How to... detailing videos !!!
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I agree:dblthumb2:
Infinitiman
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Hey it's video, everything is scripted lol. Those "how to clean wheels " always get me.
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Blackthorn One
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Yes, they always seem to be done with wheels that are only lightly dusty, like they were washed 3 days ago. It you want to show how well your wheel cleaner or wheel cleaning tool works, at least use a dirty wheel, as in one without wheel wax or sealant on it that has been driven for at LEAST 2 weeks, if not 3 or 4.
Ohio Detailing
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Really good point, but as a business, their main objective overwhelmingly isn't to educate as much as sell - which it should be. I see where you're coming from though, 101%! 
Mike Phillips
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All the cars I've worked on in all the videos we've shot here have had swirls in them if the video is about removing swirls.
Here's an example usign a post I just made to page 2 of this thread,
Video: All about the FLEX-3401 Forced Rotation Dual Action Polisher
I saw a thread recently where someone was complaining about videos using cars without swirls or problems? All the cars we use in our videos have shiny paint but they also have swirls you just have to be near the car in person to see them UNLESS the camera guy knows what he's doing and purposefully films the true condition of the paint.
The car we used for the Flex DVD was a AMG Mercedes-Benz and it was completely swirled-out. The video will show this and I also took pictures
Removing Swirls out of Ceramiclear Paint
Had a 2006 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG with some swirls in the Ceramiclear Finish.
Hey! Here's some shiny paint!
Hey! If you were in the studio with me standing over the "paint" with a swirl finder light here's how the shiny paint really looked...
Mike Phillips
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Here's the Corvette I used with the video/DVD I made with Matt Steele,
Here's the DVD
Pinnacle Complete Car Care System Instructional How-to DVD
The Pinnacle Natural Brilliance How-To DVD has been updated with the latest techniques. Mike Phillips and special guest Matt Steele demonstrate how to use Pinnacle products to create a sizzling shine.
Here's a thread that shows how the above Corvette REALLY LOOKED! I know, I buffed it out...
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1966 Corvette Stingray - Machine Polish & Machine Wax
Note I buffed this Corvette out AFTER we made the video so I wouldn't return the car back to the owner with only one section of paint fixed.
Before
After
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Here's the DVD
Pinnacle Complete Car Care System Instructional How-to DVD
The Pinnacle Natural Brilliance How-To DVD has been updated with the latest techniques. Mike Phillips and special guest Matt Steele demonstrate how to use Pinnacle products to create a sizzling shine.
Here's a thread that shows how the above Corvette REALLY LOOKED! I know, I buffed it out...
:laughing:
1966 Corvette Stingray - Machine Polish & Machine Wax
Note I buffed this Corvette out AFTER we made the video so I wouldn't return the car back to the owner with only one section of paint fixed.
Before
After
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Mike Phillips
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I could do this all day, (post pictures showing the swirls in the paint in the cars we used for videos), but I'm not going to because I always have lots to do.
The point being, the primary focus of a video is to share technique.
Why?
Because most people watching a how-to video are trying to learn what to do when they go out into their garage.
Thus showing technique, the way you use the tool, could be done on paint in bad condition or good condition. It means more if you show the before and after results on paint in bad condition but technique "could" be shown on any condition of paint.
The first video I made is a full-length DVD showing how to buff out a car from start to finish on a swirled-out 1960 Corvette. It's completely filled with tips and techniques I use when I buff out a car. It was made in 2006 and it's still available from Richard Lin at ShowCarDetailing.com and other places on the Internet.
Note I don't make a dime on this DVD as I made it when I worked for Meguiar's without their permission and in order to keep my job I had to promise to stop making videos on my own time and turn the rights over to the DVD to Richard.
But to my knowledge, this DVD Richard and I made is the ONLY video ever made using the same car from beginning to end, that was in horrific condition and we put a show car finish on it and shared all the steps needed to do the job.
We've discussed shooting a similar DVD here at Autogeek but it is incredibly time intensive and to be honest, once you show how to use any polisher to one section, the rest of that step is just repeating that procedure to the rest of the car and most people won't watch it because it's repetitive.
If you want techniques, and not repetitiveness, here you go and even if the cars look "shiny" in the pictures or videos, the paint still had defects that can only be seen when purposefully filmed using a video camera. All the cars used in the below videos had paint in bad condition.
Video: Tips for using a Rotary Buffer and the Flex 3401 on vertical panels
Video: How to use the Cyclo Polisher to remove swirls
Video: How to buff tight areas plus concave and convex curved panels by machine
Video: How to remove shallow RIDS and how to machine apply both a paint sealant and a finishing wax
Video: How to tape-off car trim before machine polishing
Video: How to use the Cyclo Model 5-Pro Polisher to remove swirls
Show Car Garage Video: How-To do a "Section Pass" when Machine Polishing with a DA Polisher
Autogeek's Show Car Garage New Product Showcase - Optimum Hyper Compound
Video: How to do a Test Spot using the Flex 3401
Show Car Garage Video: How detailing clay works and how to use detailing clay to remove above surface bonded contaminants
Show Car Garage Video: Optimum Hyper Polish
Show Car Garage Video: How to use the Cyclo Polisher to remove swirls and scratches
The point being, the primary focus of a video is to share technique.
Why?
Because most people watching a how-to video are trying to learn what to do when they go out into their garage.
Thus showing technique, the way you use the tool, could be done on paint in bad condition or good condition. It means more if you show the before and after results on paint in bad condition but technique "could" be shown on any condition of paint.
The first video I made is a full-length DVD showing how to buff out a car from start to finish on a swirled-out 1960 Corvette. It's completely filled with tips and techniques I use when I buff out a car. It was made in 2006 and it's still available from Richard Lin at ShowCarDetailing.com and other places on the Internet.
Note I don't make a dime on this DVD as I made it when I worked for Meguiar's without their permission and in order to keep my job I had to promise to stop making videos on my own time and turn the rights over to the DVD to Richard.
But to my knowledge, this DVD Richard and I made is the ONLY video ever made using the same car from beginning to end, that was in horrific condition and we put a show car finish on it and shared all the steps needed to do the job.
We've discussed shooting a similar DVD here at Autogeek but it is incredibly time intensive and to be honest, once you show how to use any polisher to one section, the rest of that step is just repeating that procedure to the rest of the car and most people won't watch it because it's repetitive.
If you want techniques, and not repetitiveness, here you go and even if the cars look "shiny" in the pictures or videos, the paint still had defects that can only be seen when purposefully filmed using a video camera. All the cars used in the below videos had paint in bad condition.
Video: Tips for using a Rotary Buffer and the Flex 3401 on vertical panels
Video: How to use the Cyclo Polisher to remove swirls
Video: How to buff tight areas plus concave and convex curved panels by machine
Video: How to remove shallow RIDS and how to machine apply both a paint sealant and a finishing wax
Video: How to tape-off car trim before machine polishing
Video: How to use the Cyclo Model 5-Pro Polisher to remove swirls
Show Car Garage Video: How-To do a "Section Pass" when Machine Polishing with a DA Polisher
Autogeek's Show Car Garage New Product Showcase - Optimum Hyper Compound
Video: How to do a Test Spot using the Flex 3401
Show Car Garage Video: How detailing clay works and how to use detailing clay to remove above surface bonded contaminants
Show Car Garage Video: Optimum Hyper Polish
Show Car Garage Video: How to use the Cyclo Polisher to remove swirls and scratches
truckbutt
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Xactly!The point being, the primary focus of a video is to share technique.
Why?
Because most people watching a how-to video are trying to learn what to do when they go out into their garage.
Thus showing technique, the way you use the tool, could be done on paint in bad condition or good condition. It means more if you show the before and after results on paint in bad condition but technique "could" be shown on any condition of paint.
Webb
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Thanks for the feedback Mike,but those pictures are from swirl marks and scratches and such things instructions,for that you need to wash the car 1st,obviously you're are not going to remove swirls on a dirty car or wash the car to show how to remove swirls...
You could always combine technique + real life elbow grease too,like show a video on how to use a 2 bucket method and also teach the proper way to wash and dry a vehicle.other example would be wash a dirty wheel/tires followed by sealing the wheel and dress the tires .Then you could use a light color leather and show how would you bring back to it's original color etc...There will be always a newbie trying to learn.
I just think we need more Les Stroud type of videos and leave the Bear Grylls videos alone.
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You could always combine technique + real life elbow grease too,like show a video on how to use a 2 bucket method and also teach the proper way to wash and dry a vehicle.other example would be wash a dirty wheel/tires followed by sealing the wheel and dress the tires .Then you could use a light color leather and show how would you bring back to it's original color etc...There will be always a newbie trying to learn.
I just think we need more Les Stroud type of videos and leave the Bear Grylls videos alone.
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bmwgalore
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Exactly, get a muddy Jeep fresh off the woods and get to work.
I love the vids as much as the next guy, but modeling a brand new Camaro or a brand new corvette won't cut...
That's why I love the forum reviews here, it's always a beaten up pile turned into something great!
The magic you see users do in those filthy interiors
(Look at the KIA thread going on now)... Mind blowing. I'd like to see these kind of videos on AG.
I love the vids as much as the next guy, but modeling a brand new Camaro or a brand new corvette won't cut...
That's why I love the forum reviews here, it's always a beaten up pile turned into something great!
The magic you see users do in those filthy interiors
(Look at the KIA thread going on now)... Mind blowing. I'd like to see these kind of videos on AG.
Mike Phillips
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For the DVD with the Camaro and the Corvette Matt and I did wash and dry the car and in the process shared tips, techniques and tool. :xyxthumbs:
You could always combine technique + real life elbow grease too,like show a video on how to use a 2 bucket method and also teach the proper way to wash and dry a vehicle.other example would be wash a dirty wheel/tires followed by sealing the wheel and dress the tires .Then you could use a light color leather and show how would you bring back to it's original color etc...There will be always a newbie trying to learn.
I just think we need more Les Stroud type of videos and leave the Bear Grylls videos alone.
Great suggestions...
:xyxthumbs:
SuperiorAutoLLC
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It's been posted elsewhere in the forums, but my business made a how-to video about cleaning car carpets; to save time, we started with a floor mat pulled out of a junkyard and cleaned that just as a small example. Here's the YouTube link: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdOQYmYkYhc]How To Clean Car Carpets - YouTube[/video]
SuperiorAutoLLC
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Professional looking video,thanks mang.
Thanks! There are more currently in production.
Blackthorn One
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That is a phenonmenal video, but one thing I noticed is that the tech completely missed some of the edges during the agitation process. I was thinking, ugh, doesn't he see that??lol That aside, it's a very well presented and informing video. It really broke it down thoroughly. For an instructional video, it gets a 9.9 out of 10. (If he didn't miss the edges it would be a 10)