2009 Ferrari Scuderia 16M, lots of webs...

Now, I'm fairly new to ceramic finishes, because they just didn't exist when I started detailing 18 years ago and they're relatively new anyway. This Ferrari finish was very hard. When I finished with the cutting pad and #15, I went to a polishing pad and #15, but there was still micro-marring. During the test stage of this job I used the Zenith technique to polish, which is now common practice for me... or was at least (further testing will prove). When I sped up to 1500-1800 RMP I realized that no matter what stage I was in, it left micro-marring. After a pad/polish set (switching pads/polishes to last phase) I stopped and went down to the Chinese restaurant and had a heaping helping of szechuan chicken and contemplated the theory of polishing. I even called Bence, my detailing dictionary :), for his advice on this, but our thoughts were relatively the same.



Now, all of the polishes that I use are diminishing so maybe this method won't work with every polish, but it surely worked fabulously for me. Taking into consideration the concept of a polish flashing/breaking down, which entails pressure and heat, I thought, "Why do I need to speed up to such high RPM's (1500-2000) to achieve this?" Friction heat can be produced with slow motion and the right amount of pressure as well... and with the right pad (PPI).



So I went back and tried my theory of polishing slowly with slow passes (maybe some of you also so this but it was new for me). I spread the polish at 600 and then went up to 900, passing at about 1-1.5 inches per second and applied about 30 pounds of pressure. Then after a few passes I eased up on the pressure to about 15 pounds and continued with the same passing motion. After seeing that the polish had flashed, I slowed down to 600 and finished up. Like I said before, it worked wonderfully and I felt much more in control of the Maki at these speeds than at the conventional 1200-2000 speeds. I just felt that with the Zenith method, I was marring the paint too much with that sporadic conglomeration of polish catching. If you haven't used this method I urge you to try it and give me your feedback. On a ceramic finish it worked outstanding, but I don't know about other soft finishes; I'll have to test it more. Here's the results of a finishing pad and Insta Cut #15 (cut 3 of 5)...



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All lubed up with Swissvax Concorso... I went for the "wow" effect for this one and did a hand job :)



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I cleaned under the bonnet with Dodo Juice Lime Prime to remove the water spots and "inconsistent" shine.



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Scratches out of the doors with PoliSeal and a 4" finishing pad (as per Bence's advice, thanks buddy it came out well! :thumb:)



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Like I said, only 47 Km on the clock...



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The engine bay all cleaned up...



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Here's some afters!



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BTW, I'll be honest with all of you and let you know that I was more nervous as a fat girl on prom night with this detail. I wasn't nervous just because of the fact that it was an extremely expensive and erotic sports car, and that someone had entrusted ME to bring it back to showroom quality (the soon-to-be owner is a collector and he's very anal). It was the thought that this was in fact a job interview for me. The owner's son and I had a chat before any of this took place. He was interested in having me do all of the "after service" cleanings, as well as "after sales" cleanings of the cars that they sell. Not only that, but the owner (Italian guy) and I had a nice conversation about my business after the 3-day job was complete and he used the words passion and artist during our conversation. How did the job interview go, you ask? Well, I assume they liked my work :)



Coming soon...







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Thanks for reading and I hope you've enjoyed it as much s I did!



- Jesse
 
Fantastic work!! And I thought the Scuderia I detailed was rare!! A 16M Spider, wow!



Have fun with the 599, can't wait to see those pics! Sounds like there will be more exotics coming as well, great job.
 
slicknickis3 said:
Fantastic work!! And I thought the Scuderia I detailed was rare!! A 16M Spider, wow!



Have fun with the 599, can't wait to see those pics! Sounds like there will be more exotics coming as well, great job.
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Thanks buddy! I hope there's more to come, too!
 
will work for wax? how about will work to prove your a very top notch detailer!!!!!! jesse another outstanding detail from you as exspected! how well does the light work on top of your mellon? great job!
 
SWEET!!! I have only seen one of these in person and it was at Cavallino as a preproduction.



Great work!!



In regards to polishing with pressure, I always use atleast 10 lbs of pressure (guessing) for the first several passes, sometimes much more (probably close to 30 as you mentioned) as pressure with a foam pad can have HUGE effect on how the polish reacts.



Great work dude, top of the line, and congrats on such an amazing machine!
 
TH0001 said:
SWEET!!! I have only seen one of these in person and it was at Cavallino as a preproduction.



Great work!!



In regards to polishing with pressure, I always use atleast 10 lbs of pressure (guessing) for the first several passes, sometimes much more (probably close to 30 as you mentioned) as pressure with a foam pad can have HUGE effect on how the polish reacts.



Great work dude, top of the line, and congrats on such an amazing machine!
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Thanks buddy :wavey
 
bufferbarry said:
will work for wax? how about will work to prove your a very top notch detailer!!!!!! jesse another outstanding detail from you as exspected! how well does the light work on top of your mellon? great job!
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It works very well!! I'll send you 2 of them for a bottle of your 845... ;)! PM me!
 
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