Thread: Swissvax'ed: 5 Day Restoration of a 2006 Rolls Royce Phantom

This 2006 Rolls Royce Phantom was booked for a complete restoration of all Exterior and Interior surfaces. Initially I didn't realize how big this car was... but after I got started working on it I realized what I was in for! For this reason I quickly got to work and didn't have a chance to take any before pictures... (not to mention i had left my camera's SD card at home the first day!) It was decided that the car was in need of a 2 Stage Paintwork Correction using Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Strong followed by Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Medium.

Here's one picture I managed to take during polishing Preparations.




Before Seal Feed:



After Seal Feed:





On the first day I was able to complete the complete cleansing of the Engine Bay and Exterior Surfaces, leaving the car prepared for claying the following morning. Day 2 consisted of claying the entire exterior surface, preparing the car for polishing, and I was able to get about 1/2 way done with the First Polishing pass with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Strong. Day 3 consisted of 14 hours of straight polishing, and I was able to complete the First and Second Pass with Cleaner Fluid Medium, application of a single layer of Swissvax Crystal Rock Wax, as well as complete the engine bay.




Day 4 I began working on the Interior, Starting with a thorough vacuuming of all the Interior Surfaces, Followed by Cleaning every square millimeter of Leather Upholstery, which took 8 hours on it's own!

Here's how the Interior looked on the morning of Day 4, Before cleaning of any sort.











Cleaning every single square Millimeter of Leather with Swissvax Leather Cleaner Forte



Left Side of the seat has been cleaned, Right side has not



Underneath the door panel



Center Armrest (Swissvax Leather Healer is on order to fix the dye wearing off)



50/50 of the Rear Bench



On the Final day, The owner decided he no longer liked the look of these hand-painted numbers on the rear doors, So he requested that I remove them. I made a "Shroud" to prevent splatter from flying to the finished paintwork around the numbers. I removed the numbers using a 3M 3000 Grit Trizact 3" pad attached to my PC machine, and finished it thereafter with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Strong and Medium, and topped the polished section with another layer of Swissvax Crystal Rock




And here's the finished result after 5 long days!

And the Finished Interior!

Here's the list of products used during the process completed on this car

-P21s TAW
-1Z Blitz
-1Z W99
-1Z Windscreen
-Sonax Full Effect
-#0000 Steel Wool


Swissvax:
-Car Bath
-Engine
-Protecton
-Seal Feed
-Engine Shine
-Paint Rubber (Yellow)
-Quick Finish
-Cleaner Fluid Strong via FESTOOL ShineX w/ SV Strong (Orange) Pad @ Speed 5-6
-Cleaner Fluid Medium Via FESTOOL ShineX w/ SV Black (Gloss) Pad @ Speed 6
-Swissvax Paul Dalton's Crystal Rock Wax
-Nano Express
-Cleaner Fluid Regular
-Autobahn PTFE Wax (Wheels)
-Pneu Glossy
-Waschpudel
-Black Puck Applicator
-Black wax applicator
-Micro-Absorb (Red)
-Micro-Polish (Blue)
-Micro-Fluffy
-Pneu Brush
-Detail Brush
-Wheel Brush
-Metal Polish
-Aquapel

Interior:

-Leather Cleaner Forte
-Plastic Wash
-Leather Milk
-Protecton Matt
-Nano Express
-Crystal
-1Z Blitz
-Quick Interior Finish
-Wood Polish
-Cleaner Fluid Medium

Damn that car sure pops for being silver/grey! Awesome work.

Great work! Looks Fresh!

Great job!! I never realized how big these cars were either until one pulled up behind my S4 at a gas station and made my car look like a Fiat...

That hood mustve taken HOURS

that looks so good. amazing job!