Mike Phillips
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Dennis Gage - My Classic Car - Auto Detailing Shop
My long-time friend and bona fide car guy, Dennis Gage recently sent me some pictures of his Jaguar after he detailed it. For the last 9 years we've been shooting car detailing how-to segments for his TV show, "My Classic Car". After each shoot, we're always happy to leave some of the cool products we bring to the set with Dennis that he can use on his own car and motorcycle collection.
Collection of products from past TV shows
Dennis the Detailer!
She looks beautiful!
Nice!
Below is the e-mail he sent me along with the above pictures...
The SMPLWHWH detailing system
Mike,
It’s pronounced “Smuple-wa-wa”. Sort of like your TOGWa. It’s my patented SMPLWHWH (Stuff-Mike-Phillips-Left-When-He-Was-Here) Detailing system.
My Jag needed attention in general, but there were area in the paint that had always bothered me. The clear coat at the tops of the fenders and the corresponding hood edges had something akin to extreme orange peel, almost crinkled. I’m pretty sure it came that way from the factory. It wasn’t terribly noticeable, but you could definitely see it in the right light. In the right light, it wasn’t right!
I decided to go after it gingerly with Griot's Fast Correcting Cream, which I had left around from a previous Autogeek product shoot. Armed with my trusty Porter Cable (also previously left behind), I started polishing those areas, stopping frequently to make sure I didn’t go to far. I got braver as I went and was amazed that I was able to completely correct those paint flaws!
Next, I switched to a less aggressive pad and did the whole car in Blackfire One Step. I was really impressed with how long you could work this product and it wiped off easily, leaving a really nice finish.
Not knowing that this already had a paint coating property, I wiped down the car with Windex and then applied Pinnacle Black Label paint coating. There was nothing to the application, and car looked like a million bucks when I was done!
Based on your recommendation (and new product infusion), a couple days later I wiped it down again with “3D Wipe” Surface-Prep and then applied Pinnacle Black Label Surface Coating. That’s the first time I had used this, and I was very impressed with how easily it went on and came off.
Bottom line, the Jag didn’t look this good when it left the showroom floor back in 1999!! The only bad thing is that is looks so good I don’t even want to drive it. I just want to look at it! I’m sure I’ll get over that eventually.
Thanks for all the training, counsel and product! You are my detailing guru!! And I’m a better person for that. ��
Dennis
What a great story!
Thanks for sharing Dennis and your Jaguar looks beautiful!
:dblthumb2:
My long-time friend and bona fide car guy, Dennis Gage recently sent me some pictures of his Jaguar after he detailed it. For the last 9 years we've been shooting car detailing how-to segments for his TV show, "My Classic Car". After each shoot, we're always happy to leave some of the cool products we bring to the set with Dennis that he can use on his own car and motorcycle collection.
Collection of products from past TV shows
Dennis the Detailer!
She looks beautiful!
Nice!
Below is the e-mail he sent me along with the above pictures...
The SMPLWHWH detailing system
Mike,
It’s pronounced “Smuple-wa-wa”. Sort of like your TOGWa. It’s my patented SMPLWHWH (Stuff-Mike-Phillips-Left-When-He-Was-Here) Detailing system.
My Jag needed attention in general, but there were area in the paint that had always bothered me. The clear coat at the tops of the fenders and the corresponding hood edges had something akin to extreme orange peel, almost crinkled. I’m pretty sure it came that way from the factory. It wasn’t terribly noticeable, but you could definitely see it in the right light. In the right light, it wasn’t right!
I decided to go after it gingerly with Griot's Fast Correcting Cream, which I had left around from a previous Autogeek product shoot. Armed with my trusty Porter Cable (also previously left behind), I started polishing those areas, stopping frequently to make sure I didn’t go to far. I got braver as I went and was amazed that I was able to completely correct those paint flaws!
Next, I switched to a less aggressive pad and did the whole car in Blackfire One Step. I was really impressed with how long you could work this product and it wiped off easily, leaving a really nice finish.
Not knowing that this already had a paint coating property, I wiped down the car with Windex and then applied Pinnacle Black Label paint coating. There was nothing to the application, and car looked like a million bucks when I was done!
Based on your recommendation (and new product infusion), a couple days later I wiped it down again with “3D Wipe” Surface-Prep and then applied Pinnacle Black Label Surface Coating. That’s the first time I had used this, and I was very impressed with how easily it went on and came off.
Bottom line, the Jag didn’t look this good when it left the showroom floor back in 1999!! The only bad thing is that is looks so good I don’t even want to drive it. I just want to look at it! I’m sure I’ll get over that eventually.
Thanks for all the training, counsel and product! You are my detailing guru!! And I’m a better person for that. ��
Dennis
What a great story!
Thanks for sharing Dennis and your Jaguar looks beautiful!
:dblthumb2:
ennis Gage - My Classic Car - Auto Detailing Shop
