I had detailed this particular Ferrari about 8 months ago. Since then it was involved in an accident that required some touch up work. Unfortunately while they redid the rear quater panel they also took a hand at filling in some paint chips and sanding them level. I was unsure what they used to sand the touch up dots, but it looked like razor scratches on the clear coat. Process Outline (quick) Wash with Dodo Juice "Born to be Mild" car soap, two buckets Clay with Meguiars' "Red" clay using Last Touch 1:1 for lubricant Blow dry and blot with a waffle weave. P21s Wheel Gel on rims, aggitated with a Swissvax wheel brush P21s Wheel Gel on inner rims, aggitated with an EZDetail brush Meguiars APC 7:1 on wheel compartments and tires Paint Correction: Fix paint sanding scratches with Meguiars Unigrit 2000/2500/3000, wet Compound entire Ferrari with Meguiars M105 on a Meguiars So1o Wool Pad at 1800 RPMS via Makita Rotary x 2-3 Polish entire Ferrari with Meguiars M83 DAC/P on a Meguiars Diamond Cut So1o Pad at 1500 -> 1200 RPM x 1 Polish entire Ferrari with Meguiars M80 "Speed Glaze" on a Meguiars 8006 Polishing Pad on a G100. LSP/Dressing/ECT Dodo Juice "Lime Prime Lite" via hand, soft german foam pad Dodo Juice "SuperNatural" x 2 coats by hand using Meguiars Gold Class applicatior Meguiars Hyperdressing 3:1 on wheel arches Meguiars Hotshine Tire dressing x 2 Jeff Werkstatt Prime on rims Meguiars NXT Metal Polysh on exhaust tips and wheel knock off hubs Meguiars NXT Window Cleaner on windows Okay some pictures... The first picture shows one of the several spots of concern in the paint. The deep "swirl" marks are actually sanding marks that ran very deep into the paint. Trying to compound these out would remove a large amout of paint so I choose the slow and steady process of wetsanding. Inital paint thickness was in the 5.3-5.5 mil range over the panel. Here is the same area after sanding with 2000/2500/3000 grit and polishing out with several steps... There is still a slight haze in the paint from the "DAC/P" and the meduim soft paint. After the aggressive correction the paint was showing 5.2-5.3 mils. The center of the trunk also had these deep scratches around the emblem. When I took this picture I had already been sanding with 2000 grit (up and down) but you can see the deeper scratches running in great frequency across the width of the panel. Flattened down more and finished sanding with 3000 grit. It was no perfect as I had already taken 2/10's of a mil off and did not want to penetrate the surrounding original paint any further. After polishing out. Working M80 "Speed Glaze" into the paint until it "clears" Sparringly applying the "Lime Prime Lite" glaze and precleaner Two thin coats of Dodo Juice SuperNatural applied and left to cure.
After Pictures Cloud cover made getting some of the sun shots difficult (luckily it would clear up at the very end)
Looks absolutely stunning. Supernatural has shown to be a real contender with the big names like Swissvax and Zymol.
My first thoughts excatly... simply stunning!!! that red is so deep and rich it's crazy!!! awesome save and excellent finish
Mmm, I'm not really one for Ferraris, but something about the shape of the Testarossa just does it for me. Awesome work! I'm guessing you polished the louvers by hand?
I personally love it but then again I think A LOT of waxes compete with Zymol and Swissvax. Thanks! Thank you! About an hour or so. Thank you for the compliments MWAutopro Thanks poppa. I actually had detailed this car a year about (a little less then a year) so some areas such as the stakes where in great shape. A little bit of Lime Prime and elbow grease on one of my custom cut LC White Foam applicators did the trick nicely this time around.
Thanks Ivan Awesome cars.. The colors are SUPERnatural (or the white balance was off on the D40X) Thanks Cooter Its a Diablo Gracias mi amigo
What can I say.. yet another solid piece of work By Bella Machina!!! Glad to see you have found a spot in your bag if tricks for Supernatural, it reall is a fine offering!
