Land Rover Discovery Sport — Witney: Windrush Pollen and A40 Iron Removed
The result: White paint restored to factory finish. The hydrophobic sealant now sheds pollen before it bonds — the owner reports that a quick rinse is all that's needed after high-pollen days. He books a seasonal decontamination wash three times a year.
A Witney-based architect drove his Pearl White Discovery Sport from his riverside home on the Windrush to his Oxford studio daily. By May the white paint had developed a yellowing film across the bonnet and roof that a pressure wash wouldn't shift. He'd assumed it was hard water spotting — it was Windrush willow and willowherb pollen that had bonded during April's dry spell.
We identified the contamination type from the pattern — concentrated on horizontal surfaces only, heavier on the driver's side in line with prevailing wind direction. A dedicated organic alkaline pre-soak on ten minutes' dwell lifted the pollen film, which rinsed away cleanly with no agitation. Iron fallout remover addressed the A40 brake particulate on the lower half. Two-stage clay bar removed residual embedded particles. A single-stage machine polish restored the gloss depth on the bonnet where the pollen had caused micro-etching, followed by a twelve-month graphene spray sealant.
