Envy Valeting Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Paint correction detail on this beauty, and my 1st Aston Martin of the year. Finished the BMW 335, then drove up country and straight on to this treasure the next day... Wheels cleaned 1st with Espuma Revolution and Envy Brushes, then given a good soaking with Bubbly Jubbly. Rinsed off, washed with DG shampoo, TBM and Z sponge. Dried to look like Clayed with Dodo Juice Gentle Grey which pulled quite a lot off the roof and bonnet, the rest of the car surprisingly was quite good. As you would expect with a correction detail I then checked the paint thickness and got some nice "hand finished" readings. Time to capture the defects. Pretty swirly, but not too many other problems. The odd patch where scrubbing of insects had occured and filled in stone chips. Correction wise I initially tried SWCF-pro via Megs buffing pad but this only removed 50% of the swirls. Stepped up to SWCF-pro on a polishing pad...60% removal. Ended up using Ultrafina with a couple of blobs of FCP with a Megs polishing pad and this worked a treat. Front offside wing Machined only, no wax! Nearside door Front nearside wing Day 1 saw good progress and I returned day 2 to finish the correction. After all the machine polishing was done it was time to de-dust so we went for a drive round... Got a good load off, but I did have to re-do a few fly splats;) Wax of choice was Swissvax Best of Show. Tyres were dressed with Espuma RD50, Glass cleaned with Espuma Glass green, tail pipes polished with wire wool and autosol. Side vents polished with Autosol and a very fine microfibre. Please enjoy the afters: And finally...before And after A truly enjoyable detail, made better by the owners being soo nice and also a car nut (who has had a few very interesting cars! Time taken 16hrs. 15 mins after the last pic the storms hit, talk about getting done just in time! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Still one of the most beautiful cars going. Especially in the last 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walbertonio Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Awesome result, certainly is a great looking motor. Love that door shot before the waxing too, that certainly came up well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 cant see the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Envy Valeting Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Sorted now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-B Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Absolutely gorgeous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Still one of the most beautiful cars going. Especially in the last 30 years. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Good work, Tim... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Think Mr Bond himself would be happy to go for a drive in that after that lovely job. Gorgeous car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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