Okay, so this next vehicle is a pro-bono job that I wanted to do for free for my "portfolio" as the befores and afters would be so incredibly dramatic. I wasn't fully prepared for what I'd gotten into, but for free, this machine received 24 hours of labor and a pretty incredibly dramatic transformation!!! I ruined 4 orange pads and went through 1.5 bottles of Optimum Compound... At the end of it all, the owner tipped me $200 for my time, even when I refused payment several times, he wouldn't let me say no.
So we have a 1987 Land Rover 110 imported from England by the owner. It sits on the street just up the road from my house, so I knocked on the owner's door one day and presented my proposition to him. I asked if he'd let me detail his Land Rover for free in exchange for allowing me to use it as a before and after vehicle in my portfolio. He agreed, and I found that this would be my first run-in with single-stage paint.
Process:
- Foamed with AG foam gun and
Meg's Gold Class Shampoo and allowed to dwell to loosen the mud.
- Washed Via 2-bucket method using
Meg's Gold Class Shampoo and genuine Lamb's Wool washing mitt.
- No claying, so I just let it air dry and then started messing around with the front passenger's side (Right-hand drive vehicle, remember!).
- Correction was achieved with
Meg's Diamond Cut 2.0 Compound and Optimum Compound on LCC 4" Orange pads to remove the oxidation.
- LSP was Optimum Poli-seal applied with 6" LCC Orange pads
- Rims cleaned with degreaser and dressed with silicone spray to darken the black as the truck isn't used much.
- Tires dressed with Meg's
Endurance Tire gel.
ON TO THE BEFORES!!!:
All of these first pictures give you an idea of the level of oxidation I was dealing with and the challenge set before me.
Whole lotta reflections in this fender eh?
That hood's rocking some awesome shine too!!
Mold or mildew growing on the white paint on the roof...
For clarification, the front driver's and passenger's side doors and the rear door are all new. The driver's and passenger's rear doors are original.
So not ALL the mud came off during the wash...
Mmmmm, rust and brush scratches, my FAVORITES! That rust spot and several others were the culprits who ate my pads...
Someone got REALLY excited all over this fender...didn't come fully out even after wet-sanding.
Straight on shot of the hood!
Mmmmm, roof petree dish? Growing a new species up there apparently.
This is a 50/50 done with compound on a terry cloth towel to show the owner what lay beneath all that powdery blue.
This is what came off...
And even bled through the rag...I knew I was in for some fun.
50/50 of the fender flare with PC7424 and compound on an Orange LC 4" pad on the left.
I actually wet-sanded this fender to see how it would turn out. Surprised myself as this was insane compared to where I started.
A few more of the wet-sanded section.
I actually did remove and repaint all 3 of the front grill pieces on the truck.
The victims of carnage. I did NOT use yellow cutting pads as they were a bit too aggressive for the single-stage. I just tried it to see what it could do.
I figured you all might like this one, even though I'm pretty disappointed that it couldn't all come out like the fender. 
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