Ferrari F430 Spider wetsand...

**Apollo_Auto** · 06-07-2011, 04:07 PM

Hi everyone!

So I was sitting on my couch watching Sponge Bob with my son one Saturday morning and I got a call on the "business phone". I was rather enjoying the cartoons and being in my Al Bundy position on the couch with my little man, but when duty calls, duty calls. It was the owner of a pretty well-known wrapping company and one of my Ferrari 599 customers referred me to him. On the phone he told me that the car couldn`t be wrapped because there was some sort of contamination on the car that needed to be removed and he didn`t have a clue what it was. On the way over there, about 1 hour from me, I was thinking, "OK a quick clay session and I can make it back for Ben 10 and soggy, chocolate waffles." Wrong. I don`t know what was on the car, but claying didn`t remove it, so I did a Deironizer decontamination and that didn`t remove it either. So I gave it a full wipedown with tar and glue remover and that removed most of it, but still some remained and I soon realized that it was just a crappy repaint that I was up against.

The car was purchased in Germany, but before the new owner bought it he requested that "this, that and the other" parts be repainted because there were scuffs, rock chips, etc. everywhere. I`m guessing that they used a very fast-drying clearcoat mix because the entire car felt like sandpaper. Basically the paint dried before it hit the surface, which created a "textured" surface. Not only was the painting technique bad, but I think they painted it in someone`s shed because there were fish eyes and other uglies all over the car. Here`s the pics! >>

Marring from the soft top...

Wet sanded with 2500...

After compounding and finishing this is what remained...

The pillars looked horrible...

Clearcoat failure on this one...

Wet sanded with Wolf`s "Pink Slip" Clay Lube and 2,500 grit

After compounding with Wolf`s WP-6S polish and a cutting pad, then refined with Wolf`s WP-1N finishing polish and a finishing pad.

Sanded out some uglies on the door

After the above mentioned combo...

The motor lid before... here you can see the amount of RIDS that were on the entire car.

Badges removed... the afters.

Good clarity

Almost the entire bumper was wet sanded

After with the same combo

All finished, here`s some reflection shots! Enjoy the afters!

Thanks for looking!

- Jesse O`Connor

**Barry Theal** · 06-07-2011, 06:23 PM

Great work Jesse! Man talk about putting a ****** blend on that piller around the windshield. Wow clear peeling and all. Car came out great! I loved that last pic!

**JohnKleven** · 06-07-2011, 06:32 PM

That thing was destroyed. Great work as always Jesse.

John

**C. Charles Hahn** · 06-07-2011, 07:30 PM

Wow... even Maaco has put out better paintwork than that was!

Excellent save, Jesse. Just too bad it sounds like all that work will get buried under vinyl wrap....

**autoconcierge** · 06-07-2011, 07:50 PM

Looks great "Apollo" from Hungary not Canada.........j/k Jesse "Saveness" again.

**Scottwax** · 06-07-2011, 09:21 PM

Typical stellar work!

**Todd@RUPES** · 06-08-2011, 04:10 AM

Great work Jesse! Its nice to see you around on here and great to see you having success with your products. The car looks great!

**Pats300zx** · 06-08-2011, 08:54 AM

Way to bring it Jesse..Simply awesome...

**Thomas Dekany** · 06-08-2011, 09:01 AM

I really enjoyed it Jesse.

**WCharles** · 06-08-2011, 10:41 AM

Wow, that`s some awesome work, man! Those horrible re-painters deserve to be sacked. Lol

**U-piter** · 06-08-2011, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Apollo_Auto

it`s a shame to see the before pictures on such a beautiful car!

Exellent job Jesse!

**RaskyR1** · 06-08-2011, 02:14 PM

Great save Jesse!

Hard to imagine the owner accepting the car like that after wanting things repainted for scuffs and chips on the panels before...budget job for sure!

**DaGonz** · 06-08-2011, 02:26 PM

Amazing recovery!

**white gecko** · 06-08-2011, 02:39 PM

Jesse, that was painful to see. Such shoddy work performed on such a beautiful machine. The painter should be shamed! You sir brought it back looking proper! Great job!!

**Apollo_Auto** · 06-09-2011, 12:24 PM

Originally Posted by Barry Theal

Great work Jesse! Man talk about putting a ****** blend on that piller around the windshield. Wow clear peeling and all. Car came out great! I loved that last pic!

Thank you Barry! Yeah the peeling clear shocked the heck outta me!

Originally Posted by JohnKleven

That thing was destroyed. Great work as always Jesse.

John

Thank you John!

Originally Posted by Shiny Lil Detlr

Wow... even Maaco has put out better paintwork than that was!

Excellent save, Jesse. Just too bad it sounds like all that work will get buried under vinyl wrap....

Thanks Charles! Yeah he wanted the whole car wrapped in clear and I haven`t seen it since then, but...

Originally Posted by Auto Concierge

Looks great "Apollo" from Hungary not Canada.........j/k Jesse "Saveness" again.

Thank you Bob!

Originally Posted by Scottwax

Typical stellar work!

Thanks Scott and happy birthday BTW

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Originally Posted by TH0001

Great work Jesse! Its nice to see you around on here and great to see you having success with your products. The car looks great!

Thanks Todd! Hopefully we`ll be working our way to the States so you`ll have the chance to play with them

!

Originally Posted by Pats300zx

Way to bring it Jesse..Simply awesome...

Cheers Pat!

Originally Posted by tdekany

I really enjoyed it Jesse.

Thank you Thomas! Did you get my last email??

Originally Posted by WCharles

Wow, that`s some awesome work, man! Those horrible re-painters deserve to be sacked. Lol

Thanks mate! Well it`s just proof that not everyone loves their jobs like we detailers do

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Originally Posted by U-piter

it`s a shame to see the before pictures on such a beautiful car!

Exellent job Jesse!

Thank you sir!

Originally Posted by RaskyR1

Great save Jesse!

Hard to imagine the owner accepting the car like that after wanting things repainted for scuffs and chips on the panels before...budget job for sure!

Thank you Chad! I really don`t think he even noticed until I called him into the shop to show him what was going to take 2 days to fix! When I showed him I saw his eyes bug out a bit and he asked, "How can you see that stuff?" "I`ve just done this a `few` times," I replied.

Originally Posted by DaGonz

Amazing recovery!

Cheers buddy!

Originally Posted by gofast908z

Jesse, that was painful to see. Such shoddy work performed on such a beautiful machine. The painter should be shamed! You sir brought it back looking proper! Great job!!

Thank you very much, Jeff! Long time no talky!