Manual and Owners

And how many Aston Martins do you see today with damaged paintwork? The answer, as you would expect, is even fewer than the number of white Aston Martins. In other words, practically none. Of course, this reflects the care with which owners look after their cars (remember that some don’t even like rain on their pride and joy) but the universally immaculate look of Aston Martins on the road is also thanks to modern advances in paint. Compared to the cellulose of the 1940s and the TPA (thermoplastic acrylic) era that followed, paint used by Aston Martin’s Gaydon manufacturing plant and Works Service facility in Newport Pagnell has never been more durable than the modern-day water-based paint used on all Aston Martins since the birth of the V12 Vanquish. ‘We all remember the car that Dad used to wash, leather and wax on a Sunday afternoon,’ recalls Kingsley Riding-Felce, Director of Aston Martin Works Service and Customer Relations. ‘It used to gleam like a new penny. But it was actually painted in a very unstable material called nitro-cellulose that would gradually fade away. Polishing would bring the shine back but it was not a durable, longstanding f inish by any means and it would eventually degrade quite badly.

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