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Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
Today we've got a big black Range Rover scheduled for a wash and wax. The vehicle is a 2006 and starting to show a bit of age, however it is a daily driver that is stored outside, so the client decided against a correction at this time.
As usual we started with the wheels, tires, and wells. The wheels were cleaned with Wolfs Decon Gel, and the tires and wells were cleaned with Blackfire APC 3:1. Then the wheels were sealed with BFWD, the tires dressed with Blackfire Tire Gel, and the wells dressed with CG Bare Bones
Before:
Wolfs doing it's thing:
After: The customer is fighting with the dealership to get these wheels replaced under warranty due to some clearcoat bubbling, so they were not perfectly cleaned to prevent and further damage to the clearcoat, in case the claim is denied.
Then we moved to foaming the exterior. We always take this extra step to try and make sure all of the loose debris, and even some not so loose debris, is removed from the paint before we touch it with our wash media of choice. In the foam gun today was Meguiars Gold class wash mixed with some Blackfire APC. While the foam dwelled we agitated the emblems, gas filler area, and emblems with a soft brush.
Here is how the paint looked to start with. Thick layer of dirt, with some water spots and pollen thrown in for good measure.
Foaming
We followed that with a traditional wash with Blackfire Shampoo and a Griots MF wash mitt. The paint was dried with a Mastetblaster and then clayed with Ricardo Fine Clay with CG Luber as lube.
We then moved onto using a paint cleaner. I have seen a lot of talk lately about whether paint cleaners are useful, or a worthwhile step in detailing. I personally ALWAY use a paint cleaner when applying a fresh coat of wax, especially after claying. Paint cleaners will deep clean below surface contaminants, and even clean up light marring left behind from claying or some improper wash techniques.
Here is how the paint looked after claying.
I then hit it with P21S on a green BS pad, nothing crazy, just two quick passes with light pressure. Here is a 50/50
And all done
As you can see this step, which took less than 45 minutes to do on the whole truck, greatly improved the overall look of the paint, and made sure the wax will bond properly which will lead to better durability.
Obviously paint cleaners are not going to remove heavy defects or RIDS, but I think people overlook them to quickly clean up light marring and deep clean the paint.
After the paint was squeaky clean I applied two coats (4 hours apart) of Auto Finesse Desire
While it was hazing I polished up the chrome with Swissvax Metal Polish
Before:
After:
And here are some reflection shots, and the final shots of the vehicle all finished up. A few notes, the glass was cleaned with Auto Finesse Glass Cleaner, and the trim was dressed with Auto Finesse Revive.
That about does it! Thanks for taking the time to look, and I look forward to your feedback!
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Re: Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
Looks darn good to me! Good work
Tim "I have done so much with so little for so long. Now I can do anything with nothing"
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Super Member
Re: Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
Very nice looking! Using a paint cleaner before applying a wax is a good idea to ensure proper bonding. Pretty amazing how much it cleaned up the paint as well!
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Re: Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
Top quality job.
Top notch pictorial descriptive.
Par excellence as usual hand.
VT
Originally Posted by glen e
....It's all I use these days....they are buffing when I'm relaxing...and still don't get the powder out of canines!
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Re: Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
where do you put your wax container while you apply it? Do you bring a cart or do you put it between the hood panel and the windshield
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Re: Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
Great work! Man, wish I could get ahold of a vehicle like that to do
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Re: Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
Originally Posted by dad07
Looks darn good to me! Good work
Thank you!
Originally Posted by rider9195
Very nice looking! Using a paint cleaner before applying a wax is a good idea to ensure proper bonding. Pretty amazing how much it cleaned up the paint as well!
Thanks man! I was very happy with the results!
Originally Posted by Vegas Transplant
Top quality job.
Top notch pictorial descriptive.
Par excellence as usual hand.
Thank you!
Originally Posted by Bill1234
where do you put your wax container while you apply it? Do you bring a cart or do you put it between the hood panel and the windshield
I have a roll around cart that goes around the whole vehicle with me most of the time. I set it near the windshield just to get that pictures.
Originally Posted by dwlinc23
Great work! Man, wish I could get ahold of a vehicle like that to do
Thank you! It was a pleasure to work on this vehicle, and the outcome was very nice.
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Re: Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
Nice job. It really cleaned up well.
Luxury Mobile Auto Detailing
Pensacola & Orlando
407.625.1480
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Re: Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
Another GREAT ending product from my man, Dave!! Great Job!
"A swirl is a swirl no matter what way you look at it."
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Re: Black Range Rover Wash and Wax feat. Desire! - TLC Auto Detail
Very nice work and excellent write up as usual. I'm sure I'll see that LR one day riding around the NOVA area.
Alex
...."Do the right thing...even when no one is looking"
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