The Last Two Months: Bella Macchina Paint Corrections <ferraris, porsches, and more>

[Todd@RUPES]

I am sorry for the lack of ‘detail’ of each post. The last 2 months have been crazy and I am just starting to play catch up (about 65 hours per week, most being 87 and the least being 45). The write ups are the majority of FULL paint correction details I have done in the last couple of months on new vehicles (first time I detailed them with 1 exception) with various amounts of pictures. I believe two of the vehicles are older then that (Porsche GT3 and Porsche 928) and I haven’t included many of the vehicles I prepped for the Cavallino Classic (4 more, 40 hours each, 1300 pics to sort through) but I will do a separate write up on those when time permits (Ferrari 250 Lusso, Ferrari 328 GTS, Ferrari 365 Daytona, Ferrari F355).



I have not included 1 step polishing, maintenance, or follow up details which comprise a huge % of my business. Because I am referring to my notes of each detail I have the generals including time and LSP (the least important part IMO).



First up,



Ferrari 550 Barchetta

Detail Time: 16 hours

Full Exterior Paint Correction

LSP’s

Paint: Blackfire Fire over Wet Ice

Wheels: Wheel Wax

Tires: Zaino Z16



The Barchetta (convertible) version of the Maranello is fairly rare and usually worth twice (if not more) then the coupe version. Pretty rare car as well.



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Next up,



Ferrari 328 GTB

Detail Time: 19 hours

Full Exterior Paint Correction, Interior Detail

LSP’s

Paint: Blackfire Fire over Wet Ice

Wheels: Rejex

Tires: Eimann Fabrik Black Sapphire Tire Gel



The paint was pretty bad on this one, but soft and easy to polish out. We only went for about 95% as it is original 25 year old paint.



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Next up,



1990 ZR-1 Corvette

Detail Time: 22 hours

Full Exterior Paint Correction

LSP’s

Paint: Blackfire Diamond Paint Sealant

Wheels: Zaino AIO

Tires: 303 Areospace



The paint on this one was terrible, faded, chalky, heavily swirled, etc, etc… In the end it came out about 99% perfect. Special thanks go out to Angelo (zoomzoommazda3) and Brian Brice for each lending a hand for a little bit.



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After Pictures:

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1948 Lincoln Continental V12

Detail Time: 15 hours

Full Exterior Paint Correction

LSP’s

Paint: Autoglym Super Resin Polish



This is a very rare car with a very cool flat head V12. I only polished the exterior and did no other detailing. All polishing was done with Meguiars M105 on a porter cable using Kevin Brown’s methods of madness.



Bad weather (early on day two) limited my ability to take pictures, unfortunately. �



Before picture:







50/50 Shots



















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1984 Ferrari BBi

Detail Time: 33 man hours

Full Cavallino Concours Prep

LSP’s

Paint: Blackfire Fire over Wet Ice combination (four coats of Wet Diamond sealant, 2 coats of Midnight Sun carnauba paste)

Wheels: Wheel Wax

Tires: Eimann Fabrik Black Sapphire Tire Gel



This is the same Ferrari detailed in the Road to Cavallino thread. I didn’t have time to take any pictures as both Eric (blk45), Angelo (zoomzoommazda3) and I made a mad thrash for two days straight getting this thing perfect. A year on the show circuit had left some light marring in the paint, but the majority of time was spent on perfecting the details.



After picture







On the lawn at Cavallino in West Palm Beach, FL…











Ferrari 365GT 2+2

Detail Time: 39 man hours

Full Cavallino Concours Prep + Wet sand

LSP’s

Paint: Zaino Z5pro x 2, Zaino Z2pro x1

Wheels: Wheel Wax

Tires: Eimann Fabrik Black Sapphire Tire Gel



Probably one of the craziest and intense details I have ever done. I had two days to get this done, which is fine, until we realized the whole car had no gloss from fine orange people texture. I worked 11 hours straight with one 5 minute break the second day. I was extremely lucky to have the help of forum legend David Fermani who donated his time (he wouldn’t let me pay him for anything, seriously) and expertise to machine sand the roof and hood on day two (as well as cut the paint back). I got one picture of him and it is the only before/work picture I have.



David Fermani making weird faces as he inspects the paint during our wet sanding thrash.



The paint came out absolutely perfect (I mean 100%), after pictures from the lawn of Cavallino.























Maserati Gran Turismo

Detail Time: 12 hours

New Car prep, Paint Correction, Interior Detailing

LSP’s

Paint: Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant

Wheels: Wheel Wax

Tires: Gloss-It Signature Tire Gloss



























Audi S5

Detail Time: 10 hours

New Car prep, Paint Correction, Interior Detailing

LSP’s

Paint: Gloss-It Signature Gloss x 2

Wheels: Rejex

Tires: Eimann Fabrik Black Sapphire Tire Dressing

[Todd@RUPES]

Mercedes Benz SL55 AMG

Detail Time: 18 hours

Exterior Paint Correction and Detail

LSP’s

Paint: Dodo Juice Supernatural V2

Wheels: Wheel Wax

Tires: Zaino Z16



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1973 Jaguar E-Type

Detail Time: 10 hours

95% Paint Correction and Exterior Detail

LSP’s

Paint: Autoglym High Definition Wax



This E-type is owned by one of my best (in terms of maintaining their vehicle’s) clients. The vehicle was cleaned, wheels and chrome highly polished, etc… I simply wiped the paint down with ONR the 91% alcohol, polished the paint, and applied two coats of wax. Very easy day and detail by my standard.



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1952 MG-TD

Detail Time: 7 hours

Exterior Paint Correction and Detail

LSP’s

Paint: Autoglym High Definition Wax

Wheels: Wheel Wax

Tires: Meguiars Endurance Gel



This is a very cool little car that was painted a very high quality shop recently which made the flat paint very easy to correct. Two step correction removed the very light marring and left the paint flawless. Again time limited in my ability to take photographs.























Porsche GT3

Detail Time: 10 man hours

Exterior two step correction (85-90%) and interior detail

LSP’s

Wax: Menzerna Acrylic Jacket

Wheels: Rejex

Tires: Zaino Z16



More time was spent degreasing the paint and removing rubber and grime from this Porsche’s track day abuse then actually polishing the paint.

[Todd@RUPES]

Porsche 928 GTS

Detail Time: 14 hours

Exterior Correction and Detail

LSP’s

Paint: Optimum Optiseal x2

Wheels: Optimum Optiseal

Tires: Eimann Fabrik Black Sapphire Tire Gel



This Porsche was in fairly rough condition but the paint was fairly easy to get perfect (minus some pitting in areas).



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Lexus LS460L

Detail Time: 13 hours

Exterior Correction and Detail

LSP’s

Paint: Collonite #915

Wheels: Rejex

Tires: Zaino Z16



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Jaguar XKR BlackStone

Detail Time: 10 hours

95% Paint Correction and Exterior Detail

LSP’s

Wax: Blackfire Wet Diamond Paint Sealant

Wheels: Wheel Wax

Tires: Zaino Z16



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After pictures

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Ferrari F430 Spider

Detail Time: 19 hours

Scratch repair and Exterior Correction/Detail

LSP’s

Wax: Blackfire Fire over Wet Ice

Wheels: Rejex

Tires: Eimann Fabrik Black Sapphire Tire Gel



Scratch Repair Photos



Scratch before pictures











Scratch retouch and sanding photos











Scratch after photos











Rest of the Ferrari before picture







After pictures







































Ferrari 250 GTE

Detail Time: 22 hours

Minor Cavallino Prep



LSP’s

Paint: Collonite #845

Wheels: Blackfire Metal Sealant

Tires: Eimann Fabrik Black Sapphire Tire Gel



This beautiful Ferrari has one of the coolest interiors I have ever seen.

[imported_Picus]

Very cool Todd, what a selection. Excellent work. I am going to have to go over them again! I worked on a 2+2 just like that this summer, similar colour too I think, weird to see another! That E-type is incredible.

[longdx]

Your work standards are unmatched in my book. Very good collection of your work and seems like a nice client base. Thank you for posting.

[ShineTech]

Great work as always Todd. I never get tired of reading your writeups. :2thumbs:

[Pats300zx]

Awesome job Todd. Looks like you have been crazy busy



You are due for some serious downtime.

[Todd@RUPES]

Very cool Todd, what a selection. Excellent work. I am going to have to go over them again! I worked on a 2+2 just like that this summer, similar colour too I think, weird to see another! That E-type is incredible.

Thanks Kevin, which 2+2 the 365 or the 250GTE?

Your work standards are unmatched in my book. Very good collection of your work and seems like a nice client base. Thank you for posting.

Thanks longdx! You are very welcome for posting

Great work as always Todd. I never get tired of reading your writeups. :2thumbs:

Thanks Hemin8r, I appericate the compliment!

Awesome job Todd. Looks like you have been crazy busy



You are due for some serious downtime.

My three days of down time (split by a detail) are over, I`m booked until the end of Feburary.

[OCKlasse]

Nothing I say can add to this amazing thread...



Except, what is this M105 method you speak of?

[Barry Theal]

its nice to see "the BEST of the BEST" is back hands down to ya my friend!!!! simply amazing! :buffing::bounce todd your an insperation to us all!!!!!

[imported_JoshVette]

As always Todd you set the bar higher.



One thing I really like about this thread in particular is the variety of Polishes and LSP`s you used yet getting the same results out of them all which really goes to show it`s not about the products or brands but all about the prep work and skill involved by the detailer that makes the car shine.



Nice work.



Josh

[Todd@RUPES]

Nothing I say can add to this amazing thread...



Except, what is this M105 method you speak of?

Thanks OC...



The Kevin Brown method is using M105 on a PC (certain way to prime the pad, clean the pad, etc) to remove all defects with a light cutting or polishing pad, then following up with the same product on a finishing pad. On this paint I was able to remove deep scratches, swirls, etc with 1 pass of M105 (worked about 5 minutes with a LOT of pressure) then finish down with the same product on a finishing pad. 1 step perfection!

its nice to see "the BEST of the BEST" is back hands down to ya my friend!!!! simply amazing! :buffing::bounce todd your an insperation to us all!!!!!

Thank you Barry, but from looking at your threads (and the many super talented detailers on here) I hardly am worthy of Best of the Best.

[imported_Detailing Technology]

Nice logo on your "copyright"