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Cleaned & Coated in 3 Hours - 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Re: Cleaned & Coated in 3 Hours - 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Looks beautiful Mike, excellent work as always
Certainly makes the process much easier when the vehicle is defect free from the start.
The 2014 Grand Cherokee is a very nice ride
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Re: Cleaned & Coated in 3 Hours - 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
How many section passes when applying the coating prep polish?
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Re: Cleaned & Coated in 3 Hours - 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Originally Posted by Audi X2
Certainly makes the process much easier when the vehicle is defect free from the start.
100% agree with you on that. I actually cannot remember a car in the last few years or even decades that I didn't have to at least do one machine polishing step and also remove contaminants at least off the horizontal panels.
The paint on this was immaculate and quite frankly, I was surprised, impressed and even happy about it.
About a month ago I detailed a guys Mercedes- Benz and while it was in great shape, garage kept it still needed to be clayed and because I clayed it I went ahead and machine polished it. I need to get that write-up posted to as that was a 2-hour, $200.00 detail.
Originally Posted by Audi X2
The 2014 Grand Cherokee is a very nice ride
That's what I've heard... unlike my truck which not only highlights every bump in the road but also maximizes every bump in road.
Originally Posted by c8n
How many section passes when applying the coating prep polish?
You know that's a really good question. I'd say about 3 section passes but not like removing swirls and scratches because you don't have to press hard and you can tackle larger sections at a time. Think of how you would hand apply a paint cleaner to simply remove light surface impurities and that's how I ran the polisher over the paint.
Another way to think of it is how you machine apply a finishing wax. After you've done all the correction and polishing work, when you go to machine apply a finishing wax or finishing sealant, you can pretty much move the polisher over the surface fairly quickly and tackle as much area as you can reach. The goal is clean the paint thoroughly but paint like this didn't have much to clean off.
I will say this, the paint felt rubber before I started, I also mention this in the video. After using the Paint Coating Prep the paint felt very smooth, so whatever was on the paint was removed. Then after applying the coating the paint went from smooth to slick and glassy.
And I did run the pad over each square inch though, I didn't skimp at all. So the entire front portions of the Jeep and the back hatch and even the fender moldings and very lowest portions of the sides had the paint coating prep machine polished over them. Even in-between the chrome grill inserts as I tipped the pad on edge to get into this tight area.
Then all the panels were carefully and very thoroughly wiped clean. After the first pass around the car I even made a second pass to make sure all residues were removed off not only the paint but all the black plastic trim and moldings and the rubber gaskets around all the side glass and the sunroof glass.
This Jeep was surgically clean before I applied the coating. And believe me while I didn't rush, I did work fast.
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Brand new cars, my favorite to clean lol. I absolutely love the new grand Cherokees and they look their best in white! How long is the glass coating supposed to last? I would like to compare it to flyby30.
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Re: Cleaned & Coated in 3 Hours - 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Great job again Mike ! Well organized as well . Experience talks .
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Re: Cleaned & Coated in 3 Hours - 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
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Originally Posted by KillaCam
Brand new cars, my favorite to clean lol. I absolutely love the new grand Cherokees and they look their best in white!
I rarely work on anything in good condition let along "excellent" condition. Nice change for once.
Originally Posted by KillaCam
How long is the glass coating supposed to last? I would like to compare it to flyby30.
Product info I think says up to 2 years. Things like this always depend on "how the car is treated".
Originally Posted by sproketser
Great job again Mike ! Well organized as well . Experience talks .
Originally Posted by Mfour
Dang that looks good!!!
Originally Posted by smack
Looking good Mike!
Thanks guys... I was surprised at how little time I had into considering the wiping and machine polishing, I figured another hour but it was right at 3 hours, a little less if you were to cut out the time I spent setting up shots.
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Re: Cleaned & Coated in 3 Hours - 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Very nice work Mike. The Jeep is well protected.
The information on DP products is spot on for anyone questioning how to apply. All three DP coatings are easy to apply and can be applied very quickly with the spray bottles.
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