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Ferrari 458 Italia Tag Team Paint Correction by Unique and Tru Shine Detailing
I was invited up to Bristol VA by my good friend David Purser of Unique Mobile Detailing to help work on this Ferrari 458 Italia. Surprisingly, with only 600 miles on the car, these cars do not get delivered to the customer in perfect condition. There were lots of paint defects and sand scratches and buffer trails all over the car. This car received a full paint correction and a quick interior clean up, so with that being said, let's get this write up going.
We pulled the car outside to see what exactly we were working with. In these pics you can see all of the holograms and buffer trails not only on the black, but you can see them on the while also.
buffer trails on the roof
also on and around the doors
So for the Wash process, it's always good to start with cleaning the wheels first. This will help prevent water from just setting on the paint surface increasing the chances of causing water spots on the paint and glass.
First the wheels were pre-rinsed to dislodge and loose debris
Then we Used some Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner to clean the wheels. This is a pH balanced wheel cleaner that is safe for all types of wheels and brakes and when sprayed on the wheels, it will activate with the iron particles and turn to a red color letting you know it is working.
after the wheel cleaner was left to dwell for a few minutes, we then agitated them with various wheel brushes such as the EZ detail brush and the Swissvax brush to get deep into the wheels and all the tight areas.
Next we pre-rinsed the car down making sure that all loose debris were knocked off, this helps make sure your not grinding anything into the paint when washing.
as you can tell from the water beading, there was some type of protection on the car, so it is a important step to remove all of this, so we will get a Tru correction later when the car is buffed on.
To strip the protection off of the car, we used a mixture of Dawn Ultra concentrate and some Degreaser mixed in the Foam canon.
Then all crevices were agitated
Then the car was washed using 100% sheep skin wash mitts and the two bucket method with Grit Guards in the each bucket.
Then the car was rinsed
but beading was still there, So we gave it one more foam bath with extra foam this time letting it dwell for a short time
This time we got what we were looking for, no water beading
Next we pulled the car back into the garage
"I don't know what's worse, running out of M105 or running out of toilet paper" -Dave Saunders
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Re: Ferrari 458 Italia Tag Team Paint Correction by Unique and Tru Shine Detailing
I saw this over on tid, you also did one of the Audi's in that garage. Is the owner going to have you cleanup all his cars? I could only dream of owning one of those, let alone having an entire garage filled with that beautiful cars!
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Re: Ferrari 458 Italia Tag Team Paint Correction by Unique and Tru Shine Detailing
Originally Posted by panthercz
I saw this over on tid, you also did one of the Audi's in that garage. Is the owner going to have you cleanup all his cars? I could only dream of owning one of those, let alone having an entire garage filled with that beautiful cars!
Yes, I have a lot more in store...., audi, porsche, bently, Green R8, I am currently finished with all of these, just gotta put together the wirte ups. Unfortunately TID is gone, so I am moving here to AGO.
"I don't know what's worse, running out of M105 or running out of toilet paper" -Dave Saunders
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Great work, such a lovely car, can't believe for the price of them how bad they come out the factory!
That green R8 is the sex!
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Man nice work!! As mentioned before, I can't believe the amount of mess ups that came from the factory on such an expensive car!
Nate
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