Range Rover SVR Enhancement Detail
I spent a couple of days detailing this very nice Range Rover SVR for a client near Wakefield recently. It’s quite rare these days for customers to have a suitable garage space for me to offer a mobile service, but this was an exception.
Paint Cleanse
The foundation of any detail is to get the paintwork free from contamination (the sort which doesn’t wash off). Contamination is a word used quite often in the detailing industry and refers to basically particles stuck to the paintwork that shouldn’t be there. You know if your car has contamination-which you often can’t see-by running your hand lightly over the paintwork when the car is clean. Ideally it should be silky smooth. Often it wont be, as any car that has driven an average mileage and hasn’t had a paint cleanse for a year or so will likely have quite a rough feel. It matters that this contamination is removed to ensure that any last stage protection product (e.g ceramic coating) will bond correctly, but importantly vastly improves the clarity of the paintwork once removed. I personally will always clay bar a car prior to any machine correction work as besides not wanting expensive pads wrecked I find often that contamination is left stuck to the paintwork even after a machine polish/correction. I also use a tar remover and iron fallout remover prior to clay bar. So after all that the paintwork should be silky smooth. I also always follow up as a minimum with a single stage machine polish after a clay bar routine as the process can inflict micro marring (extremely light scratches).
Paint Correction
Worthy of a whole book on the subject! Every car I detail is different in the amount of correction needed and the process deployed. With this SVR the remit agreed with the client was to bring life to the paintwork and remove the swirls – sometimes referred to as cobwebbing – from the paintwork. It’s the combination of contamination and swirls that can somewhat dull the overall look of a car, so eradication of both these factors is key. Its all to do with light refraction.
Last Stage Protection (LSP)
My 18 month ceramic infused sealant was the choice, giving a great almost wet look and long term protection which realistically will go well beyond 18 months for a pampered weekend only garage car such as this.
