Mike's cool detailing cart - brand name?
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I dunno if that was an autocorrect--that's Blue-Point.
If this is the one you are talking about:
https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...detailing-cart-autogeeks-show-car-garage.html
The link doesn't work anymore--try here: https://store.snapon.com/Service-Trays-Service-Tray-Under-Hood-Rolling-P647886.aspx
It also comes in all black: https://store.snapon.com/Service-Trays-Service-Tray-Under-Hood-Rolling-Matte-Black--P741291.aspx
Hopefully I'm not going to get banned for updating a link Mike already posted.
You might also want to look at these products sold at Autogeek:
https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...iling-cart-review-mike-phillips-autogeek.html
https://www.autogeekonline.net/foru...riots-garage-detailing-cart-autogeek-com.html
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Interestingly enough... I have an article on this car and it's titled like you titled your thread.
The Cool Detailing Cart in Autogeek's Show Car Garage!
Also just to note, the way I found it was I typed the below into Google and it came up as the first link
The cool detailing cart in the show car garage mike Phillips
I have found the fastest way to find any of the articles I've written over the last 15 years is to type a few key words PLUS my first and last name into Google and in most cases, multiple articles will pull up.
Interestingly enough... I have an article on this car and it's titled like you titled your thread.
The Cool Detailing Cart in Autogeek's Show Car Garage!
Also just to note, the way I found it was I typed the below into Google and it came up as the first link
The cool detailing cart in the show car garage mike Phillips
I have found the fastest way to find any of the articles I've written over the last 15 years is to type a few key words PLUS my first and last name into Google and in most cases, multiple articles will pull up.
Mike Phillips
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No problemo... thanks for getting the updated link on the Snap-On website.
I have updated my original article with the latest link.
For the record, I've updated the link in that article written in 2012 a number of times. Snap-on, like many companies keep updating their sites and this means new URLs making any old URL non-working.
:dunno:
It is a cool cart. I use it mostly for taking pictures when showcasing the products I use like this,
Review and How-To: Wolfgang Uber Rinseless Wash
The new RUPES Mark II polishers before they were introduced at SEMA
Buffing curved panels with NEW RUPES Mark II BigFoot 21 & 15 Polishers
How to use Griot's Garage to detail your car - A detail job Richard Griot would be proud of!
Just SONAX Cut Max with a wool pad on a FLEX 3401 - 1940 Pontiac 5-Window Coupe
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One of these days I need to go through the entire forum and create a thread that shows the hundreds of cool cars that have been detailed here at Autogeek's Show Car Garage.
It would probably take a week to do this because it's going to be a LOT of cars.
I'm glad that over the years I've taken the time to document the before, during and after for all the cars that have been through our classes or that I have personally detailed.
Little Deuce Coupe - Hotrod Detailing
How to buff in tight spaces using a rotary buffer
For doing correction work in tight areas and on thin panels I use the Flex PE14 with a small pad. I call this surgical or precision buffing. To do this you need,
Here's an example on the Lotus Esprit I recently buffed out. I used these pictures for my class at Mobile Tech Expo, "How to use the rotary buffer".
Surgical or Precision Buffing
I could have done this type of precision buffing using a FULL SIZE DeWALT, or Makita or 3M or Milwaukee Rotary Buffer but it's the compact size, that is no bulky body in the way of my view or in the way of body components, plus the lightweight plus the slow RPM that makes the Flex PE14 the perfect tool for this type of work.
The Flex PE14 and small pads, backing plates and an extension or two and you're good to go...
Tips on how to jewel paint using a rotary buffer
:buffing: :buffing: :buffing: :buffing: :buffing:
One of these days I need to go through the entire forum and create a thread that shows the hundreds of cool cars that have been detailed here at Autogeek's Show Car Garage.
It would probably take a week to do this because it's going to be a LOT of cars.
I'm glad that over the years I've taken the time to document the before, during and after for all the cars that have been through our classes or that I have personally detailed.
Little Deuce Coupe - Hotrod Detailing
How to buff in tight spaces using a rotary buffer
For doing correction work in tight areas and on thin panels I use the Flex PE14 with a small pad. I call this surgical or precision buffing. To do this you need,
- Lightweight, compact rotary buffer
- Rotary Buffer Backing Plate Extension(s)
- Small backing plates
- Small buffing pads, both foam and fiber
Here's an example on the Lotus Esprit I recently buffed out. I used these pictures for my class at Mobile Tech Expo, "How to use the rotary buffer".
Surgical or Precision Buffing
I could have done this type of precision buffing using a FULL SIZE DeWALT, or Makita or 3M or Milwaukee Rotary Buffer but it's the compact size, that is no bulky body in the way of my view or in the way of body components, plus the lightweight plus the slow RPM that makes the Flex PE14 the perfect tool for this type of work.
- You want power?
- You want ease of use?
- You want to buff out thin panels or get into tight areas to do correction and polishing work?
The Flex PE14 and small pads, backing plates and an extension or two and you're good to go...
Tips on how to jewel paint using a rotary buffer
:buffing: :buffing: :buffing: :buffing: :buffing:
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Ugh. Okay, well, add the Cool Cart to my "don't NEED but really WANT and will probably find a way to justify sooner than later" list. It's ergonomically sound, that's for sure.
Mike, looking forward to learning on the rotary! Have a tough edge on the 300ZX that's probably going to need it.
Mike, looking forward to learning on the rotary! Have a tough edge on the 300ZX that's probably going to need it.
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Here's a behind the scenes story....
Once I was called into a meeting at Meguiar's and the topic of the meeting was why I was detailing cars and then sharing the process, products and tools I used for the detail job? Management didn't like detailing cars and sharing it on the MOL forum.
When give the opportunity to explain I answered with a question.
Do you really want the guy that is answering questions on how to do car detailing using your products to not actually do the thing he's answering questions about?
That ended the meeting.
The entire reason the MeguiarsOnline discussion forum was started was because I printed out in color the write-up I posted to my own forum on TheArtofPolishingPaint.com and placed it in the in-basket of the Vice President of Meguiar's, at the time, Atticus Firery. About a month later while I was walking down the hall at Meguiar's Atticus came up to me, placed his arm around me, handed me my write-up and said,
I love this! But how come you're always posting this stuff on your forum?
I then said, because Meguiar's doesn't have a forum.
He then said, make it happen.
And on January 31st, 2004 the MeguiarsOnline.com discussion forum went live. The first post on that forum is post #5 and it's for a write-up I did for the Mini Cooper Club for which I taught a detailing class for. Posts 1, 2, 3 and 4 I deleted because they said,
Test
Here's another story that involved Joe Fernedez aka Superior Shine.
One day Joe shared with me that when he saw that Meguiar's had brought up a car detailing discussion forum, (that was what I did), he checked it out. He told me he assumed the person in charge was some desk jockey and figured it was a waste of this time. When he found out the guy answering questions and writing articles was actually a detailer, he joined up, started posting and hung out on the forum".
I have to admit... I would have a hard time respecting someone telling others how to do something if the person didn't actually do the thing he was presenting himself as an expert at.
There's something to be said for authenticity. That is being the real deal.
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Here's a behind the scenes story....
Once I was called into a meeting at Meguiar's and the topic of the meeting was why I was detailing cars and then sharing the process, products and tools I used for the detail job? Management didn't like detailing cars and sharing it on the MOL forum.
When give the opportunity to explain I answered with a question.
Do you really want the guy that is answering questions on how to do car detailing using your products to not actually do the thing he's answering questions about?
That ended the meeting.
The entire reason the MeguiarsOnline discussion forum was started was because I printed out in color the write-up I posted to my own forum on TheArtofPolishingPaint.com and placed it in the in-basket of the Vice President of Meguiar's, at the time, Atticus Firery. About a month later while I was walking down the hall at Meguiar's Atticus came up to me, placed his arm around me, handed me my write-up and said,
I love this! But how come you're always posting this stuff on your forum?
I then said, because Meguiar's doesn't have a forum.
He then said, make it happen.
And on January 31st, 2004 the MeguiarsOnline.com discussion forum went live. The first post on that forum is post #5 and it's for a write-up I did for the Mini Cooper Club for which I taught a detailing class for. Posts 1, 2, 3 and 4 I deleted because they said,
Test
Here's another story that involved Joe Fernedez aka Superior Shine.
One day Joe shared with me that when he saw that Meguiar's had brought up a car detailing discussion forum, (that was what I did), he checked it out. He told me he assumed the person in charge was some desk jockey and figured it was a waste of this time. When he found out the guy answering questions and writing articles was actually a detailer, he joined up, started posting and hung out on the forum".
I have to admit... I would have a hard time respecting someone telling others how to do something if the person didn't actually do the thing he was presenting himself as an expert at.
There's something to be said for authenticity. That is being the real deal.
Thanks for sharing this story Mike. Brings back memories... I started reading MOL around May of 2004 and officially joined August of 2004. I loved all your articles back then especially pictures showing before and afters. My original S/N back then was "Bri" but I doubt you'll remember that Mike. Hehehe! (Had it switched to Marc08EX in 2008 to match my AGO S/N) The good old G100/W8006/W9006/M83/M82/M81/M80 days.
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Thank you for the kind words...
That makes you one of the original forum members...
A picture tells a thousand words...
Nope I remember.
The old 80's series... back then these were the best on the market. Times have changed and for the better.
People getting into detailing today are so lucky... Now days it doesn't require a lot of technique to get professional quality results and that's due a huge part in the topic I'm always harping on and that's abrasive technology.
But back in the first part of 2000 M80, M81, M82, M83, M84 and M85 was as good as a person could get.
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People getting into detailing today are so lucky... Now days it doesn't require a lot of technique to get professional quality results and that's due a huge part in the topic I'm always harping on and that's abrasive technology.
But back in the first part of 2000 M80, M81, M82, M83, M84 and M85 was as good as a person could get.
OMG! This is exactly what I've been telling everyone I talk to especially guys who are new to detailing! That people getting into detailing at this time are so lucky with the products available to them. Things have evolved so much and there are so many good product choices to make detailing and defect removal easy! From polishers such as the long throw (Rupes/Griot's Boss) to the forced rotation Flex 3401 to pads (microfiber pads) to abrasive technology as you mentioned (Griot's Boss, Meg's D300/M101/M105, Blackfire SRC, Sonax, McKee's, etc). Heck, even a finishing polish like M205 paired with the microfiber pads can remove some serious defects!
Even removing wetsanding marks is easy now! I remember back during the MOL days when wetsanding marks can only be removed using a rotary. The G100 had no hope LOL! Now, a long throw polisher paired with a MF cutting pad and a good compound will remove wetsanding marks with ease!
But we are EXTREMELY LUCKY to have you, the man, Mike Phillips for teaching all these lessons, knowledge, tips and techniques to us. You selflessly shared all your knowledge and how-to's to the public. Without knowledge, all these tools are useless. You bring to us all the information we need to succeed in our detailing endeavor. So on behalf of everyone, THANK YOU SO MUCH for everything you do for us! We are eternally grateful.