On the set of My Classic Car with Dennis Gage for 2015

[Mike Phillips]

On the set of My Classic Car with Dennis Gage for 2015


Every TV show I've worked on has a professional make-up artist on staff. This is important because now days everyone is shooting using high definition cameras and EVERYTHING shows up! Plus high def cameras can make you look hot and sweaty even when you're not...


This is Carrie warming me over...



We shot 4 new episodes on Wednesday,

1. New Pinnacle Advanced Compound.
2. Autogeek's Detailing Boot Camp Classes.
3. The Kentucky Road Show Extreme Makeover on the 1974
4. My background and the journey I followed to get to where I'm at now in the detailing world.


This is me doing I always do with Nick, Yancy or Jeff is taking my picture...










Here Dennis and I are working through our dialog while Bob listens in and provides feedback...




This is my brand new how-to book,

How to use the Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher
For both Production Detailing & Show Car Detailing







Touch-up... gets hot under all the lights...

















The two camermen here are,

Brian on the left and Jon on the right....

[Mike Phillips]

Introducing Pinnacle Advanced Compound

For this segment we're going to introduce the new compound in the Pinnacle Natural Brilliance line and for this we needed a black car with swirls so Pat Reisinger, owner Reisinger Custom Rebuilding, LLC loaned us one of his personal cars as well as his Shop Manager Ty Hauer.


Here's the camera guys rolling the 1931 Ford Highboy onto the set. The floor is from RaceDeck and earlier in the morning our good friend Jorgen Moller was here shooting two new episodes for 2015. I recommend the TuffShield version as it's easy to keep clean.




Some of the crew at My Classic Car, from left to right....

Brian is passenger side rear tire.
Mike the Grip is driver's side back tire.
Jon is passenger side front tire.
Jarod is driver's side front tire.




These pictures were taken with my trusty, dusty Canon and the camera guys also captured the swirls for the TV viewers when this episode air sometime in 2015

























In the background you can see Dennis is standing next to the Highboy as we get ready to start filming...





Here's Dennis reflecting out of the swirly scratched-up paint...





Ready to start filming...




In this shot I'm using the flashlight in my iPhone to light up the before and after shot so the camera guys can capture the before shots...





Removing swirls using Pinnacle Advanced Compound






I finished buffing out just this small segment and then after we finished shooting the segment the camera guys came in and captured before and after using my iPhone again. We didn't get any side-by-side before and after shots so you'll have to watch this episode to see the side-by-side results.





That was a fun episode to shoot and part of what makes working with Dennis so fun is he's a funny guy!




But he can be serious too....

[Mike Phillips]

Continued...


Detailing Class on the set of My Classic Car

After we Dennis and I finished the 4th episode I went over a few tips and techniques for using Pinnacle Advanced Compound and the Flex 3401, all of which are covered in my new how-to book,

How to use the Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher
For both Production Detailing & Show Car Detailing

Ty is a street rod builder including all aspects of car building from welding, body work, panel construction from scratch, you name it Ty can do it as well as painting and buffing but the Flex 3401 is a new to Ty...











Looks like a black mirror finish....





Ty's turn...






Then we knocked out the other side and Ty will be receiving everything he needs to finish the rest of the car....
















Polishing and Waxing Steps
After compounding we hit the hood with the Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish using a Lake Country CCS 6.5" Black Finishing Pad and then machine applied Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax for a true show car finish on this beautiful 1931 Ford Highboy built by Reisinger Customs.























On Autogeek.net

Pinnacle Advanced Compound

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Pinnacle Advanced Compound 32 oz

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How to use the Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher
For both Production Detailing & Show Car Detailing

Flex XC 3401 VRG Dual Action Orbital Polisher

[Mike Phillips]

Continued....


Here's Ty and Dennis...










Dennis, Bob and Darlene....







Having fun!







Here's Nick with Dennis Gage and Bob and Darlene on the other side...

[Mike Phillips]

Continued...


Thursday - 8 new 1-minute segments
On Thursday we shot 8 brand new 1-minute segments kind of like you'll find here,

Detailing Tips Videos on My Classic Car


For 2-3 of these segments we used Shawn's immaculate 1973 Nova SS that he and his dad resto-modded...

That's Ben the producer and also a cameraman filming with us today...


Largest online supplier of car detailing power tools, pads and backing plates
This segment shows the TV audience the wide variety of types of tools and brand names carried at Autogeek.




Paint Cleansing
This segment goes over the importance of cleaning the paint using Pinnacle Paintwork Cleaning Polish before applying a finishing wax like Pinnacle Souveran. For this segment we covered how to work by hand using the Polishin ' Pal.











Microfiber Towels
This segment went over tips and techniques for taking care of quality microfiber towesl







Here's Shawn...
Thanks Shawn for letting us use your beautiful Nova!





Eric, me and Shawn
Eric is one of our forum members that I met in person at this event.

Pictures with Dennis Gage at the Evansville Detailing Class

Eric connected us with Shawn and we are thankful for his help getting us cars for this years filming of "My Classic Car".





Shawn's dad Ed, me and Shawn...





Nanoskin Products
This segment shares various products from Nanoskin as alternatives to detailing clay.











Cyclo Polisher for Machine Scrubbing
This segment shares the 4 different brushes available from Cyclo for machine scrubbing.








Pow!




Microfiber Segment
Another microfiber segment on the wide selection of quality microfiber towels available at Autogeek.net





Wacky Doodle?
And I don't know what this picture was about.... you'll have to ask Nick.... might make a good Avatar for someone?

[axel06]

Saweeet

[Jaretr1]

Wow, that is an actual garage and not just a TV set!

[Tato]

Dear Mike,

congratulations for this thread, very informative, full of novelty and cool things happening all the time. The pictures are just perfect.

Thank you so very much for sharing the experience,

Kind Regards.