During the month of September, we posted some of the strangest cars to ever enter our detail shop to Instagram in a little something we like to call #WeirdCarWednesday. We’ve rounded up the four cars we featured below, along with a little history on each one. Enjoy! 1960 BMW 600 (AKA Isetta 600) In Europe’s depressed post-war economy, […]
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Oct
Oct
A ceramic coating not beading is frustrating, to say the least. But it doesn’t always mean you need a re-application. Years ago we put Dr. Beasley’s Glass Serum Pro on a beater Land Cruiser’s windshield, and the coating was never properly maintained after. Unsurprisingly, we saw zero hydrophobicity when we blasted it with water. We called it a […]
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Sep
Sep
9H, 10H – these numbers are thrown around constantly in the ceramic coating world. You might assume they’re numbers on the Mohs hardness scale. Actually, they correspond to ratings on the Pencil Hardness scale. So if a ceramic coating advertises a 9H hardness, it would (supposedly) resist scratching from a 9H pencil. It makes sense that this metric is the most talked-about when comparing coatings. People looking for […]
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Aug
Aug
Last Friday Simon’s Shine Shop hosted their second Ales & Details workshop and beer tasting with Dr. Beasley’s and Haymarket Brewery. If you haven’t heard of the event quite yet, check out these past blogs. So, as mentioned in the above blogs, the workshop portion of the event is conducted by Dr. Beasley’s (a.k.a. the folks […]
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Jul
Jul
Last Friday, Dr. Beasley’s and Simon’s Shine Shop (in partnership with Midwest Performance Cars and Haymarket Brewery) hosted their first ever “Ales & Details” workshop. What’s Ales & Details? It’s detailing and craft beers, together at last! If you need more explanation beyond that, read our preview from last week. And if you weren’t one of the lucky […]
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Jul
Jul
At Dr. Beasley’s we’re always looking for ways to support the car enthusiast community here in Chicago. So when John Neurauter of Haymarket Brewery brought his new car into Simon’s Shine Shop, we instantly saw an opportunity to bring together the worlds of beer and car care. No, we’re not packaging our car wash soaps in kegs, but we are hosting […]
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May
May
Yesterday Dr. Beasley’s was at the legendary Road America track in scenic Elkhart Lake, WI to attend the 2018 MAMA Spring Rally. Every year the Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) partners with Road America and OEMs like Dodge, Ford, Chrysler, Hyundai, and many more to provide journalists with an opportunity to test drive their latest and greatest so […]
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May
May
Now that we’re in the thick of spring storm season and summer showers are coming up, it’s important to remember just how essential having a ceramic coating for vehicle glass is. A quick refresher on this technology: ceramic coatings are nanostructured barriers with protective properties, ranging from hydrophobicity to UV resistance. One example would be Dr. Beasley’s […]
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Apr
Apr
If you follow Dr. Beasley’s on social media, you’ve probably read a thing or two about the Authorized Detailer Program we’ve been rolling out this past month. So what is this program, and why should professional detailers apply? Basically, it’s our way of approving professional detailers that want to advertise their services as installers of Dr. […]
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Mar
Mar
What a weekend! Just a few days ago the Dr. Beasley’s team arrived home safe in Chicago from the balmy climate of West Palm Beach, Florida. Why were we there? The 13th Annual Autogeek Detail Fest, aka Detail Fest 2018! This was our second year attending Detail Fest, so we knew we had really bring […]