2011 Jaguar XFR

mjlinane

mjlinane

My name is Mike
A coworker's father's - the owner claimed it was blue (Spectrum Blue Metallic, I guess) but it looked nothing but black metallic to me. Paint was on the softish side but a joy to work with.

Arrived looking OK but a little dirty. After the foaming with CG CW + OPC, rinseless washing with CG Hose Free EcoWash and "claying" with the Nanoskin Autoskin Fine Pad (GG6 speed 2.5 with Nanoskin Glide), here was the true condition of the paint.

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Another hybrid job (coworker didn't tell her father how long this was going to take). Showy places: Flex 3401 + LC Hybrid White + Menz Power Finish (203) & finish polished with GG6 + LC CCS White + Menz Super Finish (106fa). Other places: GG6 + LC CCS White + Menz Power Finish. Some spot compounding of RIDS with PC + Megs Cutting MF + M105/D300 combo. Result was better than 95% correction.

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(Sorry for the blur - rapidly losing light.)

Afters, unfortunately no sun (for more than one reason - it was 28F when I started yesterday morning and only got into the mid-50s):

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For completeness sake:
Wheels/tires - Muc Off Performance Wheel Cleaner, Zep Orange (1:1), Carpro PERL (2 coats)
Polish removal - Megs D120
Post-polish wash - Ultima WW+
Glass - Megs D120
LSP - Ultima PGP (2 coats)
Interior wipe down - Megs Quick Interior Detailer
Jambs - Eco Touch Waterless
Total time - 7 hours (2 people).
 
Spectacular work on a spectacular car. Both you and the owner should be beaming with pride.
 
Nice job. That's not a bad looking car. My co-worker cleans his '12 GTI with WAX! I gave him a bottle of UWW+ and a microfiber and told him what to do. A month later, he is still using wax.
 
lol if we were not so far apart i would swear you stole my job.the one im doing is an xk looks close now i know what to use on it. was paint very hard and did you have any problem areas. i am to start mine next week. hope mine turns out as amazing as yours did.
 

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Thanks everybody.

golden1 said:
lol if we were not so far apart i would swear you stole my job.the one im doing is an xk looks close now i know what to use on it. was paint very hard and did you have any problem areas. i am to start mine next week. hope mine turns out as amazing as yours did.
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Actually it was on the soft side but finished extremely well. Loved working on it.
 
This is absolutely a beautiful, perfect, job !!!
Your attention to Detail is spot on !
I love Jaguar paint, if done correctly, it looks -- well, it looks like what you just did !
Thanks for sharing - that is really a nice color done right.

Dan F
 
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