Detailing Guides
Videos, articles, infographics and more on washing, polishing and ceramic coating.
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Articles and vides on how to maintain a matte finish car in its original appearance.
Mike Phillips
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Barn Find — 1965 Plymouth Valiant — RESTORED by Detailing Class at Dr. Beasley’s
This 1965 Plymouth Valiant was discovered in a Pole Barn in Macon, Georgia. It was [...]
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Mar
Mar
How to Avoid Swirls & Scratches in Your Car’s Paint
Now follow me. It takes hours to buff out a car. For example, this black [...]
21
Feb
Feb
How to Polish Vinyl Stripes & Graphics
Transcript Have you ever wondered if you can polish vinyl graphics? Well, I’m here to [...]
13
Dec
Dec
How to Maintain Mercedes-Benz OEM Matte Finish Paint
Download Matte Care Checklist In this video, we’re going to talk about the Mercedes-Benz Mango [...]
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Nov
Nov
Ultimate Guide to Polishing Cars | 2-Part Series
Part 1 Transcript Mike Phillips here and I am the CEO, or Chief Education Officer, [...]
04
Nov
Nov
How to Polish & Protect Stainless Steel Cars (ft. 1981 DeLorean)
Hey, Mike Phillips here, Dr. Beasley’s training center in sunny Stuart, Florida. This is where [...]
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Oct
Oct
How to Clean Tires | Beginner’s Guide
We’re going to talk about tire cleaning. In a previous video, we covered wheel cleaning [...]
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Oct
Oct
How to Clean Wheels on Cars | Beginner’s Guide
When it comes to cleaning your car’s wheels, a simple mistake could cost you thousands [...]
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Oct
Oct
How to Apply Ceramic Coatings | Beginner’s Guide
Transcript So, in this video, we’re going to cover how to properly install a ceramic [...]
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Sep
Sep
Beginner’s Guide to Engine Bay Cleaning | Step-by-Step Video Tutorial
When is the last time you cleaned your engine and engine compartment? In fact, when’s [...]
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Sep
Sep
How to Clean Windshields Inside & Out | Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide
Transcript You know, back in the 70s and the 80s and even into the ’90s, [...]
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Aug
Aug
How to Correctly Hand Wash a Car | Beginner’s Guide
TRANSCRIPT You know, the most common way we get swirls and scratches into the finish [...]
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Aug
Aug
Beginner’s Guide to Car Polishing
TRANSCRIPT Over time your car becomes filled full of swirls, scratches, water spots, and oxidation. [...]
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Aug
Aug
The Ultimate Guide to Polishing Compounds for Car Paint (2025)
Doing a major paintwork correction on a car with deep swirls, scratches, water spots and/or [...]
04
Jun
Jun
EGO Power+ 3200 PSI Pressure Washer | Complete Review & Guide
If you like to wash your car regularly, one of the handiest tools you can [...]
20
May
May
How to Remove Oxidation from Boats
There’s nothing like spending the day on your boat enjoying some relaxing time out on [...]
12
May
May
Pictures: Mike Phillips & Jason Rose 2-Day Detailing Class at the American Muscle Car Museum
This picture was taken after the final 2 cars were finished and the class was [...]
06
May
May
How to Use a Paint Thickness Gauge
A paint thickness gauge (PTG, also known as a coating thickness gauge) is an electronic [...]
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Apr
Apr
How to Use a Foam Cannon (Step-by-Step Guide)
Foam cannons are unique soap-delivery systems for washing cars. They spray layers of thick, sudsy [...]
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Apr
Apr
What’s the Difference Between Compound & Polish?
When it comes to paint correction on cars, people use the terms “compound” and “polish” [...]
02
Apr
Apr
10 Tips for Faster Polishing from Expert Mike Phillips
Polishing the paint on a car can take a long time, especially if you’re a [...]
02
Apr
Apr
400+Pictures – Dr. Beasley’s 2-Day Car Detailing Class
Here’s the graduating class for the February 2025 2-Day 100% Hands-on Detailing Class! NOTE: To everyone [...]
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Mar
Mar
How to Change Backing Plate on Bauer 8MM Short-Throw Random Orbital DA
Sometimes when you’re using a buffer to polish paint on a car it helps to [...]
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Mar
Mar
How to Lubricate Felt Ring on Harbor Freight Hercules Forced Rotation DA Polisher
The Harbor Freight Hercules Forced Rotation DA Polisher is an almost exact copy of the [...]
13
Mar
Mar
How to Clean an Engine Bay
Much like the outside of your car gets dirty over time, so too does the [...]
07
Mar
Mar
How to Restore Headlights by Hand Sanding
Gone are the days of the simple General Electric or Wagner brand round sealed beam [...]
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Feb
Feb
How to Restore Headlights by Machine Sanding
As I showed in my previous article and video, working by hand to sand off [...]
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Feb
Feb
6 Tips to Detail Your Car Fast (For Date Night!)
TRANSCRIPT Have you ever been in a situation where you got something coming up — [...]
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Feb
Feb
The Fastest Way to Clean & Dress Tires
When it comes to getting severely neglected and dirty tires factory clean again, there’s the [...]
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Jan
Jan
The 3 Basic Paint Correction & Ceramic Coating Packages Every Detailer Should Offer
Starting and running a successful detailing business has a lot of moving parts and it [...]
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Jan
Jan
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 [...]
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Dec
Dec
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, [...]
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Dec
Dec