Category Archives: Live Detailing Classes

Which Cordless Rotary Polisher Is Best? Flex vs. Harbor Freight vs. Milwaukee

There are so many cordless (battery-powered) rotary polishers on the market today versus 10, even 5 years ago. With all these new options comes analysis paralysis, and I’m here to help YOU make an informed decision before investing in a new tool. It’s all here in this clip from one of my recent LIVE monthly […]

How To Tell If A Car Has Hard or Soft Paint

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 […]

New Monthly Live Class Coming Soon

Monthly Live Detailing Classes with Mike Phillips Coming Soon

Starting next month, Chief Education Officer Mike Phillips’ livestreamed detailing classes will move to a monthly schedule! Livestreamed to Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, Mike’s live classes are the perfect entry way into the world of detailing with lessons on everything from basic washing to advanced polishing. We’ll be announcing June’s class soon — make sure […]

1956 Mercury XM Turnpike Cruiser Detailed with Dr. Beasley’s Products Wins Amelia Island Award at The Amelia Concours d’Elegance

This past weekend a restored 1956 Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser — a rare 1-of-1 concept car — won the Amelia Island Award at the 2024 Amelia Concours d’Elegance after a full detail from a team led by Dr. Beasley’s Chief Education Officer Mike Phillips using exclusively Dr. Beasley’s products. Neglected to the point of decay following […]

How to Correct Gelcoat on Boats | Live Online Detailing Class with Mike Phillips

Much like you can polish the paint on a car to remove scratches and oxidation, you can also polish the paint on a boat. Over time, the protective gelcoat on a boat’s paint sustains damage from scratches, oxidation from UV exposure and environmental contamination. This can make the boat’s paint look dull and increases the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Live discussion of orange peel with Mike Phillips.

Talking Orange Peel with Mike Phillips

What is orange peel? Recently, for our weekly live detailing class series, Chief Education Officer Mike Phillips did a solo explainer on the topic of orange peel — what it is, why it happens, how to remove it, and why you probably don’t want to if you’re detailing with an OEM (factory) paint system. There’s […]

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 […]

How to Remove Bird Dropping Etching | Live Online Detailing Class with Mike Phillips

Bird droppings are a major annoyance for just about any car owner. They stain your paint finish, and if left to sit for long enough, eventually turn acidic, resulting in an etch mark or indentation in your paint that looks like a faint circle. At this point, only abrasive methods like polishing can level the […]