Category Archives: The Future of Detailing

Matte detailing class at Dr. Beasley's (September 2024)

60+ Photos from Dr. Beasley’s Matte Detailing Class at Dr. Beasley’s HQ

We recently hosted our first-ever detailing class devoted exclusively to matte finish vehicles and we’ve got the pictures to prove it! We’ve featured matte finish cars at countless detailing classes prior to this one, but this was the first we’ve hosted that focused on matte entirely. Led by our Authorized Trainer (and foreman for our […]

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Audi’s S8 Plus and Soothing Their Fear of Matte Paint

Journey Into the World of Matte One of our very first blog posts, many years ago, was about matte vehicles. We were surprised that so many people commented on it, and at the amount of questions about matte car care that came through. With so much uncertainty out there, we realized that products for matte […]

Matte Paint, Manufacturers, OEM,

The Detail: The Matte Surge in the World Today

Maybe it’s because I work in the industry of cars and automotive paint, but I thought that matte finished vehicles were more popular than they are.  I’ve spent the past few weeks in conversations with lots of different groups of people and the question of, ‘what do you do for work?’ comes around quite often. […]

best ceramic coating

The Best Nanocoatings Use This Technology

Nanocoatings have come a long way. Once relegated to the industrial and aerospace sectors, they now dominate surface protection in the auto detailing industry. But don’t take that dominance to mean all nanocoatings (also known as “ceramic” coatings) are perfect. Despite their popularity, most aren’t doing everything they can be to preserve the health of […]

5 Things You Need to Know About IR Curing

We’ve recently received a number of inquiries via Instagram (@drbeasleys) from detailers across the U.S. regarding infrared curing for nano coatings. Even though infrared is generally a pretty boring topic if you’re not a scientist, we’re going to spice it up by addressing it within the context of car detailing. To begin, we kind of […]

Why Dr. Beasley's Doesn't Use Graphene

Why We Don’t Use Graphene in Our Formulas

Every few years, the detailing industry finds a new “game changing” feature for ceramic coatings. In the late 2010s, it was all about “9H” hardness. Now the new buzzword is “graphene”.  You see it on labels. You hear it in product launches. You read claims about “heat dissipation”, “anti-static behavior”, increased durability, superior protection.  So […]

Matte Mercedes C63 AMG

…And You Thought You Couldn’t Detail a Matte Car

The days of “do not detail that matte car” are over thanks to some car care product industry innovation by Dr. Beasley’s. Read more as we follow a detail of a matte Mercedes C63 AMG with Designo Magno Alanite Grey paint.

White Mercedes-Benz coupe in auto detailing shop

Are Matte Cars Just A Fad?

We’ve been wondering, as matte paint care experts, are matte cars here to stay? As few as 10 years ago, a matte paint job could also be called a trailer park paint job. The flat finish looked like primer. To many, it meant that the owner of the car was financially incapable of giving their vehicle […]