Aston Martin in custom Ferrari TDF Blue.

Todd@RUPES

Todd@RUPES

Just a regular guy
This is a gorgeous Aston Martin that I polished a little while ago. The car was custom painted TDF Blu (a Ferrari color) at the Aston factory.

Apparently I didn't take any before photos although the car had moderate swirl marks and some deeper defects. The paint was polished using Meguiar's M105 on a Meguiar's microfiber cutting disk, followed by Menzerna PO85rd on a Meguiar's microfiber finishing disk. This was topped with two coats of Blackfire Wet Diamond and finished with a coat of Blackfire Midnight Sun Batch 25. The tires were dressed with Meguiar's M40.

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Todd nice work as always. The paint looks dripping wet. Are you sure that it isn't gonna just slide off of the car? :D
 
The Aston looks great.
I see you used 105 with the MF. I havent tried it yet. Have used Perfect it 2 and po83. The only problem is I think the oils slow the cut a little in the 83 on the MF vrS foam.
Your Thoughts?
 
That is one of the sweetest cars I've ever seen. That blue is PERFECT for the Aston. Great job, Todd!
 
You had the hood up and you didn't give us the obligatory engine shot? Something wrong with priorities today, I'm truly disappointed. ;) Nice work. That is an amazing blue, one of my Mach 1's very nearly matched that color. It is my favorite even today.
 
That car is sexy, and I like the color choice. Nice job Todd, the paint is glowing!
 
Concours.John said:
The Aston looks great.
I see you used 105 with the MF. I havent tried it yet. Have used Perfect it 2 and po83. The only problem is I think the oils slow the cut a little in the 83 on the MF vrS foam.
Your Thoughts?
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I have used diminishing abrasive polishes (such as PO83) with microfiber and have gotten really good results (provided I am cleaning the pad after every application). I think, with the increased surface area of the microfiber, you are getting a lot of abrasive breakdown right off the bat, but once they have broken down you have a lot of extremely fine/exhausted abrasives sticking to the microfiber.

M105 on the microfiber has (IME) cut more than D300 but it will dust more and it will not leave as nice of a finish. However the finish is still nice enough (provided that the pad is kept clean) that it usually only requires a brief finishing polish to make perfect.
 
Todd Helme said:
I have used diminishing abrasive polishes (such as PO83) with microfiber and have gotten really good results (provided I am cleaning the pad after every application). I think, with the increased surface area of the microfiber, you are getting a lot of abrasive breakdown right off the bat, but once they have broken down you have a lot of extremely fine/exhausted abrasives sticking to the microfiber.

M105 on the microfiber has (IME) cut more than D300 but it will dust more and it will not leave as nice of a finish. However the finish is still nice enough (provided that the pad is kept clean) that it usually only requires a brief finishing polish to make perfect.
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Thanks for the info. I noticed how nice the finish was. I had to ask. Ive used the po85 and 106fa with great results just not M105.:bigups
 
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