Category Archives: Paint Correction

How to Polish Black Paint
13
May
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How to Polish Black Paint for a Show Car Finish

Posted on by Victor Espeland

There’s a saying in the detailing world: “Black isn’t a color — it’s a full time job.” There’s a lot of truth to this statement, as black paint on cars is notoriously difficult to maintain. It’s not because it’s any more sensitive than other paint colors, but rather because it shows scratches and swirls more […]

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Car polisher and diamond with "Hard or Soft?" text
14
Jun
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How To Tell If A Car Has Hard or Soft Paint

Posted on by Victor Espeland

How hard or soft a car’s paint is affects what processes, tools, pads and products you’ll need to achieve your paint correction goals. The question is, how do you know the difference? In this edited clip from a recent LIVE detailing class, our Chief Education Officer Mike Phillips explains his method for telling the difference […]

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10 Tips for Speeding Up Your Paint Correction Process
02
Apr
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10 Tips for Faster Polishing from Expert Mike Phillips

Posted on by Mike Phillips

Polishing the paint on a car can take a long time, especially if you’re a beginner. If you’re working from start to finish — washing, decontaminating, polishing and protecting — it can pretty much take up an entire day, sometimes even longer.  Don’t believe me? Let’s tally up the time it takes to do a […]

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How to Remove Water Spots from Automotive Paint
23
Aug
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How to Remove Water Spots on Car Paint | Beginner’s Guide

Posted on by Mike Phillips

Transcript Today we’re going to talk about water spots. I would say that, besides swirls and scratches, the other most common annoying type of defect in your paint that people absolutely hate, and it makes your car look ugly, are water spots. Now, water spots come from different types of chemicals in the water and […]

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How to polish fiberglass gelcoat
07
Nov
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How to Polish Fiberglass Gelcoat

Posted on by Mike Phillips

Gelcoat protected fiberglass is a common surface material on things like boats, yachts, RVs and car hauling trailers.  Like paint, however, fiberglass gelcoat will oxidize and stain overtime if not properly maintained. In this article, I’ll show the correct way to remove oxidation and staining from fiberglass gelcoat by machine polishing.  For this article, I’ll […]

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Flex FX3331 24V Gear-Driven Cordless Orbital Polisher Review & Unboxing
20
Nov
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REVIEW: Flex FX3331 24V 8MM Gear-Driven Orbital Polisher

Posted on by Mike Phillips

Read My Other 24V Flex Polisher Reviews! This is the second of three reviews for the new 24 volt FLEX polishers.   Below are the links to the other two tool reviews.  As I worked through using these tools, making videos, and writing these reviews, you can watch the transformation and extreme makeover to the […]

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How to wet sand black paint to remove orange peel
23
Sep
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How to Wet Sand Black Cars to Remove Orange Peel

Posted on by Mike Phillips

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, […]

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How to Remove Holograms from Car Paint
16
Oct
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How to Remove Holograms from Car Paint

Posted on by Mike Phillips

We’re going to talk about holograms and swirls. And some people think they’re the same, but they’re kind of different. And I always tell people it’s important that we understand what the words mean so when we talk to one another, whether it’s online or in the real world, we really have a clear idea […]

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Carbon Fiber Spoiler Close Up
05
Jun
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Polishing Carbon Fiber

Posted on by Victor Espeland

Learn how to polish carbon fiber to make it as crystal clear as glass using a carbon fiber glaze. Polishing carbon fiber has never been easier.

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Can a DA polisher remove sanding marks?
18
Sep
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Rotary vs. DA Polishers: Can You Use DA Polishers To Remove Sanding Marks?

Posted on by Mike Phillips

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 […]

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