Final Touch Detail - Black XJR Jag - Extreme Swirl Correction

[FinalTouchAuto]

This Jaguar was showing it's 7 years of age on every panel. The fact that it was black only made the situation worse.

So 12 work hours later on the exterior provided some pretty decent results. I wasn't able to FULLY clear everything up, but it was night and day difference. To totally clean it up would've required and full wet-sand across the vehicle. Overall this car received 16 work hours. Matt and I both worked on it for 2 full hours on Saturday washing/claying and cleanin the wheels and my brother and I spent 6 full hours each today (he was working on the interior for 3.5 of the 6 hours.

I tried every combination to clear this paint up from black pad with M205 to purple kompressor pad with M105.

Process:

Full wash using high concentration of Chemical Guys Citrus Wash N Gloss through Foamgun
All jambs were washed and wiped clean of grease and stains
Wheels were treated with CG's Grime Reaper and thoroughly scrubbed with a variety of brushes
Car was claybarred front to back (every panel) using Claymagic Claybar
Exterior was first hit with M105 on both Orange and Purple Lake Country Pads on the FLEX at speed 6
M205 was used as the finishing polish on a Black Lake Country Pad on the FLEX at speed 5
Meguiar's Sealant was used to seal the finish on a Black Lake Country Pad at speed 3 on the FLEX
Showroom FX's Black Carnauba Creme topped the finish and was applied via Black Lake Country Pad at speed 3
Every panel was meticulously wiped down using an acryllic detail spray
All Exterior Chrome was treated with CG's Metal Polish
Tires were dressed with CG's VRP Dressing
Wheel Wells and trip were treated with CG's Bare Bone's spray

The interior was fully cleaned including vacuum, DP Total Interior Cleaner and Meguiar's leather cleaner. My brother spent 4 hours on the interior, lol.

The results from before and after speak for themselves...

Swirls before washing:

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This hadn't been washed....in a while

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Hard water spotting on the chrome trim

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.....yeah

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Roof swirls

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Trunk swirls and hard water spotting...These were the worst swirls I have ever seen

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So...that's what we were dealing with....

Now onto the detailing

I used a VERY concentrated solution of Citrus Wash and Gloss

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My buddy matt helped me with wheels and claybarring on this car.

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Claybar Before...

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Claybar after the bumper...

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Trunk swirls now that the car was clean using my swirlfinder

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Hood swirls after wash and claybar

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Me working in the M205 on a black pad

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Sealant Hazing

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SFX Carnauba Creme Hazing

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BAM!

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This is a closeup of the trunk under 2pm direct sunlight of how clean I could get the paint. There is still damage, but it was as good as it was going to get. I hit it with everything without getting into wetsanding.

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My favorite shot

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Trunk cleaned up nicely

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[detaildave]

Excellent work / nice save!!!!:dblthumb2:

[TheGLL]

Wow awesome job.
HUGE difference between the before and after! :dblthumb2:

[FinalTouchAuto]

Thanks!

It's always a lot of fun getting a massive turnaround on a car.
The reaction from the owners is always great and makes the work worth it.

[NiSyam]

All that just by using 205 ? It looks great!

[tenzin]

WOW, nice job. Now hopefully, the owner will take care of it and maybe wash it.

NICOBKN: He first used M105 (up top)

[tuscarora dave]

Very nice work!! The car looks great!!:dblthumb2:

[tommythecat]

Damn dude, talk about night and day. Very nice work. :)

[Buckskincolt]

Nice JOB! Does the owner know they can wash it with soap and water and not use sand paper to clean it? I just can't imagine what it takes to get paint in that bad of condition....Awesome turnaround!:buffing:

[Impressions]

great job!

the black cat is on ther prowl...........in style

[FinalTouchAuto]

Thanks all :)

Like mentioned...I have no idea how this paint got THIS bad. I can only hope it is maintained properly from this point forward.


All that just by using 205 ? It looks great!

No, but my brother (who was helping me out that day) only took a picture of me working while I was using M205 :P

That car saw M105 on Orange and Purple Pads and M205 on White and Black pads as necessary.

All correction work was done using FLEX DA and spot buffing was done on small panels (namely front and rear bumper) using a PC 7424 (non XP) with 4 inch pad.