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So I detailed this Jeep, and just as expected it required somewhat of a specialized approach due to the different surfaces on the vehicle..
Paintwise, it showed up like this. Waterspots everwhere + minor swirls.
1st thing I did was attack the big tires. This is when I had a small moment of frustration.. Not only where these the biggest tires I've had to clean, but they where also the dirtiest.. And having just ran out of Super Degreaser all I had to work with was APC 4.1. Each tire took 4 go arounds of scrubbing and took almost an hour of my time.. Then I tried to clean up the spare tire, but the APC simply wasn't able to cut through the caked on layer of exhaust fumes on it. I got a bit frustrated at this point. I should've had Super Degreaser on hand..
So next up was a full handwash, with special attention to the canvas top which took 4 go arounds of scrubbing/rinsing before my washmitt showed it a finally clean. Meanwhile my cat showed her approval of the tires cleanliness..
Watch out! Here comes the Hyper Dressing! Lol.
Next I polished the oxidized plastic windows on the top with M205 and while they didn't turn out completly perfect, they deffinetly saw inprovment. Plus it was a nice surprise when the customer saw it. From there I hit the interior with APC and a soft brush. Clean.
After spending alot of time tackling all the oddball surfaces of this Jeep it was finally time to polish the paint. And true to the rest of this vehicle it presented an oddball I wasn't expecting. Single stage paint._.
I was at the point where I couldn't afford any setbacks and needed to work as fast as possible to finish b4 dark.. I stuck to my guns and put my trust in my test spot. D151 w/polishing pad turning green. Results were good.
End results looking good. Water spots gave way to a deep gloss.. If I had more time and had known it was going to be single stage paint, it would've been nice to have tried some #7 Glaze on it. Thx for reading
Paintwise, it showed up like this. Waterspots everwhere + minor swirls.
1st thing I did was attack the big tires. This is when I had a small moment of frustration.. Not only where these the biggest tires I've had to clean, but they where also the dirtiest.. And having just ran out of Super Degreaser all I had to work with was APC 4.1. Each tire took 4 go arounds of scrubbing and took almost an hour of my time.. Then I tried to clean up the spare tire, but the APC simply wasn't able to cut through the caked on layer of exhaust fumes on it. I got a bit frustrated at this point. I should've had Super Degreaser on hand..
So next up was a full handwash, with special attention to the canvas top which took 4 go arounds of scrubbing/rinsing before my washmitt showed it a finally clean. Meanwhile my cat showed her approval of the tires cleanliness..
Watch out! Here comes the Hyper Dressing! Lol.
Next I polished the oxidized plastic windows on the top with M205 and while they didn't turn out completly perfect, they deffinetly saw inprovment. Plus it was a nice surprise when the customer saw it. From there I hit the interior with APC and a soft brush. Clean.
After spending alot of time tackling all the oddball surfaces of this Jeep it was finally time to polish the paint. And true to the rest of this vehicle it presented an oddball I wasn't expecting. Single stage paint._.
I was at the point where I couldn't afford any setbacks and needed to work as fast as possible to finish b4 dark.. I stuck to my guns and put my trust in my test spot. D151 w/polishing pad turning green. Results were good.
End results looking good. Water spots gave way to a deep gloss.. If I had more time and had known it was going to be single stage paint, it would've been nice to have tried some #7 Glaze on it. Thx for reading
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