Owner just picked the car up Friday, it was originally an Alaska car but has been in storage a couple of years. The Challenge Stradale is about as close to a race car as you can get for the street. Pretty much a stripped interior, so spartan inside it could have been an extra in the movie "300" :lol Huge ceramic rotors and pads too, which meant pretty much no brake dust build-up in the wheels.
Paint was the focus on this session and it definitely needed some help. Lots of swirls (both spider and rotary), scuffs, etc.
Before:
Looks fine standing back
Up close is a different story:
I tried both Meguiars #105 and Optimum Hyper Compound via G110 using a 5.5" orange Erasure II cutting pad. OHC was a bit better at removing spider swirls and leaving less hazing, but oddly enough, #105 was a bit better at removing rotary swirls. Go figure. Ending up using a combination of the two, however, the roof needed my Dewalt 849 rotary using an orange Soft Edge cutting pad and OHC to remove the swirls, followed by #105, then OHP using the G110 and 5.5" orange Erasure II pads.
I then used Optimum Hyper Polish, again with the G110 and a 5.5" orange Erasure II cutting pad to remove the hazing from compounding.
Here are a couple half and half shots (hood polished, fender is not) after using OHC and OHP via the G110:
This is after the OHC/#150 and OHP steps:
The final polishing was done using a red LC Hydrotech finishing pad and Clearkote's Pink Moose, followed by Carnauba Moose Wax. Why no Souveran or Fuzion? CMW looks just as good (and deeper than either) and is more durable. This Ferrari isn't going to be a garage queen, the owner intends to drive it.
You might see a few areas of polish or wax in the cracks, the sun was in and out all day, wanted to get as many sun shots as possible before it clouded up again. Spent another 30-40 minutes finishing up after the pictures.
Paint was the focus on this session and it definitely needed some help. Lots of swirls (both spider and rotary), scuffs, etc.
Before:
Looks fine standing back
Up close is a different story:
I tried both Meguiars #105 and Optimum Hyper Compound via G110 using a 5.5" orange Erasure II cutting pad. OHC was a bit better at removing spider swirls and leaving less hazing, but oddly enough, #105 was a bit better at removing rotary swirls. Go figure. Ending up using a combination of the two, however, the roof needed my Dewalt 849 rotary using an orange Soft Edge cutting pad and OHC to remove the swirls, followed by #105, then OHP using the G110 and 5.5" orange Erasure II pads.
I then used Optimum Hyper Polish, again with the G110 and a 5.5" orange Erasure II cutting pad to remove the hazing from compounding.
Here are a couple half and half shots (hood polished, fender is not) after using OHC and OHP via the G110:
This is after the OHC/#150 and OHP steps:
The final polishing was done using a red LC Hydrotech finishing pad and Clearkote's Pink Moose, followed by Carnauba Moose Wax. Why no Souveran or Fuzion? CMW looks just as good (and deeper than either) and is more durable. This Ferrari isn't going to be a garage queen, the owner intends to drive it.
You might see a few areas of polish or wax in the cracks, the sun was in and out all day, wanted to get as many sun shots as possible before it clouded up again. Spent another 30-40 minutes finishing up after the pictures.
