The owner of this beautiful Aston Martin DB7 contacted us about improving the condition of the car’s paint. Though it was clean and had been recently waxed, a close inspection under LED lighting revealed etched-in water spots and light to moderate marring that would need to be removed in order for the paint to look its best. Given that the car would only be driven in fair weather, we decided to go for a 90%+ correction rate in order to maximize shine and depth.
Before:
Under dim lighting the paint looked very reflective, but there was still quite a bit of room for improvement:
The paint marring in the trunk lid could easily be seen here with the use of an LED headlamp:
The top of the rear bumper showed marring and some deeper scratches:
The upper areas of the fender and the hood showed the same moderate level of marring:
Deeper marring was present on the quarter panel, along with some wax residue:
After a thorough wash and decontamination process the trim was masked off in preparation for polishing:
Next various pad/polish combinations were tested before finally settling on a mixture of Meguiar’s M100 and D300 on Meguiar’s microfiber cutting disks. This combination removed 90%+ of the marring and etching while leaving minimal haze/micro-marring. Following this process, a mixture of Meguiar’s D300 and HD Polish was used on Lake Country black foam finishing pads to fully refine the finish, improving gloss, depth and visibility of the metallic flake. All polishing was performed with the Rupes 21 Mk.II polisher, with the Rupes 75E and Ibrid Nano being used on tighter areas. Following this the car was washed to remove polishing dust, dried and topped with CarPro Reload.
After:
