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Vehicle: 1975 Ferrari Dino 308 GT4

Color: Plum (solid)

Condition: Swirl-city





Pictures will speak a thousand words here.





Interior

-APC cut 20:1 to clean (uncoated everything)

-Zaino Z10 to condition

-Zaino Z6 for glass, gauges, and aluminum



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Exterior

-CG Wash

-Zaino Z18 Clay

-Hi-Temp Extreme Cut / Optimum Car Polish (50/50; 2 lines side-by-side) via rotary and LC Cutting Pad @ 1500rpm

-Blackfire Ceramiclear Finishing Polish via rotary and LC Finishing Pad @ 1200rpm

-Zaino Z6 wipedown

-Zaino Z5 Pro (ZFX'd) by hand



-Zaino Z16 x 2 on tires

-Klasse AIO (pre-VOC) on wheels





Taped-Up

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Before

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After

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Before

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After

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The paint was lacquer and there was plenty of checking (failing). I stepped in hard and cleaned her up the best I could.



Enjoy!
 
Great work Sean! Looks like Joe's 50/50 tip is working well for you.



If I remember correctly, this was a car you looked at a long time ago and were thinking of using a glaze on to help conceal so you didn't have to polish too hard? It may have helped with the remaining halo swirls followed with a heavy carnauba like FK PW. But if I am correct, Z5 has some filling abilities?



I'm not a fan of the color, but the interior is very cool.



Nice clean up!
 
Really nice work on some pretty rough paint! The improvement in depth and gloss is amazing! :)



The interior looks like it is in pretty decent shape for a 30-year-old car.
 
Well, I certainly like the styling of the newer models much better, but it's still a cool car.



Keep up the great work, Sean!
 
Seth: Yes! This was the one, and of course, I forgot the glazes in CT!



He said "do what you can", so I stepped in hard. The lacquer responded really well to polishing, but I didn't want to go any deeper.



And FWIW, I was the patentor of the 50/50 Extreme Cut/OCP :D.





Scott: Yep, not too bad. Everything was uncoated so I was read the riot act on a mild cleaner. Even 20:1, it still felt a bit tough for the surfaces. I sprayed on and wiped away immediately.







Thank you!
 
great work man, i'm a fellow CT'er as well ( i know Bren with the WRX)



i'm going to be detailing a 1971 Daytona soon and it's a laquer finsh as well (very similar color too)

it has the same checking problem with the paint, but it looks like someone already hit the car hard with a rotary because i can see bare metal around the edges of the hood and other spots too :nervous:



what would you reccomend for a process? I think i may just stay with my pc and do a coat of RMG after to help conceal anything i can't remove, but any advice you can give would be apreciated since i don't have a lot of experience with singel stage paints.
 
The paint came out really well, Sean. I'm going to order some of that blackfire as soon as my PO10FF is out; looks like you're getting great results from it. The side shot of the reflection is :O ; good ol proper prep + Zaino - crazy deep.
 
Looks awesome Sean!!!



Seth, Sean was indeed the original inventor of the EC/OP combo. I am so glad he did, it makes using the EC *much* easier!!! I used it this weekend, awesome combo. :bow
 
seth812 said:
great work man, i'm a fellow CT'er as well ( i know Bren with the WRX)



i'm going to be detailing a 1971 Daytona soon and it's a laquer finsh as well (very similar color too)

it has the same checking problem with the paint, but it looks like someone already hit the car hard with a rotary because i can see bare metal around the edges of the hood and other spots too :nervous:



what would you reccomend for a process? I think i may just stay with my pc and do a coat of RMG after to help conceal anything i can't remove, but any advice you can give would be apreciated since i don't have a lot of experience with singel stage paints.
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any advice??
 
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