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Category Archives: Behind the Detail

Dr. Beasley’s Matte Paint Coating Named Best Matte Finish Detailing Product

CHICAGO — Dr. Beasley’s Matte Paint Coating, the pioneering ceramic coating formulated exclusively for matte finish vehicles, was named “Best Matte Finish Care Product” in Pan The Organizer‘s 2023 Car Detailing Product Awards. Pan The Organizer, an influential YouTuber in the automotive detailing community, meticulously evaluated and scrutinized a wide range of car care products […]

How to Photograph a Car for Detailing

Taking good photos of a car while you’re also detailing it is a challenge. It’s hard to figure it out on the fly, especially when you’re in the middle of an intensive process like paint correction. So when it comes to sharing pictures of any cars, trucks, vans or SUVs you detail, here’s a few […]

Mike Phillips featured in Issue 17 of Pro Detailer Magazine

Mike Phillips Featured in Pro Detailer Magazine

Dr. Beasley’s Chief Education Officer, Mike Phillips, was just featured in the latest issue of Pro Detailer Magazine with a deep dive into glass polishing. As you may know, Mike was instrumental in the development of NSP GL, the new Nano Surface Primer for glass, helping us finalize the formula with his expert feedback. Mike’s […]

How to Take Pictures of Swirls, Scratches & Etching in Car Paint

In the car detailing world, whether you’re the detailer or the customer, it’s vital to capture the before condition of the paint for a number of reasons: 1: To document the current condition of the paint. 2: To determine which steps and how many steps to perform to remove the paint defects and restore a […]

Dr. Beasley's Bead Hero beading water off Tesla paint.

How Does Bead Hero Hold Up After Six Weeks With No Washing?

Sky’s The Limit Car Care recently published a new video demonstrating the hydrophobic performance of Dr. Beasley’s Bead Hero after six weeks on a daily driven Tesla Model Y that wasn’t washed until just before they started shooting. As you can see in the video below, the water starts beading up as soon as Cory […]

1970 Plymouth Superbird — Part 2 — Machine Sanding & Polishing Rare Back Window with NSP GL by Mike Phillips

WARNING: Machine sanding, especially when dealing with glass, is an aggressive process and should only be undertaken by an experienced individual, whether enthusiast or professional. Proceed with caution if attempting. In Part 1, 1970 Plymouth Superbird – Paint Correction with Dr. Beasley’s, I shared the process I used to do all the paint correction and […]

1965 Ferrari GTB 275 - Paint Correction Case Study from Mike Phillips

1965 Ferrari GTB 275 — Hologram & Deep Scratch Correction with NSPs by Mike Phillips

“The most difficult paint correction job for any detailer is taking a finish that already looks good to an even higher level.” Abrasive Technology – the MOST important factor In the car detailing world, it’s both common and easy to take a severely neglected finish, do the necessary paint correction and show DRAMATIC before/after pictures […]

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Removing Windshield Swirls, Scratches & Wiper Marks on a ’69 GTO with Dr. Beasley’s NSP GL by Mike Phillips

Perfecting glass to match perfecting the paint I’m fortunate that I get asked to detail a lot of classic American Detroit Iron, cars built before the 1980s when a lot of changes took place, like chrome bumpers being replaced by color-matched plastic bumper covers. Blech. Most of the cars I work on are the kind […]

1970 Plymouth Superbird Paint Correction by Mike Phillips

1970 Plymouth Superbird – Paint Correction with Dr. Beasley’s by Mike Phillips

When it comes to buffing out cool cars, so cool that you might only get to work on one of these cars in your lifetime, I call these Bucket List Cars. This is such an instance. This is a 1970 Plymouth Superbird but not just any Superbird, this is one of 58 built that came […]

Renowned detailing instructor Mike Phillips corrects a Superbird using Dr. Beasley's NSP Z1.

Dr. Beasley’s Hires Legendary Detailing Instructor Mike Phillips as Chief Education Officer

Mike joins the Dr. Beasley’s team to lead new classes, help develop products and produce educational content. CHICAGO — Dr. Beasley’s, the premium auto detailing product manufacturer, is proud to announce the joining of Mike Phillips as their new Chief Education Officer. Mike Phillips is a legendary detailing instructor famous around the world for his […]