This vehicle belongs to my dentist whom had bought it used. I really wanted to make sure I didn't screw it up, so as to have pain-free visits in the future!!
What I found challenging about this vehicle, was the paint hardness. The vehicle had never been detailed and had been run through a lot of car washes, so it had scratches on every panel...and what a big beast it is. Always wanting to start with the least aggresive method, I started with SIP and an orange pad with my rotary. That combo was not correcting very quickly at all, and in fact, the paint kept getting hot. I had my usual refrigerated H2O spray bottle with me to keep the temp under control. I then tried a green pad thinking it would generate less heat. It did, but not much. It was taking a long time to do the job..longer than I thought it should. The SIP was working and finished to a gloss. I had thought to myself that if the foam was generating this much heat, what would the wool do? How much hotter would it get? After doing most of the car this way, I tried my wool pad with my fixed speed (2300 rpm) rotary on a particularly difficult scratch. Lo and behold, with the wool, the paint corrected quickly and beautifully. Lesson learned here was I should have tried this first after my initial attempts with the orange pad. So my motto is now ''EMBRACE THE SHEEP!"
In the end, I cut my time by over an hour that I charged my clients, so they did not pay for needless time. However, I was still not satisfied with how it looked (thought I could do better) and then followed it with 106ff. That really brought out the gloss..it looked really good. But, I thought I could still improve the finish..out came the RMG. NOW it looked like it should..my perpetual goal for a black car..a wet, black mirror! In the end, I was very satisfied with the result. The clients said it looked better than it did when they took delivery of it. On to the process:
1st Up:
Wheels detailed with OTC products (ARO just arrived) (badly caked brake dust)
Tires and wells done with Fanatastic
Wash
Clay entire surface including glass
Multiple treatment of touch up paint (base/clear)
wet sand touched up areas to flatten out
SIP with orange and/or green pad (all buffing done with rotaries)
wool pad with SIP
106ff with blue pad
RMG with gray pad
FMJ applied/removed by hand
Collintite applied/removed by hand
XMT 360 on wheels followed by FMJ
Tires dressed with Megs Endurance
Interior:
woolite/H2O 1:10 to clean int surfaces
303 treated on int surfaces incl leather
door jams with woolite mixture then done with 303 (try that if you haven't-nice shine to it)
carpet mats shampoo'd
thorough vacuum
carpeting spot treated with Folex (including a nasty spot on passenger side that came right out..love that stuff, just bought a gallon of it)
glass with IG
Total time: over 14 hours, charged 13 hours
BEFORES:
AFTERS:
MY SIGNATURE SHOT:
Challenging Range Rover 
Linear Mode
