Swiss_T
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- Oct 17, 2013
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Hey everyone,
This is my first bigger write up on Autogeek, so apologies if it isn’t perfect, or as in depth as other people make them. I'm just an enthusiast and no professional by any means. I mostly work/experiment on my car, but do the family cars when I can. Also, all pics are taken with my iPhone as best as I could, I left my camera in FL…
A while back I made a post about going back home to Europe to work on some family cars and what kind of paint Ferraris have (hard/soft). With some helpful comments from other members I was able to successfully identify what products and pads I needed and made the investment to buy as many supplies in the US and take them with me in order to save some money. The prices are quite different here (shipping + import costs). So with the basic equipment gathered I began the process of detailing our cars. First up a 2006 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti in Nero DS (my favorite Ferrari made to date).
Equipment used:
CG Honeydew + Citrus wash
CG Blacklight
Collinite 845
Foam Canon
Karcher K5
LC Flat 5.5” Orange pad
LC Flat 5.5” + 3” White pad
LC Flat 5.5” + 3" Black pad
LC Flat 5.5" Blue pad
Meguiars Cutting pad
Meguiars APC (4:1)
Meguiars UPW
Menzerna FG400
Menzerna FF3000
Various brushes
Correction Line Up:
I started by giving the car a thorough washing. So the usual 2BM decon wash. I followed with a light claying with QD while the car was still wet, then rinsed and dried using compressed air (MF towel where needed). Then I polished the car, glazed it, waxed it, re-washed it, and finished there.
The car wasn’t in a really bad state to begin with, just your usual marring and light scratches from driving and washing it over the years. No major scratches were found, just some chips in the front filled in with touch up paint.
Apologies for the lack of in depth before pics. I’ve just now realized, looking at the photo album, that I have less pictures than I thought. I was too eager to start the process and forgot... Going to be better about it next time. Sorry!
Some watermarks and slight scratches that were found all around the body:
The only deeper scratch that needed a little touch up:
Restoring the deep gloss with FF3000:
Here are pictures just after polishing alone: (Don't mind the polishing dust...)
(CG Blacklight was applied after these pics)
Collinite bonding as the base wax on top of CG Blacklight, later topped with Megs UPW:
Here are some final shots:
The paint on this car is a little harder to work with than I thought. It was hard to get the correction out of it that I was looking for. I was glad that I bought some FG400, because I really needed it on some parts to get any correction whatsoever.
All in all it was fun to work on this car, but the hood nearly killed me. There was just so much surface area to cover that I had to take a break half way, definitely more work than I anticipated, but I am very happy with the results. More write ups to come soon.
Please share your thoughts, comments. Just please be nice, it’s my first big write up!
Thanks for reading!
This is my first bigger write up on Autogeek, so apologies if it isn’t perfect, or as in depth as other people make them. I'm just an enthusiast and no professional by any means. I mostly work/experiment on my car, but do the family cars when I can. Also, all pics are taken with my iPhone as best as I could, I left my camera in FL…
A while back I made a post about going back home to Europe to work on some family cars and what kind of paint Ferraris have (hard/soft). With some helpful comments from other members I was able to successfully identify what products and pads I needed and made the investment to buy as many supplies in the US and take them with me in order to save some money. The prices are quite different here (shipping + import costs). So with the basic equipment gathered I began the process of detailing our cars. First up a 2006 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti in Nero DS (my favorite Ferrari made to date).
Equipment used:
CG Honeydew + Citrus wash
CG Blacklight
Collinite 845
Foam Canon
Karcher K5
LC Flat 5.5” Orange pad
LC Flat 5.5” + 3” White pad
LC Flat 5.5” + 3" Black pad
LC Flat 5.5" Blue pad
Meguiars Cutting pad
Meguiars APC (4:1)
Meguiars UPW
Menzerna FG400
Menzerna FF3000
Various brushes
Correction Line Up:
I started by giving the car a thorough washing. So the usual 2BM decon wash. I followed with a light claying with QD while the car was still wet, then rinsed and dried using compressed air (MF towel where needed). Then I polished the car, glazed it, waxed it, re-washed it, and finished there.
The car wasn’t in a really bad state to begin with, just your usual marring and light scratches from driving and washing it over the years. No major scratches were found, just some chips in the front filled in with touch up paint.
Apologies for the lack of in depth before pics. I’ve just now realized, looking at the photo album, that I have less pictures than I thought. I was too eager to start the process and forgot... Going to be better about it next time. Sorry!
Some watermarks and slight scratches that were found all around the body:
The only deeper scratch that needed a little touch up:
Restoring the deep gloss with FF3000:
Here are pictures just after polishing alone: (Don't mind the polishing dust...)
(CG Blacklight was applied after these pics)
Collinite bonding as the base wax on top of CG Blacklight, later topped with Megs UPW:
Here are some final shots:
The paint on this car is a little harder to work with than I thought. It was hard to get the correction out of it that I was looking for. I was glad that I bought some FG400, because I really needed it on some parts to get any correction whatsoever.
All in all it was fun to work on this car, but the hood nearly killed me. There was just so much surface area to cover that I had to take a break half way, definitely more work than I anticipated, but I am very happy with the results. More write ups to come soon.
Please share your thoughts, comments. Just please be nice, it’s my first big write up!
Thanks for reading!
