Tag Archives: mike phillips

The best car polishers for beginners
24
Jun
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, Guides & Tips, Paint Correction, Videos & Media

Best Car Polishers for Beginners (2024)

Posted on by Mike Phillips

The good news about polishing car paint in 2024 is there are a LOT of options when it comes to machine polishers for beginners starting out doing paint correction. The bad news? There are SO MANY options now when it comes to polishers and buffers that it can be VERY confusing. As a teacher of […]

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Mike Phillips detailing class
12
Dec
Auto Detailing Training Classes, Behind the Detail

587 Photos From Mike Phillips September 3-Day Auto & Marine Detailing Class (2024)

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Full Garage!I took the pictures below the night before the class. You’ll see 7 cars in the garage, and there’s 2 more cars parked outside for a total of 9 training cars for the first 2-days of this 3-day class. You’ll also see the 24′ Sea Hunt Center Console detailed on the 3rd day. If […]

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2024 Mike Phillips Detailing Class Recap
12
Dec
Auto Detailing Training Classes, Behind the Detail

All 33 Cars & 3 Boats Detailed in our 2024 Car & Boat Detailing Classes (Photos)

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Saturday, January 20th, 1-Day Paint Correction and Ceramic Coating Class 4 cars for this class, 2000 Honda CVR SUV Wet Wash Engine Detail Machine Scrubbing Exterior Plastic Bumper and Body Cladding Topical Glass Polishing to Remover Water Spots and Traffic Film 1970 Plymouth Cuda 440 After the Extreme Prep Wash for the 2000 Honda CRV, […]

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Mike Phillips polishing car wheel with power buffer
30
Jan
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To, Videos & Media

The Fastest Way to Clean & Dress Tires

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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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6 Tips to Detail a Car FAST for Date Night
14
Feb
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To

6 Tips to Detail Your Car Fast (For Date Night!)

Posted on by Mike Phillips

TRANSCRIPT Have you ever been in a situation where you got something coming up — it’s date night, or you got a car show — your car’s dirty, you don’t have a lot of time, but you want to get it looking as good as you can?  You know, you never have a second chance […]

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26
Nov
Auto Detailing Training Classes, Behind the Detail

50+ Photos from Mike Phillips’ Matte Detailing Class (November 2024)

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The goal for this class was to learn how to install a matte ceramic coating to matte paint to make money detailing cars or simply know how to detail your own matte finished car. We had 4 stellar people attend this class and 2 super cool matte finished SUVs for hands-on training. Here’s Shawn, an […]

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Flex FX3331 24V Gear-Driven Cordless Orbital Polisher Review & Unboxing
20
Nov
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, Paint Correction

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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Flex FX3321 Random Orbital Polisher Review
18
Nov
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Garage & Equipment, Guides & Tips, Paint Correction, Videos & Media

REVIEW: Flex FX3321 24V 15MM Random Orbital Cordless 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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Wet sanding with 3M Trizact system
08
Nov
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, Guides & Tips, How To, Live Detailing Classes, Videos & Media

How to Wet Sand Paint Using 3M Trizact System

Posted on by Mike Phillips

The 3M dry sanding system is actually what I consider like one of the safest sanding systems out there and especially if you’re brand new to sanding. One of the cool things about this system is you can use it by hand or machine. They make these in sheets. This is the 3000 six-inch disc, […]

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How to polish fiberglass gelcoat
07
Nov
Behind the Detail, Exterior Detailing, How To, Paint Correction

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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