Hi everyone! So I was sitting on my couch watching Sponge Bob with my son one Saturday morning and I got a call on the "business phone". I was rather enjoying the cartoons and being in my Al Bundy position on the couch with my little man, but when duty calls, duty calls. It was the owner of a pretty well-known wrapping company and one of my Ferrari 599 customers referred me to him. On the phone he told me that the car couldn't be wrapped because there was some sort of contamination on the car that needed to be removed and he didn't have a clue what it was. On the way over there, about 1 hour from me, I was thinking, "OK a quick clay session and I can make it back for Ben 10 and soggy, chocolate waffles." Wrong. I don't know what was on the car, but claying didn't remove it, so I did a Deironizer decontamination and that didn't remove it either. So I gave it a full wipedown with tar and glue remover and that removed most of it, but still some remained and I soon realized that it was just a crappy repaint that I was up against. The car was purchased in Germany, but before the new owner bought it he requested that "this, that and the other" parts be repainted because there were scuffs, rock chips, etc. everywhere. I'm guessing that they used a very fast-drying clearcoat mix because the entire car felt like sandpaper. Basically the paint dried before it hit the surface, which created a "textured" surface. Not only was the painting technique bad, but I think they painted it in someone's shed because there were fish eyes and other uglies all over the car. Here's the pics! >> Marring from the soft top... Wet sanded with 2500... After compounding and finishing this is what remained... The pillars looked horrible... Clearcoat failure on this one... Wet sanded with Wolf's "Pink Slip" Clay Lube and 2,500 grit After compounding with Wolf's WP-6S polish and a cutting pad, then refined with Wolf's WP-1N finishing polish and a finishing pad. Sanded out some uglies on the door After the above mentioned combo... The motor lid before... here you can see the amount of RIDS that were on the entire car. Badges removed... the afters. Good clarity Almost the entire bumper was wet sanded After with the same combo All finished, here's some reflection shots! Enjoy the afters! Thanks for looking! - Jesse O'Connor
Great work Jesse! You really did bring this car back from the did. Kinda hard to see that someone would put this bad of craftsmanship into the work they do on such an amazing car.
What horrible paintwork I cant believe someone would do that to an F-430. You did a great job reviving it
Strange to think that an owner of this calibre vehicle would allow just any ‘someone’ to take care of it. Great work as always...hope you get to watch some more Sponge Bob with your son
Great work Jesse, I really hope Phil will bring in your products you know I have wanted to try them for a while now
I am BLOWN AWAY at what you did. I'll say it again, the difference between the Pro's and the Joe's is staggering. Your talent and your balls (to do what you did to THAT car) are commendable. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed that. Thanks, Joe D.
Thank you sir! Cheers Ken! Thanks Danny! Cheers Jon ! The car was brought in from Germany so I don't think the owner really knew what he was in for when they brought it back "repaired"! Thanks Bob! Don't think I'll be doing any more boats this year... 47 feet was plenty enough to tide me over until next Spring! Thanks Sal, me too ! Thank you! You're too kind Joe, thanks !
