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    How to best make the car dirty... to wash it... ;)

    So, for my high school shop class, I need to effectively dirty some cars (with pretty bad paint jobs) so that the kids can wash them. It's hard to judge their performance if the cars are clean to begin with. I was thinking if I just has some fine powdered dirt I could mist the cars with water...
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    Help me teach my high school class- Auto Detailing 101!

    Just noticed that your 1-5 is basically the Meguiar's 5 step system... Which is what I used to teach, but I like the flow chart from Auto Geek better. More details... I'll refer to both.
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    Help me teach my high school class- Auto Detailing 101!

    Wow! That's an awesome reply. I've already started working on some of this. It has shown me where I have a few gaps. It has also shown me where I need to learn some stuff myself! The shop teacher is the jack of all trades. I also teach woods, but auto is my favorite and specialty. That said...
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    Help me teach my high school class- Auto Detailing 101!

    Hello everyone! So I have taught car washing, some buffing and polishing stuff in the past, but this year (with our new online Canvas course setup) I want to start from scratch. I teach high school auto shop in a high poverty area. For what it is worth, I teach a very low key, bread and butter...
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