Jaguar XFS Polish Angel Cosmic glass coat detail
Protection detail - Polish Angel Cosmic glass coat long term sealant.
This was a quite specific requirements detail. Client had already had issues with poor preparation by main dealership when first collecting the vehicle. The car was in better condition after client had put his bit of elbow grease into it but it still lacked lustre along with still having a rough feel to the paintwork. Vehicle had been parked near a railway line so had gathered plentiful amounts of fine metal shards which had bonded to the paintwork. The predominant aim was to fully decontaminate the vehicle and then give it a more vibrant finish with some long term protection. A more bespoke package was tailored to suit clients requirements and at first we were opting for Cquartz UK ceramic coating sealant but had a sudden change of heart purely as we know Polish Angel gives a great combination with its paint cleaner and glass coat Cosmic. On with the before pictures...
2 weeks worth of grime on the vehicle but nothing to worry about. First up a good pre-soak with Valetpro advanced pH neutral snowfoam. Wheels cleaned with Valetpro, EZ detail brushses and Dooka woolie wheel mitt using Autosmart smartwheels non acid wheel cleaner...
Fully rinsed off then Carpro iron X was applied to remove the metal contaminants from the paintwork, glass and wheels...
This was undertaken in 3 attempts due to the severe level of metal contamination. Once all was removed, CarChem tar and glue remover was used to remove any forms of tar deposits ( not may at all ) followed by claybar treatment with I4detailing clay and Valetpro citrus bling diluted as clay lube, again, not much in the way's of contamination at this point...
A this point, vehicle was dried with a Bears Wax Factory plush drying towel then wheeled into the workshop for the next step of the detail. A stone chip on the bonnet was of concern so upon inspection it did require some flatting back and polishing to aid in it belnding into the background somewhat. This was dealt with 2500 and 3000 sanding blocks. Polished back with Maxolen PM1 via Flex rotary polisher and a wool spot pad...
This enabled the touched up stone chip to blend in a little better. Rest of car was in need of a little lift so bonnet, tailgate and both sides were glossed up with the Rupes LHR15 bigfoot polisher with the complimenting yellow pad and keramic gloss polish...
Once polishing was finished. Wheel arches were dressed with a multi purpose dressing. Tyres were dressed with Maxolen tyre wall prep and wheels were sealed with Carpro reload ( client had already applied Collinite insulator wax prior ) Paintwprk was wiped down with Carpro eraser to leave a dry surface ready for Polish Angel stages...
Next step was to prepare the surface with Polish Angel Escalate lotion via Meguiars G220 V2 dual action polisher on a soft 3M blue pad then finish painted surface with Polish Angel glass coat long term sealant...
Glass cleaned. Door shuts cleaned and polished. Exhausts cleaned and outside for some gratuitous glamour shots of this stunning white Jauguar XFS finished in Polish Angel Cosmic glass coat...