Ferrari 599 GTB hologramus maximus + Migliore wax review

[Apollo_Auto]

Hi all! Here's another Fiorano that came with some factory installed holograms... a lot more than usual. Anyway, I didn't get to wash this one (just as with rest of them :wall, so I did a wipe down with InstaFinish Spray Wax and a MF before starting. I clayed a couple of parts before starting to see if there was any contamination but the boys at the factory did a good enough job at leveling everything so it wasn't necessary to do the entire car. Here's some before pictures (not for the faint of heart ):

Zorro left his mark here...

Some polish residue...

Oooh, polish splatter... I figure they must be Ramboing the hell out of these things at like 3-4,000 RPM...

Ouch... painful.

That's pretty

Someone pulled a TN on the trim

Ouch on the other mirror, too.

As usual, I used my modified version of the Zenith technique to polish the entire car with a finishing pad and InstaFinish #15. By "modified" I mean that instead of using higher RPM's I use more pressure and achieve the same results. This is very handy in tight spots because I have more control of the polisher and if I just happen to catch onto something I can it can be easily contained. There were a couple of places that had wet sanding marks (didn't get any piccies of those because I wanted to finish this car today), and those were removed with a polishing pad+IF #15, followed by a finessing pad and #15 with the same method as mentioned above.



Here's some shots in the sun after the chosen combo.

Hmm, what have we here? Another hungry pony? Yep, I found some more automatic car wash brushes in the front badge this time rather than the back, as well as in the front grill. I showed the owner and he asked me to give it to him after removing it because he's collecting them to send to the factory... they swear up and down they don't put them through the grinder, but this is the 3rd Ferrari I've found these bristles on.

I just feel a bit demented rubbing peanut butter on a car like this, but hey, it removes those polishing stains like a champ. And I fingered that it's gotta be "Grade A Fancy" for a car of this caliber !

Larger area of the mirror cleaned via Jiffy

This one came with the "Fish Eye" package

Another one...

Nice load of scratches on the back bumper...

 

[Apollo_Auto]

Here's some outside pictures before LSP

This would have been a really nice shot if my shutter wouldn't have been jammed...

On to the Migliore Primo review. Here's what I think of the wax:



I tried this wax out on my car a about a week ago when it was still pretty cold outside. It took quite a long time to cure (I did a swipe test roughly every 5 minutes), but in the end, curing time was about 25 minutes +/-. The first time I removed it was relatively easy and just for testing purposes, I did half of my hood with Migliore Primo and the other half with Swissvax Concorso. It wasn't as easy to remove as the SW, but then again, not as greasy. After removing it, I swiped the MF across both halves of the hood and I could feel a huge difference between the 2 waxes. The SW had a nice, slick feel to it but the Migliore... well I could actually feel that there was wax on the car and I like that. After swiping my MF across the hood enjoying the feel of Migliore, I broke out the garden hose and started spraying to test the sheeting. I got hypnotized by the beads and wound up spraying my car for a good 5 minutes, enjoying that too . Every time I sprayed it the Migliore side was almost completely dry, while the SW side left little patches of beads all over it. I sprayed it from several different angles just to be fair and the results were the same every time. Very nice sheeting action, very nice.



Now that the weather's finally warm here, I decided to give it another test run. Applying it this time was much easier than before and I'll attribute that to the temperature. This is a very solid wax; almost like rubbing an applicator on a soft candle... kind of like Colly 885, but this wax smells MUCH nicer . It's got a very pleasant, natural orange scent to it... nice touch. It went easy, though not as easy as most. It's got more of a "silky" feel to it, rather than "greasy". After letting it cure for about 25-30 minutes (the manufacturer says remove after 10 min.), I did the swipe test, but it was still a bit tacky. I then started to remove it with a MF and in some places it was grabby, but in others came off quite easily, but not as easily as most boutique waxes. I stopped removing it after a few swipes because it really didn't feel like it was cured yet. I don't know if you've ever seen a 599 GTB in person or not, but it's a WIDE automoble. I'm 6' tall and when leaning over it at about a 45 degree angle, my fingers barely touch the middle. When I applied the wax to the hood, I literally swiped the applicator (and really, just a quick swipe across the wax) 3 times to wax the hood, and it seems that I applied WAY too much! Then, I grabbed the Maki, put on a finishing pad, misted the car lightly with water and began to spread the wax more evenly. 10 minutes later it was easier to remove, but again, not the easiest wax I've ever removed (I'll point the finger at the weather for the easier removal the first time). It was still a bit grabby, but that's not really a bad thing.



Despite being a bit difficult to remove (I will be giving this wax another go shortly), IMO this is an excellent wax. Again, it's a wax that you can literally feel on the paint; kind of like wearing a Breitling... you KNOW it's there. If I get the chance to spit-shine a car again, this will be my wax of choice because it's just got that spit-shine wax feel to it. I can't comment on durability, but by the way this wax feels on the car, I'm going to guess it'll outlast most of the nubas I have.



If you're one of those people that expects your wax to go on like butter and come off like nothing was there, this is not the wax for you. I figured I'd make that disclaimer because I've seen it happen too many times where people go out and buy waxes based on something they've heard, then they get the wax home, don't read the instructions, can't apply or remove it easily, then they hate the wax and talk crap about it. This wax will require a little more effort to apply and remove, but that little extra effort is well worth it. Also, it's one of those "polish after removal to bring out the shine" waxes. It leaves a bit of residue on the paint (well, at least on this dark chocolate color), so it should be buffed afterward. I know the shine and look of a wax all boils down to the polish, but this wax gave an awesome finish and I really believe it added a lot more wetness to the paint.



Migliore Primo is most certainly different than any wax I've used so far, and I've used a lot of them... Here's a picture of her lubed up:

Thanks for looking, and for the Playboy subscribers thanks for "looking"!



- Jesse

 

[byers ford]

Simply amazing work! That's a pretty cool trick with the peanut butter too.



I can not believe someone would take that car thru and automatic car wash.



There were some nice cars in the shop too, like the racing F430.

 

[imported_shine]

Geez, automatic car washes and blind monkeys with rotaries. Nice work bringing it back to life!

 

[Barry Theal]

nice right up bro! glad to see the hungarian weather is getting warmer i think it hit 60 here today lol. the old school peanut butter trick i forgot that one! geee's that just made me think about a product called ebony. remember that one? anyways nice right up great work the pony looks nice!!! i just can't beleive for that kinda money they roll out of a factory like that! **** neaver amazes me! :2thumbs:

 

[Spilchy]

Shop Rite peanut Butter in Hungary! Ha!

 

[Greg Nichols]

Jesse!



Well done there, I'm sure the Dealer is very happy with your work.



Cheers,

GREG

 

[TSC17]

At least you used the fancy stuff...anything less would have been in poor taste!



Nice work as always.

 

[imported_Jakerooni]

What exactly is filling in stuff with Hydrogenated peanut oil doing here? I've never heard of it but once the oil in the peanut butter breaks down I would have to think the "Correction" will show back up. I'm intrigued by this method. Can you explain it a bit better please

 

[BIOLINK]

Very nice Job! I saw a new Bentley that looked that bad on a new car lot. I wanted to cry.

 

[autoconcierge]

Thanks Jesse for stealing my thunder for a swirled up 599:bawlinglol) seriously what is going on in Maranello??? every new car coming out is prepped like a** if Ferrari would pay our way there we could take a handful Autopians and SHOW them how to prep the cars....... like that would ever happen.



A 599 even in a downturned economy is still a very exspensive automobile!!, they are just cutting corners at the factory like I have never seen before.

 

[White lexus 23]

looks amazing man! keep up the awesome work

 

[jimmie jam]

beautiful result, as usual! thanks for posting :up

 

[Flashtime]

Nice work!



What's really funny/sad is that the amount of swirls left by "zorro" would be

considered "decent" by most body shop standards. And the correction isn't

that much work from that point either...

 

[nick26]

great dude!

 

[SuperBee364]

I just can't imagine paying over 350,000 dollars for a car and have it delivered in that kind of condition.



Very nice job on a beautiful car.

 

[David Fermani]

seriously what is going on in Maranello??? every new car coming out is prepped like a** if

Ferrari recently switched to the Prometheus line of Compounds/Polishes and it sucks. They're trying to push this line to their factory certified shops and it's not working too well. It's supposedly a 2-step process that has no fillers???? Back to the drawing board I guess.

 

[Apollo_Auto]

nice right up bro! glad to see the hungarian weather is getting warmer i think it hit 60 here today lol. the old school peanut butter trick i forgot that one! geee's that just made me think about a product called ebony. remember that one? anyways nice right up great work the pony looks nice!!! i just can't beleive for that kinda money they roll out of a factory like that! **** neaver amazes me! :2thumbs:

Thanks Barry! Don't recall the ebony stuff... I'm going to send the boys at Maranello a thank you card

Jesse!



Well done there, I'm sure the Dealer is very happy with your work.



Cheers,

GREG

Cheers buddy!

At least you used the fancy stuff...anything less would have been in poor taste!



Nice work as always.

Thanks! Yup, ya gotta pay attention to those finer details right?

What exactly is filling in stuff with Hydrogenated peanut oil doing here? I've never heard of it but once the oil in the peanut butter breaks down I would have to think the "Correction" will show back up. I'm intrigued by this method. Can you explain it a bit better please

Hi Jake! I'm not quite sure why it works; it juts does. I removed some polish from another 599 GTB about 1.5 months ago and it hasn't come back yet! You can actually see that it's been removed though. It's not like putting on dressing and masking it, because most of the time you can still see the marks under the dressing. Give it a try!

Very nice Job! I saw a new Bentley that looked that bad on a new car lot. I wanted to cry.

Thanks buddy!

Thanks Jesse for stealing my thunder for a swirled up 599:bawlinglol) seriously what is going on in Maranello??? every new car coming out is prepped like a** if Ferrari would pay our way there we could take a handful Autopians and SHOW them how to prep the cars....... like that would ever happen.



A 599 even in a downturned economy is still a very exspensive automobile!!, they are just cutting corners at the factory like I have never seen before.

Sorry bout that Bob ! David Fermani says they've been using some new polishes that just suck. I was thinking about telling the owner of the dealership to tell Ferrari to let me come out there and train them, then I decided against it because it will take work away from us! I'll just keep my hole shut about that idea !

looks amazing man! keep up the awesome work

Thank you, sir!

beautiful result, as usual! thanks for posting :up

Cheers Jimmie!

Nice work!



What's really funny/sad is that the amount of swirls left by "zorro" would be

considered "decent" by most body shop standards. And the correction isn't

that much work from that point either...

Thanks! Yeah, this was a "final stage" correction... guess it was siesta time for them when the final stage came?

great dude!

Cheers!

I just can't imagine paying over 350,000 dollars for a car and have it delivered in that kind of condition.



Very nice job on a beautiful car.

Thanks buddy! Well, at least the dealership is getting reimbursed for my work!

Ferrari recently switched to the Prometheus line of Compounds/Polishes and it sucks. They're trying to push this line to their factory certified shops and it's not working too well. It's supposedly a 2-step process that has no fillers???? Back to the drawing board I guess.

Yup, guess they can't grasp the concept that the 2nd step can't be done with a wool pad... OK by me!

 

[Slik560]

If I am ever successful enough to order a new Ferrari, part of the contract will be to have them ship it to you first, then on to the dealer. Outstanding work.

 

[ShineTech]

You're right, it's not for the faint of heart. I just about passed out after seeing the mess. You did an outstanding job bringing that paint back to life again.