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Hey guys, been a while since I posted some of my work. It's been crazy at the office which combined with overhauling my website for the online shop means I haven't had time to put up any threads in a while

Anyways, this is an old one but due to privacy concerns the owner asked that I not post it online straight away. I actually nearly forgot about it and only remembered whilst going through some photies for the new site.

This vehicle belongs to a regular client of mine and was the 1st customer spec V12 Vantage in the country

This particular job was only a front end prep in preparation for a VPS film install. The rest of the car will be attended to at some point in time


Righty then, 1st up I calipbrated my PTG and took a few readings




Having a PTG gives you a whole lot more confidence knowing how healthy the paint is before starting starting the correction work. The readings were all over the 200um mark which was healthy. Perfect!


Next I tried to capture some of the defects from the front end. Due to the metallic/pearl white colour it was extremely difficult but I managed a few decent pics.

Haziness in the paint and some fine swirling





















Overall the paint wasn't in bad condition, but I was surprised to see a vehicle of this value delivered from the factory with such poor paintwork


After testing a few combo's I settled on 1 hit with SIP followed by 106FA for most of the front end. Some of the poorer areas with some pigtails and sanding marks got 1 hit of FCP followed by SIP and finally FA.

I took a few PTG readings after, most showing only 2 to 3 um of clear coat removal.




And some finished pics...











Clarity restored to the paintwork















And a few random ones to finish off...













Thanks for looking

Oeff, its yummy.

Ooh sparkly... Nc job Carn

Such beautiful paint and he wants to put VPS on. Shame.

forgive me for being dumb but what is the benefit of the vps

Vps is a clear sticker film that protects the paint from stone chips

Awesome !!!

Excellent work as usual Dave.

Awesome work as always. Well done David.
It must be exiting working on these top-end cars.

PS. Can you perhaps tell me where I can look for such a PTG device?

I can't see the picks today I think work is stripping them out but I'm sure this does look good !!!

Thia is an awesome car and a awesome end result, pity it is going to be spoilt with VPS. He should not need VPS, with that kind of power, he should always be in front!!!!

Yummy.... Do you still get a lil nervous when doing these kinda cars David?!

To VPS or not to VPS?
To re-spray your Aston Martin (and no doubt negatively affect its value) or VPS... i say the latter

Thanks guys, much appreciated as always

I too detest the VPS films. If done properly they can be ok but in general the local offerings have always failed to impress me. I can understand why the owner wants the film though, especially with the conditions of our roads of late

@ PaulVW, I import and distribute the Paint Detective PTG's which include the PD8 and newer PD7 gauges. The one I use is the PD7 which offers calibration functions as well as a 10 reading memory.

You can read a bit more about the PD7 in my review here.


@ Onyx. Not as much as I used to TBH, especially since I started using a PTG. In the beginning we were quite nervous but having spent more and more time working on these types of cars you become more used to it