Couple red machines we worked on in the past 2 weeks.
First up: F430 spyder
Lot of rids, needed heavy correction work.
Started with the wheels, Bob washed the paint.
Bob rinsed the pant with DI water, he then blowed dried the car while I followed up with drying towels
After claying the sun popped out, gave us a chance to see the damage.
Certain areas had light swirling and other areas had lots of RIDS
Bob pulled the car inside :waiting: (Dont worry I got to drive the PDK porsche and a gallardo later on)
To position the car on the platform Bob used his go jacks, getting the car on go jacks is easy, pulling it into posistion is a little more difficult...
See Ferrari's do have ground clearence! The approach ramps were put into place and the car was feathered onto the platform.
All trim, badges and most importantly the mesh grills were taped up
Paint correction took us both a very long time... the Ferrari paint is ceramic and rock hard, Bob hit several areas with 1500grit and most RID clusters needed multiple hits of M105 and the wool pad.
Correction:
Megs M105 w/ gray wool pad 2000+ rpm
Menz 106FA w/ white cutting pad
Menz PO85rd w/ gray SM finishing pad (80ppi)
The 105 and gray wool corrected the deep stuff well, we couldnt however go right to finishing. 106FA on a white cutting pad helped with the light holograming and micro scratches left behind after compouding.
The 106FA finished down just about LSP ready. After which I jeweled the paint with 85RD and the 80ppi gray pad. This helped re-level the finish even more and amp up the gloss and clairty.
Me following up the wool with 106FA
Bob doing the same...
The ragtop folding door was tough to get too, so I posistioned myself to where i could polish the whole thing evenly... I like the metabos balance because I can correct with one hand.
I worked on the paint and Bob handled the clear bra with the Festool DA... no its not a shinex but its the most powerful DA I have used. That mixed with 106FA cleaned up the bra 100%
The red headrest panel which flowed into the car was also moderately swirled and still rock hard paint... Bob wool pad correcting it
Some halogen shots after working 106FA... paint is 100% but clarity isnt
Bob got to work on the interior and engine and I began my favorite part of any detail... jeweling :thumb:
First up: F430 spyder
Lot of rids, needed heavy correction work.
Started with the wheels, Bob washed the paint.
Bob rinsed the pant with DI water, he then blowed dried the car while I followed up with drying towels
After claying the sun popped out, gave us a chance to see the damage.
Certain areas had light swirling and other areas had lots of RIDS
Bob pulled the car inside :waiting: (Dont worry I got to drive the PDK porsche and a gallardo later on)
To position the car on the platform Bob used his go jacks, getting the car on go jacks is easy, pulling it into posistion is a little more difficult...
See Ferrari's do have ground clearence! The approach ramps were put into place and the car was feathered onto the platform.
All trim, badges and most importantly the mesh grills were taped up
Paint correction took us both a very long time... the Ferrari paint is ceramic and rock hard, Bob hit several areas with 1500grit and most RID clusters needed multiple hits of M105 and the wool pad.
Correction:
Megs M105 w/ gray wool pad 2000+ rpm
Menz 106FA w/ white cutting pad
Menz PO85rd w/ gray SM finishing pad (80ppi)
The 105 and gray wool corrected the deep stuff well, we couldnt however go right to finishing. 106FA on a white cutting pad helped with the light holograming and micro scratches left behind after compouding.
The 106FA finished down just about LSP ready. After which I jeweled the paint with 85RD and the 80ppi gray pad. This helped re-level the finish even more and amp up the gloss and clairty.
Me following up the wool with 106FA
Bob doing the same...
The ragtop folding door was tough to get too, so I posistioned myself to where i could polish the whole thing evenly... I like the metabos balance because I can correct with one hand.
I worked on the paint and Bob handled the clear bra with the Festool DA... no its not a shinex but its the most powerful DA I have used. That mixed with 106FA cleaned up the bra 100%
The red headrest panel which flowed into the car was also moderately swirled and still rock hard paint... Bob wool pad correcting it
Some halogen shots after working 106FA... paint is 100% but clarity isnt
Bob got to work on the interior and engine and I began my favorite part of any detail... jeweling :thumb:
