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  1. Mike Hoekstra

    Fire vs. Blackfire Pro Ceramic Coating

    Well we had a garage fire in our house yesterday. Fortunately it didn’t spread to the house. I had a propane torch on the work bench that the handle melted on, plus two 5-gallon diesel containers for my tractor and a 2 gallon unleaded for my push mower under the bench where the fire originated...
  2. Mike Hoekstra

    Super soft finicky paint

    My project today took a bit to dial in. Test spots and finicky paint. Three test spots and the end result is a super soft clear coat. The winning combo is Dr Beasley’s NSP45 with a yellow BuffnShine polish pad to cut and Rupes Uno Pure with a Lake Country CCS black applicator pad to finish...
  3. Mike Hoekstra

    Dr. Beasley’s tube hack.

    If anyone else hasn’t done so already, I purchased a couple of these from Amazon for my Dr. Beasley’s tube products to get every bit. [emoji851]. A little trick from the oil painting artists if the world. [emoji439] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  4. Mike Hoekstra

    Detailing tools for other things

    I do custom painting as well and my KXK rid stix come in quite handy for leveling out spots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  5. Mike Hoekstra

    GMC Denali Ceramic Pro coated

    This week’s overhaul brought to you by the finest “swirlomatic” car wash money can buy. Paint correct and install a Ceramic Pro 9H silver package on this beasty including trim, wheels, glass, and PPF coating. I love this job. [emoji41] FYI to those who have not tackled one of these new GMC’s...
  6. Mike Hoekstra

    Dr. Colorchip on Chevy Cruze

    This was my offering to the detail gods yesterday - a 2015 Chevy Cruze. It was hammered from road salt and everything else. It got a hand wash, chemical decon, clay, and Blackfire One Step using Buff and Shine pads and my C-Beast. Dr. Colorchip was on hand to cure the front end road rash. Love...
  7. Mike Hoekstra

    Blackfire Pro Ceramic Coating test

    Bless me father for I have sinned as a detailer ON PURPOSE. :righton: I installed BLACKFIRE Pro Ceramic Coating, BLACKFIRE Crystal Coat Paint Coating on my wife's Buick Enclave last October after attending Mike Phillips' detailing boot camp and received it as part of the gift pack. It's had a...
  8. Mike Hoekstra

    11 year old Impala

    Today’s offering to the detail gods. Inside and out on a reliable 11 year old ride to show it some love. Dr. Colorchip getting it done on the hood road rash. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  9. Mike Hoekstra

    Dr. Beasley's Plasma Coat - time will tell

    Again, another product that my friend and I are pressure-testing under abnormal conditions. Dr. Beasley's Plasma Coat Nano Ceramic Car Coating is a cool product. 1 year + of protection with care and maintenance - recommended application of Advance Coat every 3-4 months to boost hydrophobic...
  10. Mike Hoekstra

    Pinnacle black label ceramic trim restorer

    Granted, the plastic was not completely hammered, but my friend's car lives outside 24/7 all year and he does maintain the exterior. We applied Pinnacle Black Label Ceramic Trim Restorer to them and the luster of the original black was returned. Nice product.
  11. Mike Hoekstra

    Dr. Beasley's Intensive Brake Dust Remover

    I'm a Dr. Beasley's authorized detailer. I am also a person who likes to "pressure test" products to see how they perform beyond what a recommended usage should be to discover how good they truly are. I disregarded the instructions of rinsing the wheel first on my friend's Subaru WRX STI to...
  12. Mike Hoekstra

    Primer for March 2-day class

    I finished reading Mike’s Marine 31 book, so I have a basic knowledge of what I am doing this March. I am very much looking forward to expanding my detailing services this year and growing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  13. Mike Hoekstra

    HAMMERED interior resurrection

    Well, where I live it’s a rural state so farm and field vehicles are plentiful. I was tasked to bring life back to this car that’s likely never been cleaned. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  14. Mike Hoekstra

    Family truckster

    This weekend’s festivities included an inside and out on a family truckster. She won’t win prom queen, but she’ll turn a few heads again. Now to sort and bag up all the stuff I shoveled out of it... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  15. Mike Hoekstra

    ‘71 Suburban single stage paint help

    Today’s offering to the detail gods. This thing has cool factor to the nines. Washed, decon’d, clayed, and buffed it out with Blackfire One Step. Lastly, I polished out the aluminum mags with Blackfire metal polish. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  16. Mike Hoekstra

    The difference between white and “white”

    Yesterdays first detail was a 15 year old pickup. Wash, decon, clay, and finish out with Blackfire One Step. See the line where I stopped buffing behind the cowl or the dofference between the finished box and unstarted cab? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  17. Mike Hoekstra

    Toyota Highlander coated

    This past weekend I coated our Highlander with Dr. Beasley’s nano-resin pro, plastic trim coating, and headlight coating. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
  18. Mike Hoekstra

    Flex "Pixie" PXE80 extensions and attachments?

    Does Flex, or any aftermarket company, make extension shafts for the Pixie? I love the tool, but could get more out of it if I had some extensions and other attachments.
  19. Mike Hoekstra

    Window cleaning trick

    My customer have had their vehicles to two different dealership detailers in town. Unfortunatley they streaked/contaminated the absolute hell out of the inside of their windows and I was contacted to fix it. To make sure I gave them a clean interior and exterior window detail with coating, I...
  20. Mike Hoekstra

    The simplest thing can gain a customer.

    I just wanted to share an experience I had today with a customer. I started up in July this year. I asked my customer how he had found me. He said a Google search. I was the SECOND phone call. The first detailer did not answer. He called me and it was my VOICE MAIL MESSAGE that gave him...
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