty
Plenty of wax residue on the top.....
Considerable buildup in all the screws
After a full wash and decontamination
Staining survived through the wash and decon
The front end had been heavily corrected and heavily marred without being finished down. Much micro marring/haziness was present.
It was clear no correction work had been done here on the sides
Heavy waterspots on the right side
Wheels were tidied up
With most of the compounding finished, Ryan and I took it out in the sun for some pics
Waterspots on the glass still needed to be polished out
After final polishing
Final pics out in the sun after applying wax and touching up the final details
My favorite shot with the owner looking pleased at the freshly restored Jeep
Thanks for looking!
Most of the exposed screws had heavily built up compound and/or wax residue. The textured satin top had been waxed despite the owner's request that it not be. This resulted in pretty bad staining, a good amount of which would not come out. The areas that had been corrected were heavily covered in DA micromarring as the previous detailer could not handle the hard clear on the Jeep. Other areas were not done at all. It was originally scheduled for a one step correction but once I saw its condition I knew it would not restore the finish enough. So I brought out Ryan to help me restore it as best as possible. We logged in a significant amount of time to fix this Jeep.
Upon arrival it was pretty dirty
Plenty of wax residue on the top.....
Considerable buildup in all the screws
After a full wash and decontamination
Staining survived through the wash and decon
The front end had been heavily corrected and heavily marred without being finished down. Much micro marring/haziness was present.
It was clear no correction work had been done here on the sides
Heavy waterspots on the right side
Wheels were tidied up
With most of the compounding finished, Ryan and I took it out in the sun for some pics
Waterspots on the glass still needed to be polished out
After final polishing
Final pics out in the sun after applying wax and touching up the final details
My favorite shot with the owner looking pleased at the freshly restored Jeep
Thanks for looking!
