Mike Phillips
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Cyclo Polisher Buffer Hands-On Detailing Classes at Autogeek
1958 Plymouth Fury - Show Car Makeover with Cyclo & Pinnacle
Step 1 - Clean car
As a personal best practice for myself and one I pass on to every person that attends our detailing classes is using a Waterless Wash to wash classics, muscle cars and street rods and of course I explain why in the class.
Using Pinnacle Liquid Crystal Waterless Wash with Carnauba to clean the 1958 Plymouth .
Step 2 - Inspect paint
When inspecting the paint we inspect for,
After removing the loose dirt it's time to inspect the paint by feeling it with our bare hands. The paint on this car was heavily contaminated.
Next we go over how and why to do the Baggie Test to inspect the paint.
The Hulk Technique
I like to show the Hulk technique for kneading a clay bar into a clay patty.
Step 3 - Remove above surface bonded contaminants
Then we go over the proper techniques for rubbing detailing clay over paint.
Inspecting after claying - now the paint feels smooth like glass....
After demonstrating the correct techniques for using detailing clay it's time for the class to beg busy. The paint is contaminated so everyone gets their own piece of clay to clay the paint.
Whoa.... who's that with the video camera?
1958 Plymouth Fury - Show Car Makeover with Cyclo & Pinnacle
Step 1 - Clean car
As a personal best practice for myself and one I pass on to every person that attends our detailing classes is using a Waterless Wash to wash classics, muscle cars and street rods and of course I explain why in the class.
Using Pinnacle Liquid Crystal Waterless Wash with Carnauba to clean the 1958 Plymouth .
Step 2 - Inspect paint
When inspecting the paint we inspect for,
- Above surface bonded contaminants
- Below surface defects like swirls and scratches
After removing the loose dirt it's time to inspect the paint by feeling it with our bare hands. The paint on this car was heavily contaminated.
Next we go over how and why to do the Baggie Test to inspect the paint.
The Hulk Technique
I like to show the Hulk technique for kneading a clay bar into a clay patty.
Step 3 - Remove above surface bonded contaminants
Then we go over the proper techniques for rubbing detailing clay over paint.
Inspecting after claying - now the paint feels smooth like glass....
After demonstrating the correct techniques for using detailing clay it's time for the class to beg busy. The paint is contaminated so everyone gets their own piece of clay to clay the paint.
Whoa.... who's that with the video camera?
