Titanium 05 Ferrari F430 Coupe

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Rickrack

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This was a retail job done for one of my very good detail customers. He lives in the city, so it is hard for him to keep the car looking like he wants.



The paint was in pretty decent shape besides a few light/medium scratches and some minor spots on the top surfaces from being parked underneath a tree.



This color really grows on you the more and more you look at it. It looks absolutely amazing in the sun because the flake has such a glow to it that is almost blinding.



PROCESS:



Washed, cleaned wheels and tires

Clayed top surfaces

Spot-buffed scratches with Powergloss using a Meguiars cutting pad @1800 rpm

Buffed complete exterior with Intensive Polish using a foam light cutting pad @1600 rpm

Buffed complete exterior with P106ff using a foam finishing pad @1400 rpm

Hand application of Klasse AIO to complete exterior, glass and wheels

3 Coats of Opti-Seal over a 36 hour period with roughly 12 hours in between coats

Opti-Seal on all exterior glass and wheels

Hand application of UPP to exterior paint (haven't used this forever!)

Tires and wheel wells dressed with Super Blue dressing



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Thanks Todd,

The pictures were taken with a Sony CD Mavica MVC-CD250 camera, which is only 2.0 megapixels. It's an old camera, but still takes good pictures. My other camera finally died the other day, so I will probably using this one more often. There isn't any special lens on it or anything that I know of. All pictures were shot in automatic mode.
 
GregCavi said:
Great work as usual!! I always enjoy your work. Cool to see you switching up the combo's a bit. It's been ages since I have played with UPP.



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Thanks,

I always try to mix thing up a bit. UPP is by far the slickest sealant I've ever used and looks incredible on silver cars. I just don't get to use it much. I couldn't stop feeling the paint with the back of my hand after it was finished because of the slickness.
 
I have been reading a lot about UPP...where do you get yours? I have searched a couple sites and can not find it.



The car looks amazing!
 
purplenurple said:
Looks amzazing! ...but did you forget to polish the exhaust tips?
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No, they are almost painted silver. They are made out of a weird material and cannot be polished. Maybe someone will know what they are made out of.
 
awesome work , UPP dayuumm haven't heard anyone use that in years ! My bottle actually went bad. Remember when it was ALLLLLLllllllllll the autopia rage ?? oh the good ole days. I'm surprised it did not make the silver wetter. Maybe a coat of natty's blue would have? I remember the silver combo that was all the rage was something like AIO, vanilla moose, rmg, and then natty's blue ? or did he use Poorboys Lsp? I think Scottwax perfected it.. anyways, good job.
 
It's pretty funny how everyones combos change over time. I had only a little UPP left in the bottle, so I decided to use up the rest of it up. I almost forgot how easy it was to use. I would probably buy another bottle if it lasted a little longer...
 
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