Two Rolls Royce Phantoms- Premier Shine

[premiershine9]

Hey guys!! Between working hard to see MM grow and meet my expectations, school, and being in two other clubs, volunteering in BBBS, I finally had 2 hours last night to sit and write one of my last write-ups for the previous season.

Copied and pasted like always from one of the forums I always post on:

Been a while since I posted- back to school in VA for last and final year of school, finally getting around to post one of my final pieces of work from August.

Below you will find two Rolls Royce Phantoms- one of which is a Drophead. Both have moderate to heavy defects- mostly on the black 4-door which the client payed well near $2000 to have the RR dealership "detail" it recently. No surprise they left holograms and trails on the hood and rear trunk lid.

Due to time constraints I suggested a hybrid correction- a majority of both Royces would have been corrected with a one stepper to clean up some of the finer marring/ cobwebbing etc. Target correction level was around 50 to 65 percent. Certain areas which are presented below wherein the heavier defects lie were of course compounded and properly finished down.

Correction was performed via my PC DA/ Flex, various pads, foam, microfiber- polishing media was a mix of Sonax, Menzerna, and M105. The clear on both were finicky (no surprise) and the drophead was by far the easiest to correct on- I cannot imagine the amount of time and attention needed to achieve a 90 to near 100% correctional level on the black 4-ddor.

Both of these coaches are MASSIVE, especially the 4 door Phantom. The build quality is exceptional, every interior piece feels perfect to the touch and after having the pleasure of driving both of them, it was no surprise that you truly felt you were in a hand built piece of luxury. I could go on but watching an episode of ultimate factories on the RR would be much more rewarding.

Onto the job- and yes, I know the driveway is unfinished, client is having it paved. Cars were finished, pulled in, covered and left until driveway was finished two weeks later.

Befores








Interior gently soiled- leather had blue jean transfer in various areas




Motor Before







Motor brushed down with ONR and dressed in 303


Wheels hit with sonax and later hand polished



During wash phase- Drophead watching on the sidelines


Dried, clayed indoors, brought back out to take some before shots of the defects under natural light







Hood





right side front fender


Passenger door



After one pass


Deeper imperfections still exist




The hood- around 90% correction achieved- one pass with Surbuf R pad, M105- M105 on yellow foam, green foam w/ Sonax PF






Left side of hood before




Left fender




Front end coming along nicely- post IPA wipedown, before andy type of LSP applied


Front bumper






Notice area to right on "before" side- thanks RR for burning through the clear!


Can't forget about the rockers- these took around 50 minutes each to do- 1 pass with M105 on foam followed by Menz PF on orange




2nd day (already 10 hours in)

Sun had not come out yet and due to the whale size of this vehicle I decided to perform a little bit of work outside while it was cool out

Large C pillar area before


Rear decklid before- this was HAMMERED- same process as hood


Hand polishing the grille- Nevr Dul used here to gently cleanse metal


Much, much better


TEASER- 2 Applications of Blackfire Wet Diamond



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RR #2 - Drophead Coupe - same level of correction- 1 to 2 step on the majority of the coach, 3 on two heavily damaged areas due to RR dealerships stellar "detail" department

Befores:




Overall the car was just dull and lacking its "beauty" mostly due to the heavy amount of soil all over but after performing a clay decontamination it made a remarkable difference




Two very deep scratches- owner asked me to safely help them as much as possible. If only I had touch up paint and five more days...


Motor before: same process as the other RR - ONR + SV brush





Wash decon process



Ah much better


Brought inside to be clayed and dried

taped up and inspection with the light- difficult color to capture with the camera- large amount of metallic media in the coat







Afters (besides the color being difficult to capture the defect I didn't have my SLR with me that day)






The area with the 3 and a half inch gouge



2 and 3k warming up


During


Rear decklid area- hammered like the other coach



Thank you, RR dealership, for your stellar attention to detail.



After- M105 and Sonax PF





Leatherique left on to work its magic overnight- several areas with jean transfer

Armrest was heavily soiled, hard to tell here


Also applied to the other RR interior


Teaser:



Some randoms of interior work


Afters!























Standard Umbrella in the door















(Yes I know the hood is open)



#2- the Drophead

Interior shots before- notice the dirty pawprints on the seats!



Soil





Afters:

































Total time- Black 4 door Phantom- roughly 22 hours over two days, Drophead coupe- 13 hours, 1 day

Thanks for looking!
- Dan K.

[ScottyB]

amazing work Dan. that LSP on the sedan looks silly how deep it is.

any special technique to work on that crazy satin/brushed aluminum look on the drophead?

[premiershine9]

amazing work Dan. that LSP on the sedan looks silly how deep it is.

any special technique to work on that crazy satin/brushed aluminum look on the drophead?

Yea- don't touch it!! LOL seriously though besides a gentle pH wash solution and trace amounts of a no rinse/ washless formula like ONR etc. you cannot allow any product to touch it.

Each received two coats of Blackfire Wet Diamond- old throwback to the first sealant I ever used but I knew it would work best on the RR's insanely deep/perfect clear coat