Gemclean Detailing-The All New 'La Ferrari' Detail!

[mikec32]

Hi Guys,

Bit of a wait on this one, but finally I have 5 minutes to finally get it up! Grab a cuppa 
Well here it is in all its glory upon arrival! The car was booked in for my full signature new car advanced CS TSP protection detail.

First job was clean the wheels with bilberry wheel cleaner. As you will be aware the LF is supplied with centre nuts, so was a case of using the full wheel woolly range and a lot of patience to clean every square inch of the wheels.

Once wheels and callipers were cleaned, tyres & arches were scrubbed using surfex HD and all given a thorough rinse off. It was time to treat the inside exhaust tips with Gtechniq W6 iron fallout remover and agitated with wheel woollies.

Once rinsed off the engine bay and body was degreased using Gtechniq W5 citrus degreaser.

Then it was onto a complete snow foam bath with Gtechniq snow foam & rinsed off after approx 5-8 minutes.

Then onto 2bm wash using Gtechniq Gwash and a carpro mitt for the top half and optimitt for the lower half.

LF was then given a chemical bath using W6, re washed and given a final rinse off at 60’ degrees. The car was then dried using a combination of a super plush 70/30 towel & air blow dryer to remove water from all shuts, gaps, badges & grilles.

Car was then clayed using Elite car cares very own medium grade clay and meguiars last touch for lubrication.

Then the LF was given a full IPA wipe down to remove clay sling and silicone fillers from all surfaces to leave a true finish. Then onto the inspection with the sun gun. As you can see you may expect a car of its calibre to be in perfect condition. But if you’re educated enough on the subject, no new car ever is. Here’s a couple of shots of various defects including swirls, D.A. sanding marks, rids & straight scratches.

A couple of cool shots of the various compounds of the vehicle under Bluetooth microscope,

A scuff in the lacquer,

Lime scale mark on the roof,

Fine scratches in the roof,

Bug splatter mark on front lenses,

Moisture trapped in front ppf,

Sweet close up of the carbon used on various parts of the car,

 

[mikec32]

Particles in the rear engine glass,

Wheel compound,

So on we go with the machine polishing. The front end had been recently ppf filmed so this was polished using the Bigfoot & mini Bigfoot to get in those uber tight gaps that grace all areas of this car. Rupes yellow pads and carpro reflect were used on the ppf to remove bug splatter and even the entire surfaces out. Then the rest of the LF was corrected using rupes green pads and menzerna FG400 compound. Then switched to yellow pad and reflect again for all the refinement. Various shots of paint correction stage.

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Engine bay carbon was also machine polished using the mini Bigfoot to remove light marring.

was then given a final IPA wipe down to make sure every square inch of the exterior was perfect and a true finish. Once completed it was onto the LSP’s,
For all PPf covered exterior, Swissvax Crystal rock was used over 3 days (3 coats) all exterior painted carbon body and lacquered carbon was coated in Gtechniq Crystal Serum. Once the CS was cured a coat of EXOv2 went straight over the top followed by a coat of Gtechniq C0 Aero coating for the ultimate in Advanced TSP’S.
Engine bay was treated to aerospace 303 as well as Crystal serum.
Wheels and callipers were given a full IPA wipe down and treated to C5 AND 2 X coats of EXOv2. Tyres dressed in T1 and cured on with a heat gun.

Windows were polished using dodo juice supernatural glass polish, given an IPA wipe down, and then treated to 3 coats of G1.

the exterior was completed it was onto the interior. This is pretty much a cf space frame tub with two fixed seats in it (pedals and steering wheel come to you)

 

[mikec32]

So all inside door shuts and carbon inlays were machine polished to remove marring, while components were degreased using surfex HD. Seats were gently cleaned with swissvax leather cleaner and treated to Gtechniq L1. Interior glass was cleaned with Gtechniq G6 & all interior carbon was protected with Swissvax Crystal Rock.

Then last but not least the front boot compartment was given a machine polish on the mini Bigfoot and also protected in Crystal rock. (Even the carbon fans were draped in CR) Once the LF was completed the entire CS protected areas were also covered in swissvax crystal rock just to give that warm glow to the now super deep, glossy finish.

 

[mikec32]

& here are some of the final shots (still need to get the rest of the dslr, which i'll add later this week)

and to finish a full 1080p HD walk around video of the vehicle completed:

Gemclean Detailing-2014 La Ferrari-World 1st - YouTube

Thanks for looking guys and hope you enjoyed

Kind Regards

Michael

 

[MancMike]

I love the attention to detail you guys have.

 

[Simon_M]

Magnificent car, and a great job done too!

 

[MDC250]

Hubba hubba, that is an awesome car to work on. I'd be a rubbish Detailer...I'd always be tempted to take the car and thrash it!

 

[J LAD]

Dont you find that polishing modern cars is now taking you longer due to the complicated curves of the bodywork?
I know you have the Rupes mini, but do you have to resort to hand polishing at anytime?, for example around the bonnet louvres?
I hate front bumpers / valances now! - especially BMW and Merc - the designers have gone mad now that modern technology allows you to make virtually any shape you want in either metal or plastic.
I have had a local engineering company make me up an extension for my Mikita Rotary for the 3" pad only, its just 50mm long but this extra distance does help in tight areas.
The new flexi backing pads also help too.
Very nice work on the LF by the way - paint soft as usual on Ferraris?

 

[mikec32]

Hi, I some cases yes, others no. It's part & parcel and I love learning the curves of different vehicles as next time it'll only be easier. I have the air powered rupes which is much smaller. But I also have extension bars in 3 interchangeable sizes for all my flex rotaries so it's never been an issue. Ferrari paint is generally intermediate so machine polish ones a dream but laying CS can be a nightmare as it bonds in 45 seconds on some of the softer paints. But after doing over 250 corrections/CS advanced TSP it's fine.

Cheers
Mike

 

[ea666]

if only Carlsberg made salaries ......

 

[lordlee]

Fantastic level of workmanship and great attention to detail there. Thank you for taking the time to do the write up and share it with us.

 

[rsvgreg]

Great write up, fantastic pictures. Thanks.

 

[Image2000uk]

One word to describe that STUNNING !!

 

[Fudger]

If I could think of a better word than stunning, as Image2000uk said, I would!

Mike, quick question, what is your opinion with regard to modern day Mercedes paintwork?

 

[h17n dj]

Looks brilliant!!!

Are they wheel balancers stuck on the front of the wheel?

 

[cheffy]

That is outstanding work brings a new meaning to the word "Detailing" and could bring out ones "tourette's" lol
Cant believe it was as swirly as it was ? ! especially being what it is ! If your paying a million quid !! you wouldn't expect to have to spend any more to have it detailed ?
I know, NO new car leaves the showroom anywhere near what you do But, you'd still think at the very top end of the car market, it would be better.

Anyway, what an amazing job on such an amazing car, cant believe the size of the brake calipers

I'd love to come to your coffee gig next month, but too far away for me

 

[rorf]

Looking at those pics the colour went from red to pink to orange - owner wont be too happy

Nice car.

 

[mikec32]

Good 'ole' iPhone photo quality

 

[stumpy1]

Unrelated possibly but I have been touring the Fcar dealerships looking to buy a 6 fig car. I have been shocked at the lack of prep in some dealerships. Is it not the case that you (detailers) are called in to tart the cars up as much as possible? Of course the buyer (me) pays the price but I don't care if the car looks like it left the factory only yesterday. Funnily enough the dealership today had a Laf roped off in the middle of the showroom.

 

[mikec32]

Dealerships never have what I call a proper detailer in to do what I call a 'proper detail'. But they are slowly learning though a lot of people don't care for preparation. Even on a £1mil car