Gave my new car a bit of a clean
Discussion
After picking up and taking it for a good shake down drive, giving various friends and relatives a ride etc., I had already down 85miles on yesterdays filthy roads. So this morning it was looking like this:
The paint was actually in quite good condition. I had heard some horror stories of how poor some AMs can be from the factory. Maybe the dealer didn’t cut corners on their car prep? However still some evidence of polish residue:
So on to it’s first wash
Wheels first:
a nice design that is easy to clean!
The a foam with one of my favourite shampoos:
Paying some attention to the details:
Washed with a new Shmitt and the same shampoo:
Beading quite well with most of the rinse water sheeting nicely:
Patted dry with a miracle dryer:
Clean and tidy under here:
So a quick dressing of the plastics and hoses
So a nice improvement from just a wash:
Into the garage and close inspection was very encouraging, with very minor wash swirls and just a few holograms on the boot lid
Panels are a mix of steel, aluminium and composite. But generally quite consistent paint thickness
Bonnet:
Roof:
Bootlid:
So on to the claying and not much to find:
Taped up and ready to polish
Decided to go for a gloss enhancement with Menzerna Final Finish PO85RD and a 3M blue finishing pad using my Makita rotary polisher
Nice clear results:
Just had to add a little Menzerna Intensive Poilsh PO85RD 3.02 to the mix on the bootlid to get rid of the deeper swirls.
Paintwork then cleaned to get rid of all the polishing oils using a 3” finishing pad spread a speed 4 on the PC
The to start layering up the Zaino. First up two layers of ZFX’d Z5 Pro, with a Z6 wipe down between layers
Then one layer of ZFX’d Z2 Pro
Whilst waiting for the various layers of Zaino to cure I got on with some other jobs. First up the glass
Having previously been impressed with G1, I thought I would give G3 a go. Generally easier to apply than G1, so it will be no heartache if the durability is not quite as good. I am looking forward to the even better water repellency though.
Then the wheels were given a coat of C5 wheel armour.
and the tyres treated with Z16
With all that leather on the interior I thought it best to give it some good protection with LTT leather protect
Then a quick vacuum and dust and the inside was down.
Last thing was a Z8 wipedown
After 10 hours cleaning and polishing it was dark outside, so the after shots had to be inside.
Obviously this is only day 2 of ownership, so there will be a lot more to do in the next few weeks. But at least it is now protected for the coming week. I plan to give it a 6 more coats of ZFX’d Z2 Pro over 48 hrs next weekend and will hopefully getting some better photos then. In the meantime I intend to enjoy it
UPDATE 24.01.10
One week and 200 miles later I have given it another wash and got a few out door photos:
The car is fantastic and boy do I enjoy driving it.
The paint was actually in quite good condition. I had heard some horror stories of how poor some AMs can be from the factory. Maybe the dealer didn’t cut corners on their car prep? However still some evidence of polish residue:
So on to it’s first wash
Wheels first:
a nice design that is easy to clean!
The a foam with one of my favourite shampoos:
Paying some attention to the details:
Washed with a new Shmitt and the same shampoo:
Beading quite well with most of the rinse water sheeting nicely:
Patted dry with a miracle dryer:
Clean and tidy under here:
So a quick dressing of the plastics and hoses
So a nice improvement from just a wash:
Into the garage and close inspection was very encouraging, with very minor wash swirls and just a few holograms on the boot lid
Panels are a mix of steel, aluminium and composite. But generally quite consistent paint thickness
Bonnet:
Roof:
Bootlid:
So on to the claying and not much to find:
Taped up and ready to polish
Decided to go for a gloss enhancement with Menzerna Final Finish PO85RD and a 3M blue finishing pad using my Makita rotary polisher
Nice clear results:
Just had to add a little Menzerna Intensive Poilsh PO85RD 3.02 to the mix on the bootlid to get rid of the deeper swirls.
Paintwork then cleaned to get rid of all the polishing oils using a 3” finishing pad spread a speed 4 on the PC
The to start layering up the Zaino. First up two layers of ZFX’d Z5 Pro, with a Z6 wipe down between layers
Then one layer of ZFX’d Z2 Pro
Whilst waiting for the various layers of Zaino to cure I got on with some other jobs. First up the glass
Having previously been impressed with G1, I thought I would give G3 a go. Generally easier to apply than G1, so it will be no heartache if the durability is not quite as good. I am looking forward to the even better water repellency though.
Then the wheels were given a coat of C5 wheel armour.
and the tyres treated with Z16
With all that leather on the interior I thought it best to give it some good protection with LTT leather protect
Then a quick vacuum and dust and the inside was down.
Last thing was a Z8 wipedown
After 10 hours cleaning and polishing it was dark outside, so the after shots had to be inside.
Obviously this is only day 2 of ownership, so there will be a lot more to do in the next few weeks. But at least it is now protected for the coming week. I plan to give it a 6 more coats of ZFX’d Z2 Pro over 48 hrs next weekend and will hopefully getting some better photos then. In the meantime I intend to enjoy it
UPDATE 24.01.10
One week and 200 miles later I have given it another wash and got a few out door photos:
The car is fantastic and boy do I enjoy driving it.
Edited by GlynV8 on Sunday 24th January 15:58
bogie said:
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mine looks as clean n shiny as that ....about once a year LOL...
Mine LOOKED as clean and shiny as that when I collected it when I bought it. In fact, it probably didn't!mine looks as clean n shiny as that ....about once a year LOL...
Looks great - how much time did you spend on it?
(Also, how much polish to the new style door mirrors take up? They're mahoosive!).
JimWD said:
Very nice, Glyn.
Say, did you used to have an RS2?! Silver.. Sold to a guy in Leics.
Jim
Yes, that's me.Say, did you used to have an RS2?! Silver.. Sold to a guy in Leics.
Jim
- edit, I've just spotted the frontend of the RS4.. I think it could be you
Edited by JimWD on Sunday 17th January 23:06
The RS4 is going on Wednesday - didn't take long to sell.
TheStig10 said:
You could turn that into a proper tutorial. I think that many people with expensive cars could benefit from that.
Just pop over to detailingworld.com and you will get everything you need to know.Edited by GlynV8 on Monday 18th January 05:56
Stunning finish, beautiful Aston. I went for a blast around Cheshire yesterday and ended up in Stratstones in Wilmslow to lust over the Astons there and check out the used Astons for sale, hopefully pick one up later this year, and to be quite honest I don't believe one of them looked as good and shiny, including the newies inside.
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