Rangerover Sport | Four stage car polishing

A black Range Rover Sport -- a few years old, the owner's boat car rather than his daily driver. He did not want to spend a lot but he wanted it to look good. He came in on a special offer that included a free upgrade to Autoglym Ultra High Definition wax, and the four-stage polish came with it.

Four-Stage Polishing

Four passes of machine polishing means four separate stages of cutting and refining. The first stages remove the upper layer of clear-coat -- the part that contains the oxidisation, the fine scratches, the swirl marks from years of washing. Deeper scratches and paint etching get individual attention; where necessary we wet sand the area first, then buff out the sanding marks. The final stages use a random orbital polisher rather than a rotary -- a rotary is faster but can leave "hologram" marks, which are micro-scratches from the polishing action itself. The orbital avoids that.

Only when we have wiped the panel down with alcohol and examined it under harsh direct light -- and we are satisfied it is right -- does any protective product go on top.

The Wax

As Gary puts it: "you can't put lipstick on a pig." The finest wax in the world over rough, scratched paintwork will not look good. The preparation is where the result comes from; the wax is the finishing step that adds depth, clarity and a vibrancy to the colour. Autoglym Ultra High Definition wax is one of the best traditional waxes on the market -- not a ceramic coating, but an excellent choice for a car the owner plans to maintain himself without a permanent coating.

The owner came to collect it later that day. Gary's verdict: "looking a million dollars." See our machine polishing and paintwork correction service.