Fixed a badly detailed Jeep....a lesson in getting what you pay for

This forum member reached out to me after having an amateur detailer try to correct the paint on his Jeep. Not only was the correction performed badly, but numerous areas were not done at all. Detailing done cheap has its consequences.

Most of the exposed screws had heavily built up compound and/or wax residue. The textured satin top had been waxed despite the owner's request that it not be. This resulted in pretty bad staining, a good amount of which would not come out. The areas that had been corrected were heavily covered in DA micromarring as the previous detailer could not handle the hard clear on the Jeep. Other areas were not done at all. It was originally scheduled for a one step correction but once I saw its condition I knew it would not restore the finish enough. So I brought out Ryan to help me restore it as best as possible. We logged in a significant amount of time to fix this Jeep.





Upon arrival it was pretty dirty














Plenty of wax residue on the top.....













Considerable buildup in all the screws











After a full wash and decontamination






Staining survived through the wash and decon













The front end had been heavily corrected and heavily marred without being finished down. Much micro marring/haziness was present.















It was clear no correction work had been done here on the sides
















Heavy waterspots on the right side







Wheels were tidied up










With most of the compounding finished, Ryan and I took it out in the sun for some pics







Waterspots on the glass still needed to be polished out




























After final polishing











Final pics out in the sun after applying wax and touching up the final details



























My favorite shot with the owner looking pleased at the freshly restored Jeep





Thanks for looking!

 

Nice job! Were you able to get the trim staining out? What was the process?

 

Awesome save guys!!! Looks great

 

Great job

 

+1 would APC and some brushes work?

 

Nice job.

 

APC didn't even phase the stain.... took solvent to remove