Ferrari F40 Massive Correctional Detail-Part 2

premiershine9 · 09-30-2013, 10:12 PM

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Paint Correction

The Focus of the corrective side of this project was to safely correct as much of the paint defects as possible- remember, this particular 40 has never been corrected or detailed in the past- lucky for me. The ability to see the carbon kevlar weave through the single stage paint can be frightening- we also must remember that a professional can remove clear/ single stage paint BUT we can't put it back on.... given the thin layer of clear aiming for 90-100% correction on the entire body is dangerous- aiming below that and taking less aggressive steps is a much more wise way of thinking as the paint on this F40 will undoublty need to be corrected in the future- take off less now- leave more to play with later.

Correction was done with nearly every polish/ pad combo/ machine in my arsenal, ultimately my PC and Rupes 21 were utilized for a majority of the correction- the PC backing plate of course being changed multiple times for various size pads. I also went through nearly 4 rolls of tape- every edge was taped, moved, taped again etc. For instance:

Originally sprayed with Glasurit FER 300/12 Rosso Red the paint was on the medium side but in some areas was on the harder side.

Others will start out with M105, M101, S3 or a compound and then a following finishing step, but in my opinion, why gouge first and then finish down when you can utilize a great single step medium polish that finishes down rather well and simply make 1-2 passes with it, instead of gouge and finish, why not gently scrape away slowly- M101 was utilized in a few areas however for the most part Sonax PF on orange/ green foam pads was utilized.

Befores and 50/50's
Wheels bagged and ready to start taping

Again, loads and loads of tape balls by the end of this correctional

Knife touching the surface for the first time

Wipedown with SH formula showed some nice results after one pass

After this I knew that each panel was going to be different and require different passes, combos etc. In sum, this project was done panel by panel, one area at a time

Hood:
Something obviously was in someones towel when wiping laterally

After one pass- speed 4.5 to 5, 55-70% on average achieved with one pass

See the split difference?

One more gentle pass yielded near 90 percent on average- RIDS still remained here an there which were harder to capture

Moving onto the second half of the top portion

Gloss visibly coming back really well

Split 50/50

Onto the other side:

Much, much, much better

Just simply tons and tons of fine, fine swirling

Passenger side behind the top nasa duct

The vents were all majorily polished by hand

Passenger side in sum

Rear

Badging was carefully removed so that correction could be done behind the lettering

Drivers side

Nasa duct

Above the duct along the window line

Lower portion on the drivers side door

Rocker: I knew this area would not come close to the level of correction I wished- so many RIDS

50/50

Inner doors- all corrected as well- hand polished as well in some areas

Area between the body and rear bonnet also corrected

Lots and lots and lots of hand polishing

Looking good so far

Rear spoiler

50/50

Can't forget the bottom and inside portions

Area between the lexan window and vented rear portion

Pillars

Lexan Rear window- much needed attention
The lexan was tackled with a Menz Power Finish/ Super Finish combo on green/ finishing foam with low speeds, needless to say, this was a hassle but well worth the long hours

Scuffs, marring, swirling, etc. etc the lexan rear window had it all- not only was the top side in need of a multi step prescription but one cannot forget the underside must also be corrected as well- meaning a few more hours laying underneath the engine bonnet on the back

Much clearer- left vs. right (before finishing)

Notice the 50/50 split left vs. right

Much better

Side Lexan windows- even trickier.

The fuel filler cap is right adjacent to the side windows- stains present which were removed

Getting these two side windows near perfect was much more difficult than the rear, as anything with this project any improvement near 50% while keeping originality was sufficient