Pictures & Comments from Porsche Space Coast Class - October 17th, 2009

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Pictures & Comments from October 17th, 2009 Saturday Detailing 101

[Meghan]

Here is the group pulling into Autogeek this morning.

[2003 GMC Denali]

It must be sweet to live so close to you guys.

Looking forward to reading about Mike's day with the class.

[Harleyguy]

Wow i wish i had Megan's job she gets to work six days takes lots of cool pictures and don't forget those long work days some as long as 10 to 12 hours .What i can i do to get that job.For others that's an inside joke

[Meghan]

Originally Posted by Harleyguy

Wow i wish i had Megan's job she gets to work six days takes lots of cool pictures and don't forget those long work days some as long as 10 to 12 hours .What i can i do to get that job.For others that's an inside joke

That's why I love you.

[Meghan]

Class is over and I have to say what a great bunch of guys. They all had a nice time, learned a lot and we had some fun!

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

Thank you to everyone that attended today and a special thank you to Ralph from the Florida Space Coast Porsche club for coordinating your club to attend.

Here's a few pictures from the class...


A little hands-on training really flattens out the learning curve when it comes to dialing-in your machine polishing technique.



This is the owner of this Porsche learning how to remove swirls, he's never used a DA polisher before and after a few quick lessons he's polishing like a seasoned pro!



Freestyling!



With a little hands-on coaching, you can show how slow to move the polisher and how much pressure to apply...



A few quick lessons and they're on their own!






Removing Pinnacle Souveran from the jar





Showing how to apply a paste finishing wax by machine using Meguiar's G110 with the W9207 Finishing Pad.



Using the Brinkman Swirl Finder Light to show all the swirls have been removed.



Reflection shots...







Close inspection...



Testing out different pads and polishers...

[mchess1]

Just wanted to thank Mike for the great class today. Learned a lot during the class and got to try out many items/products. If you are on the fence about coming to a class or open night, trust me the grass is greener over here. Got to ride in the Red Beast in person and see the project boat. Mike is great in the forums and better in person.

Thanks to Meghan and Dwayne for popping in during the day to talk. BOTH are great to finally meet in person. Meghan was eyeing my car (not sure why with all of the Porsches right there!!!) Dwayne was great in getting my on the spot order together.

Thanks also for the guys from the Space Coast Porsche club. Just a bunch of down to earth guys that I enjoyed spending the day with and look forward to taking the Advanced Class with. Special thanks to Skip for volunteering his blue Boxster for us to practice on. You have more guts then I do Skip!

Great class, do yourself a favor and sign up when the next one is offered.

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

It's always important to work clean and using a pad washer makes cleaning your pads quick and easy...

Dirty pad





Using a slow speed, press the face of the pad against the Grit Guard insert and push up and down on the Grit Guard and this will pump cleaning solution up and into the pad to remove built-up polish residue.





Then show the results live in real-time!




Clean pad, ready to put back into service...



Oh yeah... that's what I'm talking about...



If you do a lot of buffing, a pad cleaner will safe you time and enable you to work cleaner while getting more use out of your buffing pads.

[Mike.Phillips@Autogeek]

One more take showing the before and the after together...

BEFORE



AFTER