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Invisible Touch Detailing - Ferrari F430 Spyder

Postby InvisibleTouchDetailing » Sat Apr 28, 2012 12:07 pm

Here we have an F430 Spyder booked in for a stage 1 paint enhancement plus a few extras.

The car was trailored over to me and unloaded. These were the first pictures on inspection of the vehicle...

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Lots of previous polish residue

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Headrest clips had been rubbing on the paintwork

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Into the engine bay

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The first task was to use APC and fine brushes to clear the polish and clean all the tighter areas before washing

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The hood was then cleaned, also using APC and then protected with 303

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The engine bay was then degreased with APC and Engine/Machine Cleaner. Lightly rinsed off and engine then run for 5 mins

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The car was then snowfoamed and washed using the 2 bucket method with Shampoo Plus. The wheels at this stage were not done as they were to be removed. After being jetwashed, the vehicle was returned to the garage to be clayed. Following a second wash outside, the vehicle then returned to the garage to be dried

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Now the car was clean and contaminent free, the paintwork was inspected under halogen and led lighting

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Paint thickness readings were then taken. Even with a single stage polish, this is very important to ensure what levels you have to work with

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The drivers wing was taped up in preperation, ensuring any badges, rubbers, seals etc were protected

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Using a 3M polishing pad and backing plate for control, Menzerna 106FA as the primary polish with a small drop of Menzerna 85RD in the centre of the pad, the paint polished like butter and was a joy across the entire car. The following results were achieved on the front wing. From this

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To this

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Moving onto the drivers door

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The rear wing. The vents in the wings and sideskirts were polished at a later stage, using smaller spot pads for more precise, safer work in a tighter area

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Working around the car

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The difference in the wing and vent area clearly visable

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Moving onto the door

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Then the front wing

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The front bumper after polishing

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The boot after polishing

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Onto the rear bumper

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The roof was then folded away to allow the areas underneath to be machined

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Changing to a smaller spot pad, i proceeded with the wing mirrors, A pillars, vent areas and paintwork inside the car where the rear seats had been rubbing. The vents on the rear wings were treated inside with 303

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Each panel was ipa'd after polishing. Swissvax Cleaner Fluid was applied once all machining was complete to ensure a completely clean surface and prepare the paint for Swissvax Best of Show Wax

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The wheels were then removed to be fully cleaned, polished, ipa'd and then sealed with Poorboys

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Whilst the wheels were off, the hubs were painted black to cover up the red they had previously been painted

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Moving into the engine bay, all rubbers were treated with 303 and then all surfaces also treated with Best Of Show

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The exhaust was polished with NXT

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These were the completed pictures of the engine bay

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The rear diffuser was also treated with Best Of Show

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The wind deflector was filthy and really impacting vision. This was removed, fully cleaned and replaced

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Previous polish on the rear brake light was removed with APC

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All glass was cleaned inside and out with 3M Glass Cleaner

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The interior and boot were hoovered and dusted down. The dashboard and plastics were then treated with Natural Look

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Any exterior rubbers, plastics and door/boot seals were treated with Bumper Care

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The following day, Zaino Z8 was applied to all paintwork, a panel at a time, evenly spread and buffed using several clean microfibres to further enhance the gloss, depth and add further protection to the vehicle. This product added an extremely noticeable difference to the overall appearance

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Meguiars Endurance gel was applied to the tyres

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These were the final pictures

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The owners service book was completed to accompany his existing mechanical service history, and placed on the passenger seat

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The 430 was then wrapped under a sheet whilst we waited for the british weather to sort itself and the car could be trailored away, ready for an exciting road trip the owner had planned

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Hope you enjoyed the read, more to come from Invisible Touch Detailing soon...


Regards,

Christian
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Postby brenmyster » Sat Apr 28, 2012 4:02 pm

mint ! really nice work :D
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Regards and be lucky !
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Postby MUNK » Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:32 pm

very nice... what sort of price you looking at for a detail like this???
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Postby Chris B » Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:02 pm

Great work Christian.
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Postby InvisibleTouchDetailing » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:54 am

Hi Munk, this was priced around £650.

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Postby Shane » Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:49 pm

Great work on this stunning car :)
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