Offyourmarks - Jag Paramount. Major work needed.

[Offyourmarks]

Introduction

I thought that I would take time to post this one up on the forum – reasons being that it provided me with some great challenges and tested my patience and ability to return it to the owner in a condition that I am happy with.

It’s strange how things progress with detailing. I can usually always find something that I want to improve. Almost to a point that I get frustrated having to accept that maybe that rds has to stay there. That said there is always a safe limit that can never be crossed, however with paintwork it has to be as perfect as possible and I like to find ways to try and achieve that state.

The Car

This is one that was booked in a few months ago – so I’ve been looking forward to it coming in. Purely because I knew it would be a handful, and the owner was passionate about his car – always a motivator for me. The car itself is not really my bag, however I can appreciate the colour (very similar to my car!) and the fact that it is fairly rare. It’s a Jaguar XKR Paramount and approximately 3 years old.

The Detail

First was the washing process – standard fare for me by now. Pre wash via Karcher at 50 deg encouraged by a mix of APC and water to get working on the heavy deposits and chemical staining. Following the pre wash, it was hand washed and dried via the blower. Any remaining tar deposits safely dissolved with tardis. I then clayed using an old favourite – Zymöl Lehm clay; gently removing some remaining tree sap and various inclusions from within the paint surface (due to the work carried out by Paramount, inevitably it has to go into a body shop with all forms of airborne contamination.

Ok – car was now ready for inspection. The shots here hint at what was in store, however nowhere near reflect the true state. Some later photos in the write-up give a better feel.





I started by removing all I could; number plates bonnet vents etc and set about testing on the bonnet. Paint readings were taken revealing a healthy ‘ it’s had some paint’ thickness. Immediately I found IP was giving trouble and clumping on the bonnet however the defect were easily being removed. Same story with FF, so ended up with #83 DACP on sonus white. After the bonnet was complete I raised the car and dropped onto the O/S front wing. This had swirling evident, however the main issues were very deep scratches in many places.





The wing paint was of a different composition and as a result I changed approach, eventually settling for the might of 3M FCP to make any sort of headway even on the swirling.

Heres the same section as above after 2 good passes – Not happy at all with the remaining RDS.



After a close inspection, i knew i could safely remove them



So the Mirka was called into action





After careful PTG readings I set about removing the wet sanding inflictions to reveal the finish I was happy with



Same story with the next panel – O/S door and rear wing

This approach was consistent with the whole car. Here’s another stream on the N/S door











A close up of the wet-sanding finish



I had to reach for a more aggressive set up here using again the 3M FCP mixed with 3M UF



and then finish with UF on Megs polishing pad to remove and inflicted marring







excuse the fluff from the M/F ( immediately discarded )



Now the tailgate was simply awful





same again







even at acute angled lighting the correction stood up well


Every area was corrected









lights were improved also but some deep scratched evaded full removal



and after



The above work took a full 2 days

When I arrived in on day 3 the car was waiting for final finishing



It was all finished with 3M UF on a blue 3M waffle.

I then wiped down with IPA and then Zymöl HD cleansed the paintwork. After which Zymöl Royale was applied.

Then onto the interior, wet extraction was in order fro the mats



Then compressed air to remove all interior dusting





rubber inserts from doors removed and thoroughly cleaned



All seals fed with Zymöl Seal, all glass cleansed inside and out.
Leather cleansed and fed with Zymöl. All other finishing routes followed such as exhausts, seals, tyres, alloys and tyres

OK after a second buff with Zymöl Field Glaze to remove sweating the car was looking real nice. Heres some finals to show the depth and clarity achieved overall













note the similarity to my lapis blue car in the background (however mines got 2 layers on lol)







Overall a very satisfying and rewarding job – just over 3 days work and around 30 hours.

Thanks for reading

Best Regards

Matt

[Buzzsaw]

I'm speechless thats probably one of the best correction jobs i've seen - it looks like you could dive into the finish - the depth on the final shots is amazing - great write up!

[Silva1]

impressive work

brilliant, great reflections

[Gaz W]

That is Stunning.

Not only the detail, but the car, and your awesome unit!!!

[Detail Ecosse]

Inspirational, it really amazes me what can be achieved on what looked like a car that has had some pretty poor care in the past. Truly stunning and great write up.

Gav

[Envy Valeting]

Stunning, cant say anymore Matt!

[A20 LEE]

That looks incredible matt. Awesome job.

[Scud]

Awesome job you done there Matt, cant see the finished pics up a the mo......You also have a sweet setup at that unit saves a lot of back ache i bet.

[Silva1]

that is a prity damm nice unit

[haxbyscoobs]

Amazing too say the least

I've seen them type of swirls and rds somewhere before!!

Oh yeah on the F-150 I'm currently doing but i'm not brave enough yet to get a mirka onto it

The transformation there is just simply stunning and the unit is just jaw dropping