Author Archives: Mike Phillips

1-Day Auto Detailing Class in Stuart, Florida with Mike Phillips
18
Dec
Auto Detailing Training Classes, Behind the Detail

256 Pictures from Mike Phillips’ 1-Day Detailing Class at Dr. Beasley’s in Stuart, Florida (Jan 2024)

Posted on by Mike Phillips

At the beginning of 2024 I hosted my first class of the year: a 1-Day paint correction and ceramic coating class at the Dr. Beasley’s “Operating Room” in Stuart, Florida. Usually when I do these classes I get a write-up with pictures up online within a month or two, but this one fell through the […]

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Starting your own detailing business
02
Oct
Auto Detailing Training Classes, Behind the Detail, Live Detailing Classes, Professional Detailing, Videos & Media

Starting Your Own Detailing Business | Interview with Reflectionz by Eric

Posted on by Mike Phillips

I have a very special guest with me today, Eric Robinson of Reflectionz by Eric Detailing. And what we’re going to do with this episode, instead of showing you how to work on a car, we’re actually going to tackle the topic of what is it like to start up your own detailing business, whether […]

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30
Sep
Auto Detailing Training Classes, Behind the Detail, Guides & Tips, How To

How to Teach a Car Detailing Class

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Teaching others any skill or trade—like auto detailing for example—is incredibly rewarding.  Anyone that wants to be a teacher needs empathy. That is, they need to be able to put themselves in other’s shoes and remember what it was like when they first started out.  With this mindset, you can share your knowledge with others […]

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Group photo of attendees from Mike Phillips’ 1-day auto detailing training course in June 2024
18
Jun
Auto Detailing Training Classes, Behind the Detail, Dr. Beasley's News, Videos & Media

185 Photos from Mike Phillips’ 1-Day Auto Detailing Training Course (June 2024)

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Are detailing classes worth the money? That is a great question. Watching YouTube videos and reading articles are a great way to gather a lot of information on all the different aspects of detailing cars. That said, NOTHING can take the place of attending a REAL, 100% hands-on training course. So the answer is yes! […]

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Classic red car concours detailing with best show ribbon
11
Jul
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, Paint Correction, Professional Detailing, Videos & Media

How to Detail a Car for a Concours d’Elegance

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Detailing a car bound for a Concours d’Elegance like Pebble Beach or Amelia Island is no easy task. How do you best preserve the original appearance? How do you handle washing? How should you approach paintwork correction on old school, single stage paint? I answer all these questions and MORE in this condensed reel from […]

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Ceramic coating a vintage car at a Mike Phillips detailing class.
17
May
Auto Detailing Training Classes, Behind the Detail, Dr. Beasley's News, Videos & Media

500+ Photos from Mike Phillips’ 3-Day Auto Detailing Training Class (May 2024)

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Congratulations to the May 3-day class! This class detailed 5 unique cars, including sanding 3 of these cars and also sanding, buffing and ceramic coating the 24′ Robalo Center Console boat. To get signed up for the next big 3-day class that includes paint correction, ceramic coatings, sanding to remove orange peel and extreme boat […]

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How to clean wool buffing pads
23
Mar
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, Guides & Tips, How To, Paint Correction, Videos & Media

How to Clean Wool Buffing Pads

Posted on by Mike Phillips

Wool pads are round buffing pads made from long fibers (typically lambswool) designed to remove deep scratches, heavy oxidation, severe water spots and sanding marks on automotive paints like single stage paints, basecoat/clearcoat paints and marine boat gelcoats. While they’re great for quickly removing heavy paint defects, their long fibers easily trap spent product and […]

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1970 Plymouth Superbird Paint Correction by Mike Phillips
14
Jul
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Featured, Paint Correction, Professional Detailing, The Detail, Videos & Media

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

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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 […]

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1965 Ferrari GTB 275 - Paint Correction Case Study from Mike Phillips
05
Aug
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, Paint Correction, Professional Detailing, The Detail, Videos & Media

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

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“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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