This 1998 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta was initially brought to me to only restore the Interior, However upon arriving, the customer decided he would like to have had the car polished and protected with Swissvax as well. The interior leather was starting to look it's age, the dash had significantly dried out and shrunk in a couple areas, the leather seats were showing wear, and the interior needed an overall cleansing and rejuvenation. I'll start with the process of healing the leather to make it look relatively new again! I attained a leather sample of the car some weeks ago, and passed by Swissvax USA to get an appropriate exact match mixed for me, and to my surprise, they had just what I needed in stock! I picked up the Swissvax Leather Healer for Ferrari Tan leather, and notified the owner so we could begin work on the interior as soon as possible. Here's how the Interior looked upon arrival. The dash shrinking Embedded dirt in the frequently-touched areas notice the leather beginning to shrink on top of the seatbelt The Driver's seat was showing the worst wear, this is where most of the "healing" attention went to. A couple more spots throughout the car needed some leather healing as well. the carpets also needed some attention Prior to any "nourishing" treatments, the Interior was fully cleansed, using Swissvax Leather Cleaner Forte and 1Z Blitz. Here's a 50/50 of the driver's seat bottom after cleaning Swissvax Leather Softener was applied to all the upper leather surfaces in the car. This is to prevent further shrinkage and to soften the leather. Preparing the driver's seat with the Swissvax Grinding pad prior to applying Leather Benzine and thereafter Swissvax Leather Healer Prior to applying the Leather Healer OK, and i'll save the after pictures for the end! Onto the Exterior... The paint was slightly oxidized, and had many swirl marks courtesy of the bi-weekly mobile car wash. Also, therer were a number of areas where a previous detailer had burnt off the paint on certain edges. Due to this, I notified the owner that a deep correction (anything more than a one stage) might not be a good idea due to the possibility of thin paint. So we agreed to give the car a Single Stage correction using Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Medium paired to a Swissvax Black "gloss" pad on the Festoon ShineX rotary. I thereafter followed that with a pass of Cleaner Fluid Regular on the Porter Cable. The paint was then Finished off with Swissvax Scuderia Wax for Italian Paintwork. Here's how the exterior looked upon arrival: SONAX Full Effect used on the wheels Swissvax Car Bath + 3 Bucket Wash Under the FENIX Polishing Wax Wheel Treatment And the finished result!!!! 4 days later! And the Finished Interior And sorry but no Swissvax Sticker as per the owner's request! Here's the list of products used: Dom @ SSD Here's the list of products we used: -P21s TAW -1Z Blitz -1Z W99 -1Z Windscreen -Sonax Full Effect -#0000 Steel Wool Swissvax: -Car Bath -Engine -Protecton -Seal Feed -Engine Shine -Paint Rubber (Yellow) -Quick Finish -Cleaner Fluid Medium via FESTOOL ShineX w/ SV Black (Gloss) Pad -Cleaner Fluid Regular via PC w/ SV Black (Gloss) Pad -Swissvax Scuderia Wax -Nano Express -Cleaner Fluid Regular -Autobahn PTFE Wax (Wheels) -Pre-Cleaner Opaque -Opaque Wax for Matt Finishes -Pneu Glossy -Waschpudel -Black Puck Applicator -Black wax applicator -Micro-Absorb (Red) -Micro-Polish (Blue) -Micro-Fluffy -Pneu Brush -Detail Brush -Wheel Brush -Metal Polish -Aquapel Interior: -Swissvax Leather Healer (Ferrari Tan) -Swissvax Leather Grinding Pad -Swissvax Leather Glaze -Swissvax Leather Softnener -Swissvax Elephant Fat -Leather Cleaner Forte -Plastic Wash -Leather Milk -Protecton Matt -Nano Express -Crystal -1Z Blitz -Quick Interior Finish Thanks for looking! Dom
WOW.............................................. The paint looks incredibly wet. Ferrari does Red right, Great job. You need to post process pictures and explanation on the leather interior renovation. I have some lines in am wifes drives seat i would love to repair but other than leatherique pristine clean and rejuvinator oil I have no idea what the process would be. if you don't mind I would like to know more about this area of detailing I know nothing about. Obviously you have mastered it.
Nice job! That interior definitely needed some tlc. The leather healer looks like a great product too.
Wow! Love stretching details over a multi-day period so you don't have to work against the clock and you can really enjoy yourself
not so much because of that, I also have another job at my dad's restaurant and the leather healer and softener take overnight to dry, etc...
Shouldn't you have dried the car off before you took pictures?? Lol car looks great, definitely one of my fav's!
My brother picked up his 5 series thriugh the Eurpoean delivery. You are in for a special treat. He is not a car guy, but he really enjoyed the factory tour, the drive around europe.
