Nightmare Jaguar XF

[Scottwax]

It was pretty hammered. Recent purchase, lets just say the previous owner didn`t take the best care of the paint.














During the compounding step-which took 3 full hours...














Winter sun made getting afters tough, not much left late afternoon when I was wrapping up.








I got about 90% correction on it, really needed two full days to get it close to perfect. But with the distance, the weather forecast, etc, that just wasn`t going to happen. But its a massive improvement. Probably go back down after the holidays to take care of the owner`s Land Rover and also maybe go over the Jag again. Maybe if the owner intends to keep the Jag long term and I can get more correction out of it, perhaps Optimum Gloss-Coat or Opti-Coat Pro.


ONR wash
Optimum clay towel
Clay Magic purple (aggressive) for some paint splatters on the lower rocker panels
Meguiars M100 using a low profile Meguiars foam cutting pad and Rupes DA
Rupes Keramik Gloss using a yellow Rupes foam polishing pad and Rupes
Optimum Primer Polish using a low profile Meguiars foam polishing pad and Rupes
Optimum Opti-Seal
Optimum Glass Coating on the windshield
Armor All on tires/wheel wells

[rottenII]

Huge improvement! Nice job!

[shineycar]

Very nice turn around...

[maxepr1]

Man that was bad Scott! That paint usually is on the harder side so that just goes to show how much work it took to remove it. It does look a 1000% better!

[JohnZ3MC]

Beautiful work Scott.
You took that absolute disaster and converted it into a new car. I bet the owner did a double take when he came to pick it up.
Did you ask him how it got so bad in the first place? Did he wash it with a Brillo pad?

[JSFM35X]

Looks great. I love seeing these thrashed cars brought back to life.

Great work.

[Ronkh]

WOW

Nice turn around

[Scottwax]

Thanks, y`all! The owner has no idea how the previous owner let it get so bad but after paying a "professional" detail in Waco (where he lives) to fix the issues and no real change in the appearance, he had me make the 200 mile round trip like I`ve done in the past since bringing it to me wouldn`t be an option for a while and he just couldn`t stand the way it looked any longer.

[EXPDetailing]

Scott, I thought all compounding sessions should take 6 hours, no? I use FG400 with a flex da, and I spend about 6 hours correcting. What the heck am I doing wrong here?
The Jag obviously made a huge turn-arround,, and looks beautiful now. Excellent job, and thanks for posting.

[MrCleanit]

Awesome job! Yup, that paint was rough.

[pmnewton]

Three hours to compound a huge black car like that? It would have taken me at least a full day with a Rupes. Nice turnaround!

Cheers,
- Patrick

[grisby]

Nice work on that black!! FYI thats an XJ not an XF, ( a lot bigger car) and as you found out that is super hard paint.

[House of Wax]

Exhibit A why you should wash your car with sandpaper......wow. Hell of a job

[bigltc]

That went from Ouch to Ooooooooo!

LOL...Solid work!

[Pats300zx]

What a comeback Scott. Great work !!