Car detailing articles by Mike Phillips

Here's some articles that may help you out.

Mike.Phillips@Autogeek said:
Photography and Working with Pictures on the Internet

New - How to use Image Tags to insert a photo


New - Photography 101 - The low down front grill shot


How to create dedicated albums in your photo gallery...

If you're going to be a "Forum Person" on ANY forum, help yourself by learning how to work with picture on the Internet

How to resize your photos before uploading to a photo gallery - Using Easy Thumbnails

Handiest little picture viewer tool I've been using for years now...

How to upload a photo into your Autogeek Photo Gallery

How to insert an image from your photo gallery into your message

How-To capture swirls, scratches, etchings and other surface defects with your camera

How-to work with pictures on discussion forums

How to crop out the fluff and resize your pictures! - Using FREE online software!

Photobucket and Missing Pictures
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New to the forum and this thread is my lifeline. Never knew there was so much to detailing. It's an endless supply of knowledge. Just started a couple of months ago and I haven't stopped researching yet! Thanks Mike for all the valuable and priceless info!
 
JamesBCo6 said:
New to the forum and this thread is my lifeline.

Never knew there was so much to detailing. It's an endless supply of knowledge. Just started a couple of months ago and I haven't stopped researching yet!

Thanks Mike for all the valuable and priceless info!
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You're welcome and welcome to AGO! :welcome:


Sad thing is, I have not updated this thread for 2-3 years. My guess is I have at least 300+ articles on just about every topic and tool that's not listed.

Actually "editing" the first post on this thread is a humongous task with all the hundreds of lines of BB Code. Had to as the Admin to set the maximum allowed number of characters available in a single post 2-3 times as it grew.

I'll get to it some day....


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Oh goodness...more reading! Let me tape my eye lids open now :). But seriously Mike, you are truly inspirational and just know that us newbies truly appreciate the time and effort you put into your reviews and articles. My ears are actually smoking now from endlessly searching this site for hours on end! Time to call it a day!
 
JamesBCo6 said:
Oh goodness...more reading! Let me tape my eye lids open now :).

But seriously Mike, you are truly inspirational and just know that us newbies truly appreciate the time and effort you put into your reviews and articles.

My ears are actually smoking now from endlessly searching this site for hours on end! Time to call it a day!
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Thank you for the kind words.

I have not updated the "list of articles" for probably 2-3 years. Since the last update I probably have another 300 to 400 articles.

It would take all day to locate each article and then code the text to update the first page of this thread.


Just no time....


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Mr. Mike Phillips..

I loveeee your articles..for me a newbie, its all do-able and logical..
I mean you provide knowledge that can even make me as a newbie have a feeling like "Oh..yes i can do this..its not so confusing after all, dont overthink it"

Questions..
In this thread on post#53, you updated the new articles..did all those new articles, now already appear on page 1? or i still have to scroll to post#53 to access those valuable knowledges?

By the way..
I did my first thread on the "Ask Mike Phillip your detailing questions".
I am hoping for an opinion and insight from you Mr. Phillips

Best Regards
 
jeffreyp said:
Mr. Mike Phillips..

I loveeee your articles..for me a newbie, its all do-able and logical..
I mean you provide knowledge that can even make me as a newbie have a feeling like "Oh..yes i can do this..its not so confusing after all, dont overthink it"
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That's the primary goal. To use a writing style that's easy to understand and that the person reading the article can take the information they learned and successfully put it into practice in their garage or driveway.


jeffreyp said:
Questions..
In this thread on post#53, you updated the new articles..did all those new articles, now already appear on page 1? or i still have to scroll to post#53 to access those valuable knowledges?
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Great question.

I'm sorry to say I have not updated the article list on page 1 for 3, 4 maybe 5 years. Since then I'm confident I've written hundreds of more articles.

It would take an entire day to compile a list of all the articles I've written on this forum and then CODE a new updated page with links to all th articles.

The last time I updated the list I had to go into the settings for the forum and increase the character count to some ridiculous number so all the words/characters required to create a list in Code View, (not WYSIWYG view), so the forum could display the list.

So to answer your question, the only list is the first post in this thread.


jeffreyp said:
By the way..
I did my first thread on the "Ask Mike Phillip your detailing questions".
I am hoping for an opinion and insight from you Mr. Phillips

Best Regards
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I'll locate your thread and answer your questions right now.


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Mike Phillips said:
That's the primary goal. To use a writing style that's easy to understand and that the person reading the article can take the information they learned and successfully put it into practice in their garage or driveway.
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Keep doing what you do Mr. Mike..
sure you have helped to educate a lot, proof a lot and make a lot of differences to car owners out there..
6months ago me still not knowing autogeek and your articles..im just that guy who wash my car the same way like i wash my dishes and gee i didnt know the difference between wax and compound back then..i just thought that well since both stuff are oily..it is good for my car..:nomore:


Mike Phillips said:
Great question.
I'm sorry to say I have not updated the article list on page 1 for 3, 4 maybe 5 years. Since then I'm confident I've written hundreds of more articles.

It would take an entire day to compile a list of all the articles I've written on this forum and then CODE a new updated page with links to all th articles.

The last time I updated the list I had to go into the settings for the forum and increase the character count to some ridiculous number so all the words/characters required to create a list in Code View, (not WYSIWYG view), so the forum could display the list.

So to answer your question, the only list is the first post in this thread.
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Well Mr.Mike..im sure every autogeek fans like me, surely will hope that we can view all your articles compiled nicely on page 1..
But I understand that you are a busy man with alot to do..
well..anyway its not that bad actually, this thread only have 2pages for now..but im sure it the articles will keep adding up, and we will learn new stuff :dblthumb2:

Best Regards
Jeff
 
Sir, I could not find a thread for my specific question. I am interested in finding a quality hand held foam sprayer to spray a thick layer of soap foam on my vehicles. I have researched Gloria foam sprayer, IK foam sprayer and other brands on the interweb. Do you have a recommendation?

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bhonshell42 said:
Sir, I could not find a thread for my specific question.
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Sorry for the late reply, I was offline while on vacation in Oregon.

This thread you're posting to... I have not updated the list of articles I've writtine for at least 4 years. It's incredibley time consuming and mostly because I've probably written maybe 200, 300 new aticles and it takes time to CODE the links to update the thread.

Sorry.... it's on my to-do list but I never get to it.






bhonshell42 said:
I am interested in finding a quality hand held foam sprayer to spray a thick layer of soap foam on my vehicles.

Do you have a recommendation?

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Yes. I recommend the one I use and I use it a LOT!


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Once you use a foam gun to wash your car (or truck), you'll never wash without it again!


On Autogeek.com


All Foam Guns at Autogeek

Note there are two sizes of foam guns. There is the 1 quart model and the half gallon model. For this article I used the 1 quart model and with the 1 quart model I am easily able to wash the entire outside of my full size Chevy truck without running out of soap solution.


Here's the specific model I used...

McKee's 37 Quart Foamaster Foam Gun



And here's the high sudsing car wash I used. If you're like me and you wash your cars a lot then I'd recommend getting the gallon jug.


McKee's 37 Xtreme Foam Formula Auto Shampoo - 16 ounce

McKee's 37 Xtreme Foam Formula Auto Shampoo - 1 gallon



And I HIGHLY recommend you read this article. Don't just scan it but read it or you'll be paying to have a fender repainted like I share in the article.






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How to use a foam gun by Mike Phillips
 
PaulMys said:
Yeah, I'm thinking more like 20 Mike. ;)
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Ha ha...

The thing is, after about 8 years I just created dedicated forum groups for all my how-to articles and reviews.

How to articles by Mike Phillips

Product Reviews by Mike Phillips





All a person has to do is wade through the hundreds of articles and reviews. :D

And for the most part, all my "reviews" are also how-to articles.


As I type today on Saturday, March 20th, 2021

684 how-to articles
301 reviews

Total: 985 - I'm 15 away from 1000


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