Range Rover Sport HSE Major Paint Correction

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Hi Guys



We have a Range Rover Sport HSE in for a Major paint correct. We did some test spots on the hood to show the client what results could be accomplished on his paint at different service levels. He only wanted the best and nothing less.





So here are the tools and products we used





Car Prep

• Kranzle Powerwasher with Foam cannon
  
• Distilled water
  
• Sonax Full Effect Wheel cleaner
  
• Prima CosmoNot
  
• Meg APC+
  
• EZ wheel brushes
  
• SCD detail brushes
  
• SCD sheepskin mitt
  
• Meguiar's Hyper wash
  
• Dirt Guards
  
• 2 wash buckets, 1 wheel bucket
  
• Prima slick
  
• Meguiar's Mild Clay
  
• 3M masking tape
  

Paint Correction

• Meguiar's 105, Prima Swirl, Sonax Perfect Finish, Prima Amigo
  
• LC PPF wool pads, Meguiar's MF cutting pads, B&S Orange pad, White pad and Black pad
  
• Flex PE12, Griots Garage polishers 5.75 in 5.5 in and 3 in
  

Protection

• Prima Hydro-Seal + Hydro on paint
  
• Black Wow on plastics
  
• Prima Nourish on leather surfaces
  
• Prima Nero on cockpit
  
• Prima Wheel Armor on wheels
  
• Prima Infinity on Tires
  
• Hyper Dressing on fender wells
  
  
  

At Arrival

Starting with the wheels first, Applied Sonax to loosen all brake particles, then sprayed APC+ to loosen remaining grime on wheels and tires, and Prima Cosmonot on tar spots on wheel barrels and strip old tire dressing. We used EZ full wheel brush to reach inside the barrels, EZ mini wheel brush for back of the spokes, SCD sheepskin mitt gentle for the face,and SCD detail brushes for lugs, hard to reach places.

Then the vehicle lower panels are sprayed with Prima Cosmonot to loosen grime and thoroughly rinsed afterwards. Then we foam the entire vehicle, using our detail brushes to clean all crevices ( this is important because the dirt that is trapped in the crevice may come out after your rinse, causing swirls while you're drying ) and perform a swirl free wash using 2 bucket method with Dirt Guards afterwards. The Dirt Guards are different from Grit Guards everyone sells. They have a mesh under itself to further trap the dirt particles. Then the vehicle is clayed with Meguiar's Clay and Prima Slick, and did a IPA wipe down afterwards to remove polymers to have a clean surface to polish.

 

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The paint was on the hard side, we did DA compounding with Meguiar's 105, and remaining deeper scratches were removed with a rotary. After 105, the paint became very hazy so Prima Swirl was used to remove the haze. At this point the paint looked good, but not good enough. So we chose Sonax Perfect Finish to do some fine polishing. The drawback of Sonax Perfect Finish is that it has lots of oil, therefore we used Prima Amigo to cleanse the paint for paint sealant to bond correctly.

 

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Then all plastic were cleaned with Pre-Wow and dish soap solution, so Black Wow can absorb into plastics properly.

Finishing Touches

FINISHED!!!

Thanks for looking!!

Please feel free to comment or ask any questions!

 

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Looks great! Very detailed write up too. How many total hours spent?

 

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We spent 35-40 hrs