That's impressive. Especially if you did it with a DA. I use a Makita rotary and even with that I end up thinking I drive a London Bus 'cos it all takes so long.

You'll not go wrong with Polished Bliss either. I have always used them for my products, ever since Rich (owner) spent an hour on the phone with me when I was a complete beginner. Advice a-plenty, and good advice at that.

Mind me asking which compounds you used?

Dom.

Mr Tee, now get busy with the polish to seal it all back up! If you dont give it a few good coats to protect it she'll be very dull again soon...

I have a real good guy that charges around £300 to detail a car inside and out! Not alot when you break down the hours spent and the costs of the products...


Craig

Craig, only did one coat of polish as the wife & wee one were needing collected from the MIL's, plus the wife was nagging as i'd spent all weekend "fannying about with the car", her exact words by the way. If the weather clears for the weekend another couple of coats will be had, it's the easiest buffing polish I've ever used! Suppose you get what you pay for! Although I did get over excited and put it on a wee bit too thick on the first few panels, lesson is , follow the instructions.Must admit it's the first polish i have used that came with a pretty serious health warning including a COSHH sheet.

Mzplcg : Compounds : Menzerna Power Finish & Super finish. I started with the super finish as recommended , but it couldn't cut through the swirls, I started with the bonnet because it needs a respray anyway so if I ended up making a balls of it, no great loss!

Here are some before and after pictures of mine

The next three pictures are typical of the paintwork all over the vehicle

Click image to enlarge

Click image to enlarge

Click image to enlarge

Click image to enlarge

Click image to enlarge

Click image to enlarge

Admin note: this post has had its images recovered from a money grabbing photo hosting site and reinstated

It's great when the true paintwork is revealed, makes the effort worthwhile

Wow, just makes me itching to get in about my Range Rover. I've been properly taught to burnish resprayed cars & am well aware of the pitfalls so hopefully all will go well.  The reason women's minds are cleaner than a mans mind is that women change their minds more often!
When women say fine a mans in deep doodoo as fine has so many meanings.

If you've done burnishing then it should be easy enough to transfer those skills to detailing.

Wtf is burnishing? [img]http://www.fuelly.com/driver/rob2529/range-rover[img/]
04, 4.4V8, Vogue Oslo Blue with LPG.
"You can sleep in your car, BUT you can't race your house!!!!"

If something can't be fixed with a hammer....... You have yourself an electrical fault!

Looks bloody great Mr Tee! Fancy an afternoon on mine?

I've got the same marks on my Java Black, so will be investing in the same kit as you in the New Year

Keep it up!

An afternoon, maybe get a couple of panels done! highly recommend polished bliss, start with the less aggressive compound/pads, then see how you get on.mines looks nothing like that now, gagging for a wash!been raining here for days now!

impressive results guys well worth the effort, gonna do mine soon gotta do my 2010-2012 conversion first
i have the new autoglym paint pro kit , seen results of this system and the results were amazing,

also i have noticed that paint under an led light allways seem to show more imperfections than an ordinary light  1990 3.5 v8 defender
2000 4.6 v8 30th anniversary prins lpg
2004 4.4 v8 vogue prins lpg
2011 4.4 TDV8 Vogue
faultmate extreme
rsw allcoms
Autel 906BT
Gap iiD tool