2008 Scuderia 430

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Anthony O.

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Well this one was a great pleasure to work on. It's not your typical Ferrari red with tan and black interior, although that combo may be best for resell. The color is a charcoal gray color (I forget the official name) and the interior is red with a good deal of carbon fiber throughout.



The red interior sets off the car and while it may have been "questionable" (as the owner stated) on paper and the color swatches it surely works in the flesh.



Paint was covered in halo scrathces with some random buffer trails here and there. After a ONR rinse I taped her off and began my wool rotary treatment using 3M's Extra Cut. I did one area or panel at a time and then gave that area another ONR rinse down.



I do this to keep the dusting, from both product and pad, under control. My next step was a green pad with OP. Then a blue pad with 3M's Ultrafina. I no longer use Menzera so 3M has, for now, replaced it. I also used some Optimum beta samples of things to come.



My last step was Cyclo with UF and then sealed with Opti-Seal.









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Sadly I have no outside pictures as it was raining off and on and it also had a full clear bra installed so it had to stay out of the sun and heat for a day.





The engine is beautiful with the chrome and carbon fiber combo. I wiped the engine down with ONR and then wiped on some AIO over the carbon fiber.



I polished the dull exhaust and as much of the chrome as I could with English Custom metal polish.







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The interior was given a wipe down, again using ONR, and vacuumed. Not much else needed really. Carbon Fiber was gone over with OID.



Note*- I did use Photoshop to add some contrast to the red interior because my camera made it look orange. It now looks like it does in true color.







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Simply love the door panels....







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Back of the seats were all carbon fiber







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The interior also had this "industrial" feel going on with the visible weld seams and diamond plate style floor boards.







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Well thanks for looking,

Anthony
 
Damn I was hoping to be the first to detail one of these bad boys. Great job anyway, 60 millisecond shifts must be fun:bolt
 
dsms said:
Damn I was hoping to be the first to detail one of these bad boys. Great job anyway, 60 millisecond shifts must be fun:bolt
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shhh, I did one two weeks ago. :D



Anthony; I am glad to see you posting here, the Scuderia looks awesome. I like the color combo a lot actually. :)
 
GREAT job mate...lovely car....I am going to detail an F430, but the Scuderia Rosso colour(if i said it correct).Is the colour that F1 car has...

was it SS paint or paint with CC??

soft or hard??
 
Hey everybody.....thanks for the warm welcome back:grinno:





pampos said:
GREAT job mate...lovely car....I am going to detail an F430, but the Scuderia Rosso colour(if i said it correct).Is the colour that F1 car has...

was it SS paint or paint with CC??

soft or hard??
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It was clear and it was in the medium range as far as hardness goes. The 3M, 105, Hi-Temp Extreme and also the Optimum beta product all cut the paint down easily with the foamed wool and left behind whispy buffer trails which were easily cleaned up using a medium polishing pad, like LC's white pad.



Picus



Yes the color at first view is....well, blah:nono but then once you take in the interior color and walk around it a few times you begin to appreciate the combo and ease into, "Yeah, this really works now!" mode.



Thanks again guys,

Anthony
 
Nice car Anthony. BTW, the paint code plate is usually under the hood on F-cars and it lists the actual color name. These cars are actually painted with PPG Ceramiclear. Why don't you use Menzerna any longer?
 
David Fermani said:
Nice car Anthony. BTW, the paint code plate is usually under the hood on F-cars and it lists the actual color name. These cars are actually painted with PPG Ceramiclear. Why don't you use Menzerna any longer?
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Because Jeff Silver says that we are not good enough to use his products?
 
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It was clear and it was in the medium range as far as hardness goes. The 3M, 105, Hi-Temp Extreme and also the Optimum beta product all cut the paint down easily with the foamed wool and left behind whispy buffer trails which were easily cleaned up using a medium polishing pad, like LC's white pad.

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Thanks man,

I am going to work with UDM so i hope that i could give at least a similar finish as you gave on that one :)
 
David Fermani said:
Nice car Anthony. BTW, the paint code plate is usually under the hood on F-cars and it lists the actual color name. These cars are actually painted with PPG Ceramiclear. Why don't you use Menzerna any longer?
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Hey David, nice to see you again and thanks for the heads up on the paint code area....I looked for that the other day on another 430 I did.



The Menzerna deal is, in a nutshell, just as Todd stated but also that when I only sought the opinions and experiences of others regarding 106 I was basically shot down as someone with an "agenda" (due to my relationship with Optimum, yet I have been using and endorsing Menzerna longer than most on this forum or other forums) to bad mouth Menzerna products by spreading rumors.



I brought this up over at Autogeek (that thread I started has since been removed, not closed for future readers but literally removed. Which in itself is telling) and after some posts Mr. Silver came in and tried to correct me in my claims that 106 didn't so much fill imperfections in paint but rather swelled it. I was basically ridiculed for even suggesting that a product could temporarily swell paint by many people yet it seems more plausible now that I may have been correct. In my mind he was unsuccessful in his attempt and I feel it was not handled well on their end so I refuse to continue to support them.



I had great results with 3M which says a lot because I never really cared for their products but I am impressed with the new stuff.



Thanks again Dave.



Now.....for those wanting to try a little experiment, try this.



Take a container that can be capped, like a 32ounce container, and fill it 1/3 with 106, 1/3 with water and leave 1/3 for air. Shake the container vigorously and then strain it through a coffee filter. What do you get left behind? This can be done with many products. Share your results with the class.





Pampos



You'll be fine I am sure. If working with the udm just take your time, don't rush it. Have you ever noticed that a consistent drop of water over a period of time can chip away at solid rock and concrete? This is how I like to look at paint correction. Slow and steady as she goes mate:up



Love to see pictures of it when done.



Anthony
 
Great job Anthony and a pleasure to have you back. I am sure it was a pleasure to work on something like that. Not your average Ferrari... :)
 
Anthony Orosco said:
Hey David, nice to see you again and thanks for the heads up on the paint code area....I looked for that the other day on another 430 I did.



The Menzerna deal is, in a nutshell, just as Todd stated but also that when I only sought the opinions and experiences of others regarding 106 I was basically shot down as someone with an "agenda" (due to my relationship with Optimum, yet I have been using and endorsing Menzerna longer than most on this forum or other forums) to bad mouth Menzerna products by spreading rumors.



I brought this up over at Autogeek (that thread I started has since been removed, not closed for future readers but literally removed. Which in itself is telling) and after some posts Mr. Silver came in and tried to correct me in my claims that 106 didn't so much fill imperfections in paint but rather swelled it. I was basically ridiculed for even suggesting that a product could temporarily swell paint by many people yet it seems more plausible now that I may have been correct. In my mind he was unsuccessful in his attempt and I feel it was not handled well on their end so I refuse to continue to support them.



I had great results with 3M which says a lot because I never really cared for their products but I am impressed with the new stuff.



Thanks again Dave.



Now.....for those wanting to try a little experiment, try this.



Take a container that can be capped, like a 32ounce container, and fill it 1/3 with 106, 1/3 with water and leave 1/3 for air. Shake the container vigorously and then strain it through a coffee filter. What do you get left behind? This can be done with many products. Share your results with the class.





Pampos



You'll be fine I am sure. If working with the udm just take your time, don't rush it. Have you ever noticed that a consistent drop of water over a period of time can chip away at solid rock and concrete? This is how I like to look at paint correction. Slow and steady as she goes mate:up



Love to see pictures of it when done.



Anthony
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Thanks Anthony,

i will do it up to the end of this month....they have to fix a problem with the soft top(spider model) first,and then i will be for holidays for 10 days,so i will do it about 25/7.. :woot2::woot2:
 
Anthony, I'm sure you're getting sick of all the "welcome back!" posts, but I just gotta say it really is great to see you back. :)



Your work has always been among the very best. Good to see it again!



Beautiful car. I'm sure the owner was very happy with the outcome.
 
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