Redoing the WOOD on a RR Silver Spirit & Weird BROWN STAIN on the Seat? PART 41

[@andyovenstone9305]

i don't understand why your RR videos are not doing well.. i look forward to them more than anything else on YT!

[@pepzi_]

I have to admit I skipped this series after watching the first video. Didn't seem interesting at all, but after watching this one I'm hooked, having watched up until episode 22 in the last 48 hours. Wish I had given it a chance from the start, but on the other hand I have lots of hours of great quality content to binge now! :)

[@NatureOkie]

Yeah the attention span is dwindling, generation by generation. We baby boomers, can sit through reruns, for hours! A simple 45:06 you Tube video is a piece of cake!

[@ping5092]

I think a lot of it comes down to younger folk not being so interested in cars, they'd rather watch what they perceive as a simple quick fix on a small piece of technology as you get the result within one video. I'd say that your interests change with age, until I could drive I didn't have much interest in cars myself. These days I love watching car restoration videos, very satisfying and the process is interesting!

[@rondickson1491]

Vince, you’re doing a great job with the rolls. No, some things may not be original, but you are bring her back to life rather than ending up in a junkyard. Love these videos. Best wishes from the USA!

[@markbradley1975]

Vince, you are doing so well with this car. It must be remembered that you’re not a qualified car mechanic, furniture restorer etc. so you are doing an amazing job with the car. You continually inspire me with your videos. Keep up your great work.

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

You should give yourself a big pat on the back Vince that car looks beautiful. Compared to how it looked and how it was overall when you first showed it to us it looks absolutely wonderful. We also know how much effort and work you put into it to fix it properly no bodge jobs everything done superbly with new parts where required. The best part is you can feel reassured if you wanted to sell it, that you have done an extraordinary effort in repairing this car and you could pass it on to a new owner without fear that it's just a surface job and in fact it's a very in depth repair all round. A brilliant work in repair Vince, made more exceptional knowing that you didn't get a great number of views compared to your other fix it videos. No Vince you have persevered with this car and have achieved a remarkable outcome. It looks terrific. I personally love these Rolls fix it videos, I like the fact it's outside, they are wonderful videos.

[@petepure3387]

Good on you for "Having a Go". The before and after on the seats alone was incredible. Truly inspiring.

[@TheGeezzer]

RR door cappings are lacquered not varnished, hence the smooth as glass finish. Anyway, you're not doing too bad Vince!

[@bengelman2600]

He said lacquered the very first time about it in the video. 0:27

[@howsthis4aname]

Thank you ... I was going to point out the very same fact .

[@NatureOkie]

the "between layers" for lacquer is alcohol. with a French Polish final. ( watch an antique furnitures how to for French Polish technique)

[@NatureOkie]

varnish Top Coats are quite thinned before applying. hence, there are a few structural base layers

[@AcornElectron]

So funny looking at these comments when it’s basically a question of viscosity and application technique.

[@S3ARCH_N_D3STROY]

I’ve watched every one of your videos on the channel Vince but the rolls Royce ones are my favourite. This particular video I’ve been waiting for, can’t wait to see the end result on the wood 😁

[@boastyy]

That patch looks like a repair with leather filler and they have not sanded it down properly. I would sand it down to remove the ridge and if needed use some more leather filler and dye to blend it in. Worth getting a kit and you can repair your front seat the same time mate. If you take your time and follow the instructions the results are really good.

[@MikeB_UK]

It is looking a ton better. Leather repair is slow and tedious. I had a cream leather lounge suite given to me that had lots of cracks like your seats. I just wanted it to look ok for house sale photos and people looking round. After trying with coloured leather cream I ended up getting some cheap emulsion match pots and mixing up a matching shade and using that on the cracks before using feed to blend it in. At the end you wouldn't have known. Sounds bizarre but worked. I remember years ago one of my grandparents changing the colour of some of her shoes by buying leather shoe paint you could get in the 70's. Great work as always.

[@MrAsBBB]

I think Vince has encapsulated what is graft and intelligence. If you have the deep desire to repair something 9 times out of ten with a lot of effort, and think about it, you will. I just love it. As my dad worked as a toolmaker at mulliner park ward he would be so proud. This brought back the pictures of him sitting in all of the Rolls Royce cars when he retired in the 90s. So well done. All the best

[@byteme9718]

I hope he wasn't there at the end. It was carnage with staff stealing or destroying everything they could.

[@TomMannCenturia]

Love your dad's watch, a classic my grandad had one that looked the very same.

[@M1LAD81]

Haha, I used to have a blanchard's factory right next to my home, it became empty probably about 20 years or so ago and was demolished to make way for swanky apartments, with a penthouse at the top. 😢 nice work on the Roller, Vince!

[@TheSkaldenmettrunk]

The wood on the doors look really really good to me. As I mentioned before: I love wood. Also the leather seat is looking much better by now as do the leathet doors. Really nice.

[@jamiefors5062]

Get job Vince on those trims, they look great. As a 16 year old lad (37 years ago lol) as an apprentice French polisher, one of my first jobs was on a car interior. You won't achieve the same finish but its looks great, well done

[@shanesoule3774]

You definitely can see a difference in the work that you do!! I've been enjoying this series on the RR. Keep up on the good work!!!!

[@bobp6742]

I rebuilt a dolomite sprint many years ago and had to revarnish the woodwork, I just sanded all the old varnish off that wouldn't flake off then varnished, came up as good as new.

[@brutlern]

The Royce is really starting to roll.

[@Mymatevince]

Nice one Nandi 👌

[@liamisic911]

A couple of vids on youtube about seat restoration, think you have to sand all the cracks out then re dye with the leather dye. Definitely coming along nicely!

[@aidanisan]

i love your commentary Vince can't wait to see the Rolls looking like it just rolled out the factory back in '88

[@Mymatevince]

Nice one, I'll settle for it just rolling at the mo😂

[@arnaudmilner238Wildbillhickock]

Vince My father was a journeyman painter. When painting wood keep your strokes going in 1 direction only and only with the grain of the wood when using anything but water paint. Oils and varnishes and lacquers and stains must all be applied going with the grain of the wood only. Always use low grit sand paper 1st and go from low to high when sanding wood. Also don’t forget to use a sealer after you have finished staining the wood so that moisture doesn’t get into the wood again. Now about the leather seats to clean leather get a leather cleaner and leather softener lotions and apply to the leather to clean it and add oils back to it. Leather is cow skin and over time it will dry out . I am a leathersmith and I have worked with leather. To keep leather supple and soft it has to be treated with leather oils every so meant years to keep it soft and smooth and supple. Now reguarding the stain on the drivers seat it looks like someone tried to stain it with brown stain and stopped when they put it on it. I don’t think you will ever get that out of the leather. That may be permanent? Hope this helps you. Alright governor.

[@JAY61ish]

Wood looks great.. don't worry about tying to get a factory finish.. they probably sprayed it on coat after coat. Then lacquered it a few times and maybe even french polished it. it's just layering and smoothing each coat..

[@byteme9718]

Three coats and then sanding/polishing.

[@cantliff9]

The Chloride battery label triggered a childhood memory, used to pass by the factory near home when my dad drove me to his

[@pauldavies6037]

Another fantastic job from Vince a true Pro amateur

[@sean9595]

You are doing a cracking job Vince when you have time I would like you to come and clean my car LOL. Keep up the good work

[@lowenslow945]

Another top class, entertaining and informative video Vince.I think we all want you to have the best Rolls in the country - and you won’t be far off !!

[@KingstownUkes]

You can still get a great finish with an oil based varnish, just takes a bit longer. An advantage is the colour, it really enhances the wood grain. RR probably just used the same clear lacquer they did the top coat on the paintwork with. Meths is fine to clean between coats, in fact it is advised. I would be using 240/320 grit between coats , you need to bring the high points down to an equal level, then get the finish coat. I would probably be thinning the varnish a little for the finish coats and trying to lay long coats with as little brush work as possible. Love the channel Vince, very helpful and just very entertaining.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks for the tips Kingstown👍

[@byteme9718]

This car never had a clearcoat over the external paint. The wood was finished with polyester.

[@KingstownUkes]

@@byteme9718 ok thanks, Im a furniture guy so not up on my car painting. The Rustins Plasticote Vince mentioned would of been a closer finish then? For the layman working in those conditions though, the varnish is probably the best approach, although Id of been tempted to use a 2K rattle can.

[@byteme9718]

​@@KingstownUkes Plasticote is internal uses only so wouldn't be suitable. The interior of car sees massive changes in temperature and humidity so that rules out many finishes. The product he's using can give good results but he's just making complete pigs ear of it. Not removing the wood is sheer lunacy and even more so when he's had it off previously so he knows it's not time consuming or difficult. He missed all the veneer defect repairs and the staining. While saying that the product he's using will work, it will take upwards of 20 coats with several sanding operations in between so perhaps 5 coats initially followed by sanding a good solvent wipe and then another five coats and so on. The original factory polyester was three coats followed by sanding and polishing. Building this coating takes time because it cures through a reaction with oxygen that begins at the surface and works its way through. If another coat is applied too soon it will attack the one below it and even if you get away with that too much thickness too quickly will slow the overall cure. With the number of coats required it's best to allow a day between each and then maybe three to five days before trying to sand. This is why the factory polyester was so good because the polyester application was all done within about fifteen minutes. Your suggestion of 2K is a good one and it gives great results but takes time and at least two sanding operations. The only way to sand is with the wood off the car so all the surface area can get equal attention. It's impossible to this, especially when the f*cking lock button surround is in site. The limitation with this products is that it's a clear so nothing like as stable as a heavily pigmented paint when building thickness. Even the factory polyester had a limited life as it too was prone to yellowing and cracking. Yacht varnish was never meant to be built to massively thick levels and as with most products you want the least you can get away with. More makes it prone to chipping and cracking ad of course the wood in a car moves with temperature and humidity. We used to apply one coat of polyester on the reverse side to provide a seal because when you don't the edges fail first. Rolls-Royce never bothered to do this so the first failure you see is around the instrument apertures when the coating starts to lift. I really hope Vince learns from this and admits to himself this is foolishness. The wood trim is a main feature of the interior and should be treated accordingly. He needs to remove it all, strip off what he's applied and start from scratch.

[@KingstownUkes]

@@byteme9718 I think you are being a little harsh, I'm not sure a concourse restoration was the point of this series of videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and I get how it can be frustrating watching. Vince did ask for help in the replies though. He can still get a great result if he carries on, I'm pretty sure all cars before the invention of polyester, late 60s maybe?, would of been an oil or spirit based varnish. If he does decide to start again, would the polyester route need a spray setup or can it be hand applied? A hard block sanding and a buff on a wheel or do you think a hand drill would be enough, that stuff is pretty hard. Could it be done on your Dads driveway? Genuine question mate as I'm interested myself. Have you ever tried the Konig repair kit for polyester, used to have to use it about 20 odd years ago to varying degrees of success.

[@Tokaisho1]

Starting to look so smart, being an old car it’s ok to not expect perfection, as the car has been through a lot, I think you’re doing amazingly

[@smikee]

Thoroughly enjoying this series Vince.

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you Mike 😎

[@ArtistAnnex]

Loving how the RR is coming together

[@abdulhkeem.alhadhrami]

I am really proud of you Vince, this is really starting to look awesome!

[@carpingdownsouth7082]

I So love this series !! No interest in cars, but always jump straight on a new release of this series…

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you😎

[@Radiocruncher]

Hi Vince. I’ve followed this series with great interest and haven’t missed a single episode. I’ve not got a Rolls but enjoy messing with cars when Mrs Cruncher breaks them. You have done an amazing job on the Rolls and I admire your persistence tracking down and rectifying problems. Keep up the great work and fingers crossed for the MOT. All the best Graham

[@wmoule]

An old Rolls seems like a such a cool care to work on and take around the town. The car is never going to be pristine unless you go full on ££££ restoration, the seats look great for what you had to work with on a budget restoration.

[@sp523]

Great progress Vince! I liked your video very much.

[@CTCTraining1]

Vince, you are working really hard on this car and getting a lot done ... my only concern is if you taken it for an MOT report yet so you don’t get a sudden bit of bad news which might undo some of your hard work.

[@dodgydruid]

Back when I did the only nut and bolt restoration on my burgundy Triumph Dolomite 1850HL, I did wax poetical on the woods as I felt the standard beech finish didn't quite work with the interior so I bought some walnut burr veneer and using a Reader's Digest big book on fixing stuff I veneered all the door cappings and the dashboard sections then sealed it in with some high quality yacht varnish I got from a chap who worked for a superyacht maker and I put about 20 coats with fine sanding in between each coat and them woods looked like they had been encapsulated in crystal glass. She was truly a beautiful car, I lovingly put about 200 deep wax coats on her flawless paint, I had the chromework done to a London chrome standard, Sprint alloys, vinyl roof with full webasto, not one part of that car was left untouched then my kid brother borrowed it, got a puncture on the Blackwall tunnel approach so without thinking he goes to the boot pulls out my 3 ton trolley jack, slaps it under car and lifts away, changes wheel and then drives off giving it back to me saying the tracking was out as it was weaving about a bit. So taking it down to me mates who put it on his lift, we hoisted the old girl up and he looked chagrined when he asked me to have a look for you see my brother just slapped the jack bang in the middle of the footwell ignoring the jacking point and in doing so ripped a quarter of the welds from the side of the car and mushroomed the footwell panel :( Was written off, it was like being mugged by a puppy and I never again did a top to tail restoration like that...

[@rorykelly8275]

Hi Vince, I used to work in a leather tannery called Eagle Ottowa based in Warrington, and yes we did indeed dye the leather bofore it was sprayed on a special machine which was state of the art to ensure exact even coverage.

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you Rory 👍

[@rorykelly8275]

@@Mymatevince The colour of the leather is close to the Mercedes Kiesel we used to produce. We could never secure the contract for Rolls Royce.

[@byteme9718]

Eagle tried to buy Connolly but the idiots who bankrupted it refused and Connolly failed.

[@rorykelly8275]

@@byteme9718 I’m sure his name was Norbert, an American chap, he used to export minis from the UK as a sideline

[@HA05GER]

​@@rorykelly8275RR very fussy a company I used to work for made the fabric for roof lining for an one off RR with the starlight ceiling. We billed it so even if we had to redo it 10 times we wouldmake profit. Very hard to get an immaculate run on a weaving machine especially with natural fibres like silkthat slightly differ in sizes across the length.

[@Rick_Hunter___]

Nice work mate 😃👍

[@johnhansen4550]

You are doing a great job. Let me again say that I would try and stop correct the paint on the car and look at some other youtubers for tricks to restore the paint. You have little to lose and much money to save in the process. The weather is best NOW for that process.

[@byteme9718]

The paint is f*cked and no one can save it.

[@stevendole5800]

Tack cloths are what you need for cleaning between coats

[@michaeldawson6565]

Love these RR videos hope u pick up another ride and keep it going when your done

[@johnwarr7552]

Someone has been into that seat before Vince - not easy to see exactly what has been done there on screen. In the first instance we would use just warm water and a clean soft rag then a foaming cleaner and SOFT brush doing smallish areas at a time. In the past I have actually priced jobs based on the number of rags I used :-) Take care with magic eraser - it is surprisingly abrasive.

[@byteme9718]

Few here have a clue but yes in everything you said,

[@johnwarr7552]

@@byteme9718 It is, after all, what we do for a crust :-)

[@byteme9718]

@@johnwarr7552 How often do we hear "how much?" 😂

[@vforvendetta7763]

tips and ticks on how to have your best meals ever... eat anything you want while watching Vince reparing stuff (bonus sauce if is RR video) XD

[@sicknote28]

The door tops will be lacquered buddy if you samd them down with 2000 and then machine polish them, they will look great. Keep up the good work and content buddy. I love the way you try different stuff all the time. That takes a lot of confidence. If you need a hand let me know.

[@dieselbushcraft1299]

Hi Vince, try Tack Cloths between sanding each coat. It’s basically a slightly sticky cloth that picks up debris such as sanding dust, should be available from most decent paint suppliers or automotive paint suppliers. It’s looking really great, just wait until that final day when it passes MOT and you can woft down the road.

[@smashyrashy]

I didn't know cloths could be tacked to something

[@ricardoiarossi]

Hold on, Let me pick up some popcorns to watch the best series ever

[@tomhobbies6888]

You are doing an amazing job . Wow that interior looks awesome.

[@TheJensenInterceptor]

We use a special brush on the leather made of natural fibres and this is so much better to get into the leather creases.

[@byteme9718]

That's good advice but you have to use a good quality one where the bristles are consistent. and even then you have to be careful when using a new one. All it takes is for one bristle to be harder and it scratches, at least with synthetic that doesn't happen,

[@BlackAdderall]

Looking great, Vince! 😃

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Sheryl 👍

[@richardgreene3460]

Lacquer thinner will remove ANY leather/vinyl dye. If there is heavy dye on the "harden seat", it will remove it. Crack filler will cover the creases in the seats! Then use the dye to do the entire seat! Amazing results. Also, a top coat over the dye will preserve the color! I have done over 30 cars! Love the therapy because of the awesome results! Your wood looks great in the video!

[@byteme9718]

Absolutely, years of crap products need to be removed to get back to the original hide.

[@S3ARCH_N_D3STROY]

Vince polishing lacquered wood is the same concept as bringing metal to a mirror finish. Start at a low grit wet and dry sandpaper and work your way up then hit it with a polishing pad. As you work your way up the grits it will remove more and more scratches. Remember your not polishing the actual wood your polishing the lacquer. Just need to build up a nice thick coat if you want that polished original look.

[@dodgydruid]

Been busy today continuing setting up my workshop, I have now the same heat station as yours and on my main workbench I have my Parkside 80w soldering iron with a phat chisel tip, next to it I have my Katsu soldering station with a medium conical tip and next to that is my recent arrival heat or rework station and I have a fine conical tip on that which today I bent to make a "crows beak". It will be put to work as next to the workbench is a stack of about 60 broken recent laptops a neighbour gave to me plus some other stuff like my Pioneer 6 CD player hi fi, my Denon mini hifi and some other bits n pieces... I even have a MMV approved blue silicone mat. On the other side of my daughters old bedroom I have a large computer desk which is my watchsmithing desk where I will do my watch stuff, been getting in some nice stuff too, Seiko 7009 DX oval, Seiko 6119, Seiko 6106, Pulsar military spec Kinetic, Bell and Ross two register chrono, Bulova not-Accutron (it is an Accutron but not branded as one) and on my wrist is an Accurist prototype automatic Shockmaster :)

[@TheCod3r]

Can't wait to see this finished Vince. It's certainly coming along. Some would say it's been a wild ride 😜

[@Mymatevince]

😂 Nice one Phil, thank you👍👍👍

[@andrewcroberts1]

The ultimate take away I've had from both your work on this Rolls and my own on a Bentley is that yes, it may not be the same as it looked from the factory, but does it look better than it did before you started working on it? Absolutely. And that's really all that matters. I recently used vinyl wrap to 're-chrome' an interior strip on my car that was long since past it. It's not the same as re-chroming the metal itself, but it looks way better than it did. Just don't look too closely! Excellent job on the wooden waistrail btw. Looks superb!

[@davidsmith-ih2kk]

One more comment Vince. I don't know why you keep saying those doors look awful and the seats also, but from where I'm sitting looking through your camera lens they look lovely, that varnish looks positively wonderful and the cracks in the seat you have covered looks great. It's always harder to patch things up than to make new things from scratch. Vince take a bit more credit for a great job OK.

[@byteme9718]

You underestimate just how difficult retrimming these cars is. Repairs are often much easier.

[@cortx7]

Just what I was wishing for on a Saturday afternoon. A RR video from Vince. Keep up the amazing content!

[@michaelcook1923]

Vince should have used a steamer and a spung for the dye. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍👍👍

[@mikeallgoodjacob5983]

Hi, I also have a RR spirit ( Just reached Historic vehicle 40 years old ) only 55,000 mikes on clock, my door caps have also cracked only on drivers side , I understand it is the sun that dries it out, I have made some enquiries and Rolls use Mole Sable to varnish the capping Been told don’t use Yacht varnish . As not a good Finnish also you would have to sand all 4 caps to get the same colour for all the Capps. Sourcing Mole Sable is the problem as the one I have sourced is a Matt finish ( not gloss) so may have to go to Flying Spares ( Rolls/ Bentley spares)Re the correct product but think they will “have your trousers down on the price! So like you I have the dilemma as to the way forward, I also want to repair the caps in situ, as I understand they are difficult to remove ( door cards etc. ) so your U tube vid has been a useful “go too” to approach the problem, you certainly have taken on a big task restoring your Spirit, I am fortunate mine is immaculate for its age. I will keep following your progress best of luck they are beautiful when driving going right, the dozen side 12 miles per gallon! Thanks Mike Jacob Great Eccleston Lancashire.

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you Mike 👍👍

[@byteme9718]

Nonsense, the finish was a two part BASF polyester lacquer. Flying Spares won't have a clue but would probably take your wood to send to a specialist and add their costs on top. Attempting to restore them in situ is sheer idiocy so if you're not prepared to put in the effort, leave well alone.

[@adiposerex5150]

So glad you are doing videos on this process. It is very interesting and enjoyable.

[@swasle]

The scuffs on the corners of the seat backs/headrest are probably people grabbing that area to get in and out of the car. Top job mate.

[@Dave64track]

Nice work on the wood work and the leather seats they look amazing the whole care is coming together nicely now.

[@adrianwormald5652]

Usually they are lacquered, but you are doing a great job, some professionals use fine wire wool not sand paper, cant wait to see the Rolls finished you have made a silk purse from a sows ear lol....

[@byteme9718]

No professional would use wire wool to refinish this type of work as it is zero ability to level.

[@luisfreeman1526]

Fantastic. I’m going to be doing the wood on my shadow soon so I’ll be copying you. Cheers vince keep it up mate

[@byteme9718]

DO NOT copy this. Do it properly.

[@marcosislas4633]

Just a guess on the hardened leather. From a beginner working in leather. If you get leather wet and let it dry for a few days it becomes hard. My guess is that someone spilled a drink and with the cracks in the leather it was soaked up then hardened. My guess maybe coffee or dark cola was spilled. Love your contents and thank you.

[@keithshayle7027]

Another really absorbing video!!

[@coolissimo69]

Great work Vince, very good episode.

[@JohnBrightseo]

Hi Vince - I am really enjoying the R-R videos and I have done the wood on a couple of these cars. The tops are stained prior to spraying with polyester lacquer. You can build the lacquer up very quickly allowing only 30 minutes between coats. After a few days, it can be flattened off and buffed. Happy to share more info and pics if you want to get in touch.

[@golimonkey]

my favourite yt series

[@markpassey1248]

brilliant video i enjoy the Rolls so much!

[@chamoo232]

If you had removed the wood pieces from the doors, it would have allowed you to airbrush them instead of using a brush. That would have helped make them smoother far quicker and would have solved the brush stroke problem on the final coat.

[@byteme9718]

Not removing them is madness. Not an airbrush though, a small gravity feed would be better as it takes a fair bit of material to build the finish. 2K clear would be the best product.

[@stuartbrooks5734]

bit of a tip for you vince I was a chauffeur driving a rolls royce phantom with cream leather and my boss managed to get blue dye from his jeans on the seats he tried many companies with no success I managed to get some Williams Leather cleaner and it worked amazing if you can find some give it a try

[@devttyUSB0]

Oh wow! That wood looks so nice again!!

[@Mymatevince]

Thank you, hopefully with more coats of varnish it will look more like it did originally👍

[@Strontiumdog2000ad]

Loving this series, was thinking the varnish would have darkened over the years anyway, Always watch this with a coffee in my rolls Royce special my mate Vince mug 😎👍

[@Mymatevince]

Only a handful of those mugs were sold worldwide😂 So you have a bit of a rarity there!!!!!

[@RichGwilliam]

3:30 absolutely top dad moment there. "Hold on, I've had a bit of junk in the shed for a decade that would be PERFECT for this!"

[@wisher21uk]

Nice job Vince looking better then it did, it’s come on so well 😊

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Gary 👍

[@DuskHorizon]

17:10 that's framed really well on that door mirror. Take full credit, whether you planned that or not!

[@yorkshire6458]

For General cleaning I use the white sponges that have very good cleaning affects to all parts of the car some soapy water then dry it off,then I use the polish etc

[@felinecontrolled]

Tip for cleaning leather - try using magic eraser sponges, be careful as they're lightly abrasive but work well. Granted, you're dealing with a lot of wear and cracking that no amount to clean can fix.

[@gtaVsm]

the rr viedos are ur best 1s there the 1s that got me watching the channel

[@peterwilliams8922]

Tack cloth between coats, or at least a damp paper towel. 1200 wet n dry - used wet between coats too.

[@azmoz1321]

Door caps are looking good Vince , I can’t see you’ll every get a factory finish with a brush and doing them in situ but a few more coats and a very fine sand and polish they will look mint :-) I was gonna suggest saddle soap as one if your other viewers has already With the repair , I think if you glue some thin supple leather underneath the holes to give you a base to build up from Great video Vince keep em coming

[@GadgetUK164]

Brilliant work Vince! I got a bit nervous with the sanding leather llol - but it came out pretty well so far! The wood bits - wow, it's looking fantastic!!!! Amazing work on the seat backs and cracks etc.

[@Mymatevince]

Thanks Chris, it doesn't look as good in person as it does through the camera, but I will keep at it. In hindsight I wish I never started the sanding as it was looking ok before that 😂 I Vince'd it good and proper!

[@ruikazane5123]

The door wood trim ought to look similar to the dash. They must have darkened not only with age but the UV exposure. An alternative route could have been urethane (like paint clear coat). Talking about guitars, I had an opportunity to finish one up. The old, established way they do it there is use lacquer (Shellac chips in some thinner in the distant past) then layer them up, using some thinner on a cloth to "buff" it up when needed. Old school. You might have just gave me some more inspiration to play my own guitar, thank you!

[@colinfielder6695]

You're definitely going to keep this car when your finished!

[@marionwilliams4244]

Really enjoying the series, Vince. The car is really coming along. I have to say, though, that Yacht Varnish is the wrong stuff to use for the door caps. It's meant for exterior use and stays slightly tacky to resist the elements. The finishes used for guitar bodies would have been the way to go. Danish oil is fantastic stuff or a spray lacquer would also give a superb finish.

[@LeeJGold]

Vince you need to use heavy filler to fill the cracks, the seat may have had lots of filler already on base and then painted. But you fill and sand until its flat and smooth. Then airbrush the dye on top, about 2 to 3 coats. Mask up and do the piping. RR use a lacquer on the door caps.

[@LeeJGold]

You also need to use a Spirit based degreaser on the seats to remove the crap, a binder to bind loose fibers, then fill and sand, then spray the leather dye on. You can use a sponge but spray is nicer. If you do the whole car, take seats out and then no need to match the colour exactly. I love your shows and we have exactly same car. Yours a Spirit 1 and mine 2. Pretty much everything you have worked on mine has had same issues. You are my saviour.

[@Darknova2k7]

Vince that drivers seat has had a seat repair. What your seeing is the repair underneath. The brown is because you have removed the cream dye 😢

[@talon4x4]

The leather seats are coming out quite amazing especially considering they are 35 years old.

[@byteme9718]

Henry Royce: "Whatever is rightly done, however humble, is noble. The quality will remain long after the price is forgotten".

[@johnmaguire9305]

If you must use yacht varnish ( as opposed to lacquer), Le Tonkinois is the best. It’s not cheap but has a hard finish.

[@TechGorilla1987]

@43:36 - I once carried 20 pieces of 2x6x12 foot pressure-treated lumber in my wifes Lexus RX350. Not only do I know how to scuff up the back of a seat, I had to explain it to another human. Same vein - my ex-wife and I got a year old Honda Civic in 98. We took my young nephew to a railroad museum/tour/ride. We put him in the car seat to go home and he proceeded to put both feet on the upper part of the back seat (light grey cloth interior) and both of his shoes had tar pitch on them. Our first outing with the car and we had a permanent stain.

[@jamesearl5071]

Some great work 👏 and at a good price 👍

[@slaphead2965]

Hey Vince, back in the 80's they used to have those very fetching beaded massage seat covers. ...It's an option, no? 😜 Great work so far mate. 👍🇬🇧🙂

[@malibuman792004]

Oh man, I remember those. I even had them in my vehicle. Not as comfortable as you would think. Probably the reason I thru them away.

[@slaphead2965]

@@malibuman792004 lol very true. Wonder if you can still buy them? 😉

[@Mymatevince]

Haha, I remember them well. Very tempted now after looking at my paint job!

[@fishandreptileinfo]

Oh boy, I love theses videos Vince. I get all excited when you release one. thanks.

[@dDoOyYoOuUtTuUbBeE]

I would be so frustrated not to be able to access all the surfaces of the wood to proper clean, sand, paint and lacquer it. Definitely disassembling and working on a large clean table, away from the sun. Light sanding and cleaning between coats. Disassembly allows to buff it properly on a wheel to get that shine. Buffing takes out some coats, which is normal and why you apply many coats. And about this horrible plastic coating... Ox foot oil to feed leather.

[@wayne7939]

Your french polisher is the man to listen to re finishing, im only amateur, but if you brush it on youre applying far too thick a coating in one go. You need to build it up in layers(hence the cost of this type of work) flour paper between coats. I apply each coat with a lint free cotton pad (old shirt etc) and wipe after sanding with white spirit not meths. Mop the final top coat to bring out the shine . Realistically you should have done these cappings on the bench not in the Royce but there you go. Youre not going for concourse finish.

[@CR7hg]

Always nice to catch a vid when at work 👌

[@ShockingPikachu]

45:04 good old spit shining 😂

[@rebootpc]

Previous owner probably just had a sweaty bum hence the dark spot that absorbed it for years. Love the RR series Vince.

[@byteme9718]

What a stupid comment! Do you have a medical condition?

[@M1NDR34D3R]

If you do prefer the warm orange light temperature, there are much warmer LED lights available also. Not sure how easy it is to find in your specific sizes and connectors however.

[@erickvond6825]

The drivers' seat has had something spilled in it. I suspect something acidic like coffee or tea. That would definitely make the leather go hard. I would suggest using some saddle soap to bring it back as it works much better than some of the other leather care products. It's good for cleaning it too. I would dye it first though as it will adhere much better when it's dry. It soaks up more of the dye that way.