I received an email from a gentleman who just purchased a 2009 Aston Martin DB9 from Aston Martin of Houston. He sent me an email asking if I would be interested in traveling down to Houston and FIRE'N it up on his newly acquired vehicle. He also informed me that a business college just acquired a 2007 Lamborghini Gallardo and asked if I could fit it in my schedule to go to Lamborghini of Houston and again work my magic on it.
I agreed and we scheduled a date for me to travel to Houston a 5 hour drive from Dallas and work on both vehicles. The client provided me with a hotel to stay in the night before I was to work on the vehicles.
I decided to work on the Aston Martin first as I was unsure just how the paint was going to be. I have had some good and some bad experiences with Aston Martin paint jobs even with them being brand new and hardly any miles. This vehicle was transported from another state and had 35 miles on the odometer when I started my New Car Prep.
I tried to take some photos of the process, but time was my enemy and I knew that I had one day to get two cars completed and I only had one employee with me to do the details so in my haste I took a few during photos.
The Aston was almost fresh. It still have a lot of pre-shipping covers on it including the door sills, seats, radio screens, and seat rails.
Prior to any work we removed all these and placed the important information like the window sticker and other stickers in a bag and placed it in the trunk.
I always like to pre-soak a vehicle to ensure I lossen as much dirt as I can to prevent any type of damage that might encure as I wash the vehicle. We foamed the vehicle and let this sit for about a min while we mixed up our other buckets for the wheels and paint work washing.
For the wheels I sprayed the Gloss It Signature Tire Gel and let this dwell for about 30 sec before I agitate with different brushes to ensure a deep cleaning. I use brushes for the spokes, the lug holes and the rim barrel. Also during this time I pay close attention to the calipers and using brushes I agitate these to remove any embedded dirt and grime.
Really did not get any photos of the wash process or the claybar process but we did a double wash on the paint and then proceeded a panel by panel clay treatment to remove any contamination that might have attached to the vehicle during its shipment from the Aston Martin manufacture in England.
Once we had the car clayed we re-washed it one last time and then proceeded to do our 3-stage drying process. We first want to dry the car using a water blade to remove as much surface water as we can to help control water spotting. Once we have around 90 to 95 percent of the water off the surface of the car, we come in with our Grit Guard micro-fiber waffle weave drying towels. I love these towels and they will not scratch the surface of your vehicle and they hold 8 times their weight in water. Once we had the vehicle towel dried we grabbed our blowers and started to blow out the hidden areas where the water likes to hide and then come rushing out when you least expect it.
Once I had the car dried I started to assess the paint using my Fenix LED light. The paint had a lot of flake and this made it hard to see the micro-swirls but there were just a tad showing and I decided to grab my Flex DA, Gloss It Yellow 5 inch foam pad and the Gloss It One Step Machine Polish and proceeded to go around panel by panel and work out the micro-swirls till I had a great foundation for my polishes.
Once I had the paint corrected to my standards I grabbed the Gloss It Blue 5 inch foam pad and applied the Gloss It Signature High Gloss using my Flex DA and speed 4 applied and jeweled the finish. Once I had this applied I came back around the car with the Gloss It Gloss Finish and jeweled it even more and to give even more protection and gloss to the paint.
The interior was not left behind. We used the Gloss It Satin Leather Cleaner to cleaned all the interior surfaces and then applied the Gloss It Satin Leather Polish. The carpets were foamed with Tough Stuff cleaner and we applied a protectant on the carpets to help with stains and possible spills.
The engine also got a go around and we sprayed the Gloss It Tire Gel on the engine prior to our first wave of washing. Agitating the engine using different brushes ensured of a deep clean of the engine that showed some wear. Once the engine was cleaned we used the blowers and then applied a healthy coat of the Gloss It Signature Tire Shine to the engine. Once this had time to dwell we buffed the entire engine to a like new state. I love using the Gloss It Tire Shine to my engines. After you buff it down it looks like a new engine, not too shiny, just that new look that my clients like to see.
After the polished had cured we removed them using the Grit Guard scratchless microfiber towels and then applied a coat of the Gloss It Gloss Enhancer to help de-static the paint and just make it POP.
I wanted to makes sure the wheels stayed clean from contamination as the owner was going to be driving this from Houston to his home town in New Orleans, Louisiana. I applied RejeX to every surface including the barrels of rim. I also applied this to the calipers. For the wheel wells I applied Gloss It T.R.V. to help cut down on dirt and dust and make it easier for the owner to clean them down the road.
Sesar and myself started on this vehicle at 830am and completed our detail at 1pm. It was a joy to get the opportunity to work on this vehicle. I look forward to working on this and the owners other vehicle in the future. Gloss It really made this vehicle POP and FIRED IT UP!!
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