Category Archives: Auto Detailing Training Classes

Mike Phillips detailing class

587 Photos From Mike Phillips September 3-Day Auto & Marine Detailing Class (2024)

Full Garage!I took the pictures below the night before the class. You’ll see 7 cars in the garage, and there’s 2 more cars parked outside for a total of 9 training cars for the first 2-days of this 3-day class. You’ll also see the 24′ Sea Hunt Center Console detailed on the 3rd day. If […]

2024 Mike Phillips Detailing Class Recap

All 33 Cars & 3 Boats Detailed in our 2024 Car & Boat Detailing Classes (Photos)

Saturday, January 20th, 1-Day Paint Correction and Ceramic Coating Class 4 cars for this class, 2000 Honda CVR SUV Wet Wash Engine Detail Machine Scrubbing Exterior Plastic Bumper and Body Cladding Topical Glass Polishing to Remover Water Spots and Traffic Film 1970 Plymouth Cuda 440 After the Extreme Prep Wash for the 2000 Honda CRV, […]

1 Day Detailing Class at Dr. Beasley's

Photos from Dr. Beasley’s 1-Day Auto Detailing Class (November 2024)

Back in November we hosted another 1-Day auto detailing class with our talented instructor Chistyan Velasquez! Students learned the fundamentals of washing, decontamination, paint correction, interior detailing and ceramic coating. We even had a student sign-up to take the IDA (International Detailing Association) Certification exam! Congratulations to everyone who attended and got certified. Ramiro Gonzalez […]

50+ Photos from Mike Phillips’ Matte Detailing Class (November 2024)

The goal for this class was to learn how to install a matte ceramic coating to matte paint to make money detailing cars or simply know how to detail your own matte finished car. We had 4 stellar people attend this class and 2 super cool matte finished SUVs for hands-on training. Here’s Shawn, an […]

How to polish curved surfaces

How to Polish Curved Surfaces on Cars

Here’s where we’re at so far with this car. I’ve actually washed it. I did a prep wash with Dr. Beasley’s Prep Wash, clayed it, and then I’ve machine polished all of the paint except for this side of the hood. And so that’s what I’m going to do next. I’m just going to polish […]

Can a DA polisher remove sanding marks?

Rotary vs. DA Polishers: Can You Use DA Polishers To Remove Sanding Marks?

Livestream Transcript So today’s topic is a question I’ve been asked all my life, well, all my detailing life. Can a DA polisher or a random orbital polisher be used to remove sanding marks? For example, this 1992 Chevy just got a custom paint job. It’s got a lot of orange peel. We’re going to […]

How to wet sand black paint to remove orange peel

How to Wet Sand Black Cars to Remove Orange Peel

Transcript So what we’re going to do today is we’re going to show hand wet sanding to remove orange peel, surface texture, and then this car actually has fish eyes and DIP, which stands for dirt in paint. A lot of times, you know, if you’ve got a shoddy paint booth or a contaminated shop, […]

Group photo from Dr. Beasley's 3-Day Auto & Marine Detailing Class with Mike Phillips - November 2023

600+ Photos From Mike Phillips’ 3-Day Auto & Marine Detailing Training Class (November 2023)

From Friday, November 10th to Sunday, November 12th, we held our first full 3-Day Auto & Marine Detailing Class here at the Dr. Beasley’s O.R. or Operating Room in sunny Stuart, Florida as part of the “Future of Detailing” education series. Over the course of the three days, students detailed six cars and one boat. […]

Group photo of attendees from a February detailing class, showing participants and instructors standing together after completing hands-on automotive paint correction and coating training session

400+Pictures – Dr. Beasley’s 2-Day Car Detailing Class

Here’s the graduating class for the February 2025 2-Day 100% Hands-on Detailing Class! NOTE: To everyone that attended this class, if you would like the full size resolution of any of the pictures in this write-up, just shoot me an email and I can get it for you. Full size resolution will print out best for […]

The Ultimate Guide to Polishing Pads

The Ultimate Guide to Polishing Pads

In the world of detailing, few topics are as confusing as polishing pads for buffing paint. With so many different kinds of materials, designs, sizes and shapes, it’s hard to know what to use and when. In this condensed version of a recent livestreamed detailing class, I explain ALL the different kinds of pads from […]