Firehouse Mike
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- Feb 17, 2014
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I attended the second day of the Tacoma Roadshow Class on 7-28. It was a small class, 10 of us so I knew there would be A LOT of hands-on time and I was so right. Started off with an impromptu meet and greet in the parking lot as people showed up. Mike Phillips and Jeff Brown came out and chatted a bit before we went to the classroom. Jeff gave us a bit of a tour and some history of the Griot's facility that was a bottling plant for Coca-Cola before Richard Griot bought it. I did not know that and I'm up here 2-3 times a month (I'm 20 min. away). Anyway, we spent maybe 20 minutes in the classroom with an overview of the day before heading out to the wash bay to get started.
I could write all day about everything we did, so here the short list: Convertible top cleaning and protecting, chemical decontamination, wheel cleaning, and wash techniques. Then it was into the Griot's Garage garage (the R&D Shop where all the testing and video/photo shoots are done) for more hands-on work. In here we covered: Rinseless and waterless washing, mechanical decontamination, paint inspection, taping off, test spots, one-step correction, multi-step correction, class polishing and sealing, wet sanding / deep defect removal, rotary polishers, and final inspections.
I consider myself to be a very good detailer and learned that I've been using my BOSS Finishing Sealant all wrong. It is a great AIO when teamed up with the proper pads (MF and Cutting Pads). Going into the class, being at Griot's I figured that it would be all Griot's products being used and that was fine with me as 85% of my products I use are Griot's. Jeff Brown and Sam Battersby, both R&D guys, were there as well. I did hear some grumbling about how it felt like a big infomercial for Griot's products. Well if we're in their facility for a detailing class, it kinda makes sense for them to showcase their products! I'm sure it was the same way last week at 3D too. Besides, It's not the products you came to the class for, it was the hands-on learning with Mike Phillips (and Jeff Brown!). It's the different techniques he had to offer and the safe and more efficient ways to detail. It can all be applied to almost any product you are using. There was some demo's of Griot's specific products like the BOSS Foam System that looks amazing and I can't wait to try out and I'll even write up a review on (I need to do more reviews).
Overall I'm very happy I made the investment I made to come to this class. I learned quite a few little tips and techniques that I didn't know and am really looking forward to trying them out! If you get a chance to make to a Roadshow Class or any of Mike's classes do it. I'm sure you won't be disappointed!. ....and It's always a good day when you have Mike Phillips washing your truck for you!
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I could write all day about everything we did, so here the short list: Convertible top cleaning and protecting, chemical decontamination, wheel cleaning, and wash techniques. Then it was into the Griot's Garage garage (the R&D Shop where all the testing and video/photo shoots are done) for more hands-on work. In here we covered: Rinseless and waterless washing, mechanical decontamination, paint inspection, taping off, test spots, one-step correction, multi-step correction, class polishing and sealing, wet sanding / deep defect removal, rotary polishers, and final inspections.
I consider myself to be a very good detailer and learned that I've been using my BOSS Finishing Sealant all wrong. It is a great AIO when teamed up with the proper pads (MF and Cutting Pads). Going into the class, being at Griot's I figured that it would be all Griot's products being used and that was fine with me as 85% of my products I use are Griot's. Jeff Brown and Sam Battersby, both R&D guys, were there as well. I did hear some grumbling about how it felt like a big infomercial for Griot's products. Well if we're in their facility for a detailing class, it kinda makes sense for them to showcase their products! I'm sure it was the same way last week at 3D too. Besides, It's not the products you came to the class for, it was the hands-on learning with Mike Phillips (and Jeff Brown!). It's the different techniques he had to offer and the safe and more efficient ways to detail. It can all be applied to almost any product you are using. There was some demo's of Griot's specific products like the BOSS Foam System that looks amazing and I can't wait to try out and I'll even write up a review on (I need to do more reviews).
Overall I'm very happy I made the investment I made to come to this class. I learned quite a few little tips and techniques that I didn't know and am really looking forward to trying them out! If you get a chance to make to a Roadshow Class or any of Mike's classes do it. I'm sure you won't be disappointed!. ....and It's always a good day when you have Mike Phillips washing your truck for you!
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