Category Archives: Exterior Detailing

How to Clean Tires Faster
09
Sep
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, Guides & Tips, How To, Live Detailing Classes, Videos & Media

The Fastest Way to Clean Tires

Posted on by Mike Phillips

When it comes to getting severely neglected and dirty tires factory clean again, there’s the old-school way of doing it working by hand using a tire scrub brush and the modern way of doing it, and that’s machine scrubbing using cordless rotary polishers.   SAFETY WARNING: Because washing a car and cleaning wheel and tires falls […]

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Dr. Beasley's Gloss Hero
05
Nov
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Dr. Beasley's News, Exterior Detailing

Gloss Builder is Now Available!

Posted on by Victor Espeland

We’re proud to announce Dr. Beasley’s Gloss Builder is now available for purchase on drbeasleys.com! Gloss Builder is a coating prep spray designed to produce a deep, reflective shine prior to applying ceramic coatings. When used after paint correction, Gloss Builder creates a dripping wet mirror finish while adding anchor points for bonding, ensuring the […]

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Matte detailing class at Dr. Beasley's (September 2024)
16
Sep
Auto Detailing Training Classes, Behind the Detail, Dr. Beasley's News, Exterior Detailing, Matte Car Care, The Future of Detailing, Videos & Media

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

Posted on by Victor Espeland

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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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

Posted on by Mike Phillips

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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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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Mike Phillips hosting a live online glass polishing class for Dr. Beasley's
06
Sep
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, How To, Live Detailing Classes, Professional Detailing, Videos & Media

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

Posted on by Victor Espeland

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 […]

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Red classic car hood with detailing class promotion
02
Jan
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To, Live Detailing Classes, Paint Correction, Videos & Media

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

Posted on by Victor Espeland

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 […]

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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

Posted on 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 […]

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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

Posted on 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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Dr. Beasley's Matte Bead Hero
14
Apr
Behind the Detail, Ceramic Coatings, Exterior Detailing, Matte Car Care, Matte Ceramic Coating, Videos & Media

Matte Bead Hero is Now Available!

Posted on by Victor Espeland

Hot on the heels of our previous release, Bead Hero, we’re now proud to announce a new version for matte finishes, Matte Bead Hero, is now available! Matte Bead Hero is a new version of Bead Hero formulated specifically to protect and maintain matte finishes, whether it’s on paint, PPF or vinyl. So what makes […]

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