New Rolls Royce - Car Detailing Needed

[W211E320]

Hi,
I've read about the Rolls Royce production, that every finished Rolls is finally for not less than 2 days in the painter's shop - at the end of the process it is beeing polished by 2 man by hand for not less than 4 hours till the final acceptance test.
Here you can see that this isn't enough

[jhhodges]

Re: New Rolls Royce - Car Detailing Needed

Very cool. Thanks for posting this.

I wonder if Mike could arrange for a RR EWB Ghost for the Detailing 101 class on the 26th of January. That would be great.

M-m-m-m-m. Would even be better for the Advanced Class for some wetsanding practice.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: New Rolls Royce - Car Detailing Needed

It's doubtful that we'll have a Rolls for the first Saturday Class of 2013 unless one of the students drives their's down for the day! We'd be happy to work on it then



As to the video posted here, I was a bit excited to see this when it first aired on Fifth Gear earlier this year and was happy to see that no truly crazy processes, claims, etc were made for the paint correction. It was all fairly straightforward with excellent results, and Jonny Smith seemed genuinely impressed. I've also seen the program that showcased the Rolls Royce factory and was impressed with the lengths they go through to ensure the paint is a flawless as possible when it leaves the factory. But that's just the thing - once it actually leaves the factory there's no telling what can, and often does, happen to the paint. If the car spends any time sitting on a dealer lot it's going to get dirty. And that means it's going to get washed. And, usually, that means it's going to get some marring. Plus, sitting on the lot means exposure to airborne contaminants and, ultimately, the need to clay prior to buffing.

Having attended a week long Rolls Royce Owners Club meet in Florida a few years ago, with dinner held at a local RR/Lamborghini dealer, I can tell you that everyone who took our clinic as astounded at the condition of the paint on the $435,000 Phantom sedan in the showroom. Brand new, never titled, metallic black - and full of swirls. But the car was built in England, shipped across the Atlantic, transported to the dealer, and probably spent at least some length of time sitting outside like the rest of the inventory on hand. That can very quickly compromise all the hard work the factory did when the car was born. Sad to see, sure, but if the factory had taken the paint to a very high level in the first place, barring any serious damage it should be fairly straightforward to return it to that standard, as was shown in this video.

[W211E320]

Re: New Rolls Royce - Car Detailing Needed

To avoid any misunderstanding - a Rolls is an outstanding car
- really not entirely unacceptable, indeed.