Latest Detail: 1995 Jaguar XJR

hey guys!! heres the latest detail i did



this car had some SERIOUS SERIOUS swirling, and was generally filthy inside and out



the owner also dropped it off about 2 hours later than i wanted it and i finished at 1030 PM so the after pics aren`t as good as they should be - i woulda done it at his house but he had no garage space and i wasn`t about to detail in the dark



the fenderwells didnt really have anything in them except for body panelling that had been undercoated so my cleaning didn`t do much there LOL



the owner was really happy with the car and it was a huge improvement over what it was before - i really wish i coulda done a 2 stage polish - it woulda gotten the car truly glasslike - the owner just wanted a 1 stage though



anyways heres the befores and the afters - the process was my favourite optimum combos



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nice job. but do i still see swirls in the last pic? meh.. still looks awesome. btw is that a MKIV supra i see??

brilliant .. but of course Optimum ? heh heh

Shame he only wanted 1 stage polish...sounds like people around me :(

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Originally Posted by another qx4

nice job. but do i still see swirls in the last pic? meh.. still looks awesome. btw is that a MKIV supra i see??

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yea unfortunately like i said he wanted only a 1 stage job



the deeper stuff still remained :(



but its what the owner wanted and i wasn`t planning on working for free :)

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Originally Posted by another qx4

nice job. but do i still see swirls in the last pic? meh.. still looks awesome. btw is that a MKIV supra i see??

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and yes thats my MKIV :)

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Originally Posted by mr_rammstein

yea unfortunately like i said he wanted only a 1 stage job



the deeper stuff still remained :(



but its what the owner wanted and i wasn`t planning on working for free :)

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I`m in the same boat at that law firm I`ve been detailing a bunch of cars at. I`d much rather multi-step the paint but not for free. Good thing that Optimum Polish and the white Cyclo pads worked very well on a severely swirled Honda I did there on Monday, didn`t get them all but the improvement was massive. Definitely got out all the body shop rotary holograms but only reduced the halo swirls about 85%. What are you going to do, right?



Looks like you made a considerable improvement in that Jag. What you might want to do is point out the remaining swirls and let him know that with a 2 step polishing process you can probably remove the vast majority of them. Then again, some people really don`t care as long as the paint is shiny. :nixweiss

What optimum did you use? Also PC or Rotary? Looks great!

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Originally Posted by AZ Ferrari Man

What optimum did you use? Also PC or Rotary? Looks great!

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since he wanted a 1 step i used optimum compound but used a white lake country polishing pad, hoping the the more agressive combo would help get rid of more defects and it did



this was done via PC - i know im eventually going to have to start using the rotary for serious defects, but i need to practice more with it first

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Originally Posted by Scottwax

I`m in the same boat at that law firm I`ve been detailing a bunch of cars at. I`d much rather multi-step the paint but not for free. Good thing that Optimum Polish and the white Cyclo pads worked very well on a severely swirled Honda I did there on Monday, didn`t get them all but the improvement was massive. Definitely got out all the body shop rotary holograms but only reduced the halo swirls about 85%. What are you going to do, right?



Looks like you made a considerable improvement in that Jag. What you might want to do is point out the remaining swirls and let him know that with a 2 step polishing process you can probably remove the vast majority of them. Then again, some people really don`t care as long as the paint is shiny. :nixweiss

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and thanks scott!! i told the owner exactly this, and he said he`s planning on selling it so a 2 step is definitely in the cards!!! :)