Pictures & Comments: September 2015 Detailing Boot Camp Class!

[Andre]

First up, using the Aggressive Method for washing a car to really get the Corvette and the Mercedes-Benz incredibly clean and ready for machine polishing.

Iron X on the wheels to remove brake dust....








Iron X on the paint to remove iron contamination....




Using a Foam Gun....






Using the Cobra Clay Mitt....







Using the DP Turbo Car Dryer to remove water droplets....







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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

8mm DA Polishers Class

The first machine class is always how to use the 8mm DA Polishers as these are the easiest machine polishers to learn how to use. This includes,

• Porter Cable 7424XP
• Griot's Garage 6" DA Polisher
• Meguiar's MT300 DA Polisher

(All of these use the same 8mm orbit stroke length free spinning drive mechanism)


First we go over the techniques for correctly using dual action orbital polishers




Then the class is takes over while Nick and I monitor each student and monitor technique while making technique tweaks when needed.










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[Andre]

 

[57BORNTORUN]

Hi Bob,

It's been such a pleasure getting to know and work with you. I really appreciate your passion for learning, it reminds me of me.





Thank you Bob for everything you shared but the above comments are very much appreciated as they are accurate. For all my classes I do what I call a brain dump. I try to share and impart as much information as I can to help everyone reach their goals and avoid as many mistakes as possible.

This class was great and I had a lot of fun teaching it. We had some amazing cars that all look like glistening gemstones. Heck even the daily drivers we used to learn production detailing look better than new.

Looking forward to seeing you work your magic on your Viper Red 1957 Chevy!


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Looks like I may have competition in the 57 Chevy arena.

 

[rfjones]

Looks like I may have competition in the 57 Chevy arena.

Not really! Your crown is safe. That is one nice '57.

Bob Jones

 

[axel06]

wow cant wait to do it again, autogeek rocked.. i was able to use every polisher just amazzing, mike's boot camp class are the best.. more hands on then any other class in the usa, if you reading this you need to take a boot camp class in sunny staurt, fl. you will leave with a #### load of information mike and nick do it all from start to finish, thank you very much for such an amazzing weekend ! just over the top

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Autogeek's professial detailing classes are unique in the industry

At our detailing classes you get to use all the tools you see and read about and you get tons of hands-on time behind the tool. There's very little sitting time at our classes.

Each tool gets it's own car or in the case of smaller cars I'll have 2 cars for each type of tool.

The big picture is when you attend one of our classes you learn on the real deal. You get real-world, intense hands-on training so when you go back out into the world you know what you're doing and most important.... you have confidence in the tools and in yourself.


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[larry33]

Mike, on page 3 of this thread..after the clay mitt pics, and after the drying pics, and after the polishing pics, there's a set using a small applicator. What's going on there?

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

***Trivia***


RUPES purchased the Cyclo Tool company back in January of 2015. Here's the link to the story if you want to read about it.

Rupes aquires Cyclo Toolmakers



As such, we hold two unique and separate detailing classes, one for the Cyclo Polisher and one for the RUPES polishers.

Here's the Cyclo Class documented with before, during and after pictures.


RUPES Cyclo Detailing Class


This is a 1950 Ford Custom Convertible. The paint had hologram swirl scratches from a rotary buffer the the last time it was buffed out.

My class did a multiple-step show car paint polishing process to remove the swirls and restore a swirl-free flawless finish.

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Continued....




After the machine compounding, machine polishing and machine waxing we went over the proper techniques for removing wax.

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[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Continued...


Of course, pictures of a beautiful shiny car don't mean much without the before pictures.

Here's the 1950 Ford Custom Convertible in the sun to highlight and reveal the current condition. As she sits right now every inch of the paint is filled with swirls and holograms.

My normal practice is to frame-up the shot to show you the general area of the car. Like the hood, a fender, trunk lid etc.

Then take a close up of the actual focal point where the sun, the flash from my camera or a swirl finder light is documenting the issue.


1950 Ford Custom Convertible - LS1 Chevy Engine

Holograms
Besides the circular swirl scratches you can also see the tale-tale signs of holograms from the misuse of a rotary buffer.

Holograms
Besides the circular swirl scratches you can also see the tale-tale signs of holograms from the misuse of a rotary buffer.

Holograms
Besides the circular swirl scratches you can also see the tale-tale signs of holograms from the misuse of a rotary buffer.

Beautiful car. Nice paint job. Just needs some machine polishing to restore her back to her original, just out of the paint booth glory.


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[Andre]

 

[Mike PhillipsMike Phillips is verified member.]

Thank you Andre for getting some of the wetsanding class pictures posted to this thread.

I teach a number of key elements as it relates to the art of wetsanding, besides hand sanding techniques, machine sanding techniques and then how to use a rotary buffer with a wool pad to remove the sanding marks there's a lot of little things we go over in the class to ensure wetsanding is a success.


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[Ish]

Now that's a high gloss finish! :dblthumb2:

 

[Andre]

 

[Andre]