I spent a day on this AM about 2-3 months ago when owner first bought it, the time had came for me to get the paintwork perfect and get out the deeper defects In total this had over 40 hours of work put into which was done over 5 days Vehicle was foamed with AG Powermax 3 and worked into all panel gaps then pressure rinsed off washed with 2bm with SV Bathe and merino lambswool wshmitt Sonus Green clay removed any remaining contaminants with no effort. (Meg's LT used as lube) Owner requested wheels to be removed and thoroughly cleaned and sealed which allowed me to give wheel arches a good clean Arches were cleaned with Autosmart G101 and Megs Super Degreaser and then dressed with Megs ASD. Brake calipers were sealed with Zaino CS Wheels cleaned with Epsuma Revolation wheel cleaner and clayed old weight adhesive removed Inner tire walls were dressed with SV Pneu and inner rims protected with a coat of Zaino AIO and then topped with Zaino CS Mesh vents on front bumper were also carefully repainted gloss black as they had started to turn white..I thought I took a before and after pic but only found the after Rear plate was removed to allow me to machine polish in some of the tighter area's...A new plate was recently fitted by dealer but they didnt remove old sticky adhesive so this removed with tardis Paint readings were taken with Positest 200 which showed healthy amount of clear coat was present all over apart from the lower doors Some of the defects clearly showing in the sun PAINT CORRECTION I spent a good amount of time working my way up finding a combo to remove the defects and settled on using a LC Purple Foamed Wool pad and Menz 3.02which removed the deep swirls and defects. A few before & after pics, yet to be refined BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER Bumpers and lower skirts were corrected with a LC light cutting pad and Menz 3.02 BEFORE AFTER BEFORE AFTER After all correction was complete i refined the paint using Menz 203S and a 3M black polishing pad As sun was out I rolled car out to check my work I then refined te paintwork using SV Cleaner Fluid Pro on a 3M blue finishing pad with all tight area's including door/boot shuts done by hand using regular cleaner fluid Tyres dressed with SV Pneu and wheels protected with SV Autobahn A coat of Divine was applied before heading home at end of day 4 with 2nd coat applied following morning on day 5. And the end result Thanks for looking
shrt vid..sorry for quality as done with camera's motion picture setting YouTube - Gleaming Kleen- Aston Martin Vanquish -
Outstanding work there Jay, customer must be very happy. I must say thought I used my CF Pro for the first time in ages last week and I found in very dusty? Maybe it’s because I’ve been using Menzerna more recently? Roy.
Gorgeous work! But how do your shoes stay so white? Mine are BLACK after I'm done fooking around on a car!!!
Wow the vehicle looks incredible, the pictures are great too did you take the pictures or did you bring someone along? As always great detail Jay :worship2:
40hours and I dont doubt a single minute of it, that is outstanding work on the most beautiful aston ever built. Well done!
a work of art!!! im more amazed everytime i see your details!! thanks again for taking the time to post these:applause:
