Aston Martin Paint (soft)

[FloPlast]

Since having my V8 Vantage, I have noticed that I have picked up a lot of marks/stone-chips etc. I have had the car paint shielded in the area's concerned (Front end/back wheel arches/Mirror's etc), however its still appears far more prone to marks then other cars I have owned. I recently had my car buffed & detailed by a professional valet company which helped. He explaned to me that Aston Martin Paintwork is a lot softer then BMW/Porsche etc, as anyone else had this problem and why don't they use a harder paint mix!

[Luckyluciano]

I'm afraid it is to do with water bourne paint and the process of curing it in the ovens.
Plus I can promise you it is no softer of harder than BMW or Porsche of the same age.

[sadlerj]

Or Ferrari or anything else. Just put the cost of a front end respray when you go to sell it in the budget and live with it...mine is covered with chips!

[Glyn waxmaster]

Aston paint is normally soft, the black is especially prone to swirling but is usually quite easy to remove. I have detailed many Astons and found this to be the case 99% of the time. They also seem to give very equal paint depth readings across the board wether it be a db9, vanquish or V8.

[Luckyluciano]

Glyn, what ballpark figure are we looking at to do a complete clean on a vantage?