[budman3]

I had the pleasure working on this 1974 Ferrari 365 Berlinetta Boxer V12 this past weekend. The vehicle was repainted in single stage Glasurit back 25 years ago and hasn’t been machined polished in 18 years. Upon inspection the paint was in better condition than most new cars today! There was limited amount of contamination and swirling. And before I get too far into this, yes the car gets driven . At first it was a little intimidating but then I was able to focus and find the correct polish and pad combination to get the finish back to new.

At first I started with the UDM and a 5.5” Lake Country CCS polishing pad with Menzerna 106FF. It did a fair amount of cutting on this single stage paint but wasn’t quite enough. I then bumped up to Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 with a low profile 5.5” Lake Country orange cutting pad which wasn’t much better either and left some micromarring. Finally I busted out the 4” pads and Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 and a Lake Country light cut pad. This removed all but the deepest swirling and left no visible micromarring. Some panels required a second pass with the TSR3.0. Since the finish was very nice just after the TSR3.0 I finished off with a 7.5” Lake Country finishing pad with Menzerna PO85U and a PC. The final polish really amped up the finish. The black lower portions of the car were polish by hand and UDM with 4” pads with various polishes, including Powergloss, SSR2.5, ProPolish and PO85U (depending on the panel). Finally a coat of regular P21S was applied after an alcohol wipedown. All that was included in this portion of the detail was the red and black paint. The rest will be finished this weekend.



Cliff notes:
S&W wipedown
Clay
Wolfgang TSR3.0, UDM, 4" LC orange pads
Menzerna PO85U, PC, 7.5" LC blue pads
P21s


These are the before pictures:

















After just the Wolfgang TSR3.0:










After Menz PO85U and P21S wax:













Opinions, questions, comments??

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[jake_b]

wow! that's a beautiful ferrari.. very nice work

[cleandean]

Sweet !!! Great job thanks for sharing !!!

[kogenx]

Great Work!

[Usjdmtuner]

looked good before.. even better after.. AAAAAAAAAAA+

[Jayplay]

what a awesome car...good work aswell

[Nica]

Man I love the old school Ferrari's I find them to be very good looking vehicles but that's just me.

Now I'm really curious about this, you sai dyou used Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 with a Orange LK pad?? Just curious why you did that, I mean Glaze has no cutting power...or does it? I've used the Woflgang Glaze....mind you I may have the old formula if it has been changed I honestly don't know but any who I was just under the impresion that the Wolfgang Glaze was just that a Glaze?

Just wondering that's all. Hope you don't mind the questio

Originally Posted by budman3

At first I started with the UDM and a 5.5” Lake Country CCS polishing pad with Menzerna 106FF. It did a fair amount of cutting on this single stage paint but wasn’t quite enough. I then bumped up to Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 with a low profile 5.5” Lake Country orange cutting pad which wasn’t much better either and left some micromarring. Finally I busted out the 4” pads and Wolfgang Total Swirl Remover 3.0 and a Lake Country light cut pad. This removed all but the deepest swirling and left no visible micromarring. Some panels required a second pass with the TSR3.0. Since the finish was very nice just after the TSR3.0 I finished off with a 7.5” Lake Country finishing pad with Menzerna PO85U and a PC. The final polish really amped up the finish. The black lower portions of the car were polish by hand and UDM with 4” pads with various polishes, including Powergloss, SSR2.5, ProPolish and PO85U (depending on the panel). Finally a coat of regular P21S was applied after an alcohol wipedown. All that was included in this portion of the detail was the red and black paint. The rest will be finished this weekend.

[budman3]

Originally Posted by Nica

Man I love the old school Ferrari's I find them to be very good looking vehicles but that's just me.

Now I'm really curious about this, you sai dyou used Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 with a Orange LK pad?? Just curious why you did that, I mean Glaze has no cutting power...or does it? I've used the Woflgang Glaze....mind you I may have the old formula if it has been changed I honestly don't know but any who I was just under the impresion that the Wolfgang Glaze was just that a Glaze?

Just wondering that's all. Hope you don't mind the questio

The Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 is more of a finishing polish than your traditional glaze. It is very similar to Menzerna PO106ff. I have not noticed any glaze properties after using the product several times.

Thanks for the comments everyone else! The car was in excellent condition before hand but after a little polishing, it improved the look considerably.

[Nica]

Originally Posted by budman3

The Wolfgang Finishing Glaze 3.0 is more of a finishing polish than your traditional glaze. It is very similar to Menzerna PO106ff. I have not noticed any glaze properties after using the product several times.

Really can't say I knew that very interesting and all this time I've been using it just as a Glaze I'll have to give it a world one of these days...but I'm still a bit ify about it any who thanks for sharing, very much appreciated

[budman3]

Originally Posted by Nica

Really can't say I knew that very interesting and all this time I've been using it just as a Glaze I'll have to give it a world one of these days...but I'm still a bit ify about it any who thanks for sharing, very much appreciated

When did you get it? The Version 3.0 was just released a few weeks ago.

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