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1-Day Auto Detailing Class in Stuart, Florida with Mike Phillips

256 Pictures from Mike Phillips’ 1-Day Detailing Class at Dr. Beasley’s in Stuart, Florida (Jan 2024)

At the beginning of 2024 I hosted my first class of the year: a 1-Day paint correction and ceramic coating class at the Dr. Beasley’s “Operating Room” in Stuart, Florida. Usually when I do these classes I get a write-up with pictures up online within a month or two, but this one fell through the […]

Mike Phillips detailing class

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

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 […]

2024 Mike Phillips Detailing Class Recap

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

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, […]

The Ultimate Guide to Polishing Pads

The Ultimate Guide to Polishing Pads

In the world of detailing, few topics are as confusing as polishing pads for buffing paint. With so many different kinds of materials, designs, sizes and shapes, it’s hard to know what to use and when. In this condensed version of a recent livestreamed detailing class, I explain ALL the different kinds of pads from […]

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

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 […]

Flex FX3311 24V Cordless Rotary Polisher Review

REVIEW: Flex FX3311 24V Cordless Rotary Polisher

Read My Other 24V Flex Polisher Reviews! This is the one 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 […]

Flex FX3321 Random Orbital Polisher Review

REVIEW: Flex FX3321 24V 15MM Random Orbital Cordless Polisher

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 […]

Flex FX3331 24V Gear-Driven Cordless Orbital Polisher Review & Unboxing

REVIEW: Flex FX3331 24V 8MM Gear-Driven Orbital Polisher

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 […]

How to polish fiberglass gelcoat

How to Polish Fiberglass Gelcoat

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 […]

Wet sanding with 3M Trizact system

How to Wet Sand Paint Using 3M Trizact System

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, […]