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Category Archives: How To

How To detailing videos, articles, examples and more.

Showcar & Concours Detailing | Live Online Detailing Class with Mike Phillips

Detailing cars for shows and Concours d’Elegance events can be intimidating — after all, you’re literallly being judged on your work. Thankfully, Mike Phillips is here to make it all accessible to even the beginner detailer. Watch this recording of a live detailing class Mike hosted covering showcar detailing on a unique 1960 Plymouth Valiant […]

How to Remove Swirls w/ AIO | LIVE Online Detailing Class with Mike Phillips

When you’re polishing a car, you’re not always going to be doing a multiple stage paint correction followed by ceramic coating application. Sometimes you need results faster — and that’s where AIOs come into play. “AIO” stands for “All-In-One”, and it refers to products that can polish and protect paint in a single step. In […]

Removing Holograms | LIVE Online Detailing Class with Mike Phillips

Dr. Beasley’s Chief Education Officer Mike Phillips and his trusted video expert Yancy Martinez hosted another live detailing class this week covering how to remove holograms when polishing automotive paint. For those who don’t know — holograms are a unique type of scratch pattern with a 3D appearance, and they’re caused by improper use of […]

Mike Phillips hosting a live online glass polishing class for Dr. Beasley's

How to Polish Glass | LIVE Online Detailing Class with Mike Phillips

Glass polishing is very different than paint polishing — it uses different pads, different techniques and can be quite messy. That’s why our Chief Education Officer Mike Phillips picked it as the first topic for our weekly series of live online detailing classes hosted at the new Dr. Beasley’s Operating Room in Stuart, Florida! For […]

Announcing Weekly LIVE Online Detailing Classes with Mike Phillips

Calling all car enthusiasts and detailers! Dr. Beasley’s is proud to announce a series of exclusive live detailing classes led by the renowned Mike Phillips every Wednesday starting September 6th at 3PM CT/4PM ET/1PM PT. These online classes are FREE, stream to YouTube and Facebook and offer an hour of live, interactive instruction on a […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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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 […]

New video from Rad Garage on maintaining Nano-Resin Pro

Nano-Resin Pro Maintenance Treatment on RAD Garage’s Audi SQ5 ft. Bead Hero

Recently we shared a dreamy cinematic YouTube video from creator RAD Garage, showing channel owner Rick’s process installing Dr. Beasley’s Nano-Resin Pro ceramic coating on his daily-driven Audi SQ5. Now, two weeks later, Rick has posted a ceramic maintenance video that’s every bit as gorgeous as his last. Featuring a maintenance wash and an application […]