[Ronnie]

When I first collected the Range Rover, I was nearly convinced the paint was a solid black that had bee lacquered, the paint was completely flat with no flake whatsoever. The previous owner lived up a country lane so the passenger side was covered in bush marks and the wing mirror was very badly scratched. To pass the time I quickly gave it w good wash in preparation for full correction when I had a few spare evenings (little did I know)!!!!!

Method used:

• Lower half and wheel arched sprayed with CG citrus wash and left to dwell.
• Whole jeep then snow foamed with TFR snow foam and left to dwell for 10 mins.
• Jeep hosed with PW and snow foam reapplied.
• Washed using Megs gold class shampoo and 2 bucket method and noodle mitt.
• Rinsed and the whole body then covered in Elite (Belfast) tar remover applied via spray and megs foam applicator and left to dwell for 3 mins.
• Refoamed and washed using 1 bucket method and megs soap.
• Whole body then clayed and rinsed using Megs grey clay and QD as lube
• Wiped down using a 50:50 IPA Distilled water mix over the whole jeep.
• Finally snow foamed with Ph neutral snow foam and washed with Megs gold class shampoo and noodle mitt with clean water and buckets.

TOTAL WASH TIME 5 HOURS:

At this point I covered it in CG WMF to give some protection until I had more time to spend correcting the paint!

Total work time so far 7 hours!!!!!


Befores:




























CORRECTION:

I tried using a several pad and polish combos but I finally went for:

• Menzerna Intensive Polish PO85RD3.02 on a 3M compounding pad
• Finished off with 3M machine Polish (light blue lid) on a black 3M dimpled finishing pad.

I found on average it took:
• Menz spread out on speed 1 – 2 passes.
• Worked at speed 4 for 6-8 passed.
• Finished using speed 2 -3 for 3 passes.

• 3M on finishing pad spread out on speed 1 – 1 pass
• Worked at speed 5 until it went virtually clear -6 passed
• Finished at speed 2 - 1 pass.

RESULTS:

All possible trim and lights were removed to give better access.















Unfortunately there were some areas that were too badly scratched so these were wet sanded using 3.5” 3M soft pads 3000 grit and then buffed using Menz to remove sanding marks.

A bit of a scrape the paint is badly damaged at the door so it will need blown in but this will make it a lot less noticeable.















I also gave underneath a bit of a tidy up.







LSP:
To finish off I applied the following Dodo Products:

• Dodo Limp Prime applied by3M black waffle pad ant speed 4 until clear
• 2 coats of Dodo Double hard leaving 5 hours between coats
• 2 coats of Dodo Double soft leaving 5 hours between coats.
• All plastics dressed in Megs NXT rubber dressing.
• Tyres were left untouched as wheels were recently refurbed!

The roof however I used Zaino Z2 pro with ZFX 3 coats with Z6 wipe in between leaving 45 mins for hardening before buffing. This was done due to the excellent durability and shine as I hated doing the roof so want to just be able to give it a light top up from now on in.

The whole jeep was finished with a good coat of Zaino Z8 for that extra bling.

Side runners were treated to a good metal polish to remove oxidation and bring back a bit of lost shine

TOTAL CORRECTION TIME INCLUDING WASHING: 34 HOURS.

AFTERS:

Beading shots:

















































Thanks for reading if I haven’t bored you hope you liked it.
Ronnie

	LSP Last Step Product, meaning protection either wax or sealant.

[Jayplay]

a thorough job mate..looks great

[carados]

great job... but damn 34hrs.... WOW

[gmblack3]

Great work Ronnie! When you said wetsand, I thought you ment the entire vehicle.

[Nica]

That's great work Ronnie

Vehicle looks incredable, great turn around and a very nice write up

Thank you for sharing

[Ronnie]

Thanks for the great comments yea 34 hours I machined over 3 stages this is what took so long!!

No just bits but I had never wet sanded before this was my test piece!!!!!

[JLs Detailing]

Excellent, Excellent, Excellent work mate! That is quite a turnaround and loved the write up!

[supercharged]

Great job on a Land Rover. Man, at current gas prices, that SUV will be a killer if driven daily. I'm sure it's thirsty...

[Ronnie]

Originally Posted by supercharged

Great job on a Land Rover. Man, at current gas prices, that SUV will be a killer if driven daily. I'm sure it's thirsty...

it will do about 25-27mpg however our gallon is 4.5l... a fill over here is about $270!!!!!!

[supercharged]

Originally Posted by Ronnie

it will do about 25-27mpg however our gallon is 4.5l... a fill over here is about $270!!!!!!

WOW!