Fixed a badly detailed Jeep....a lesson in getting what you pay for

[white gecko]

This forum member reached out to me after having an amateur detailer try to correct the paint on his Jeep. Not only was the correction performed badly, but numerous areas were not done at all. Detailing done cheap has its consequences.



Most of the exposed screws had heavily built up compound and/or wax residue. The textured satin top had been waxed despite the owner`s request that it not be. This resulted in pretty bad staining, a good amount of which would not come out. The areas that had been corrected were heavily covered in DA micromarring as the previous detailer could not handle the hard clear on the Jeep. Other areas were not done at all. It was originally scheduled for a one step correction but once I saw its condition I knew it would not restore the finish enough. So I brought out Ryan to help me restore it as best as possible. We logged in a significant amount of time to fix this Jeep.











Upon arrival it was pretty dirty





























Plenty of wax residue on the top.....



























Considerable buildup in all the screws























After a full wash and decontamination













Staining survived through the wash and decon



























The front end had been heavily corrected and heavily marred without being finished down. Much micro marring/haziness was present.































It was clear no correction work had been done here on the sides

































Heavy waterspots on the right side















Wheels were tidied up





















With most of the compounding finished, Ryan and I took it out in the sun for some pics















Waterspots on the glass still needed to be polished out

























































After final polishing























Final pics out in the sun after applying wax and touching up the final details























































My favorite shot with the owner looking pleased at the freshly restored Jeep











Thanks for looking!

[Juan@Turbo Wax]

very nice, what did you apply to the black top?

[Scottwax]

Who would wax that top? Why?



Nice job bringing it back.

[maxepr1]

Gotta love hack detailers! They all think it`s easy, washing and waxing cars.....lol! Nice job as always guys. Remember, cheapest doesn`t result in happiness in the end.

[white gecko]

very nice, what did you apply to the black top?

Thanks

Nothing was applied to the top, just removed as much of the residue as possible.

Who would wax that top? Why?



Nice job bringing it back.

Thanks

[DaGonz]

Nice recovery!

[Thomas Dekany]

I don`t really like working on these cars, but looking at someone else do it was very enjoyable.

[PhatHoodDetail]

great recovery man i really felt bad for that customer

[jimmie jam]

Great result.....so much plastic.

[madwaxok]

what process do you use to polish the hinges?

[MirrorDetailing]

I literally laughed at the waxed top portion. I mean damn...that has got to be a whole new level of hack. In what part of the brain would you think the thought of "Hey! If I wax the canvas top it will look great!!!!" lol.



Great turn around. Got to love correctly polished, bright red.