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Detailing Class Down Under!
Hey Team Autogeek.
So this Tuesday just gone I hosted my first ever attempt at a detailing class & you know what? I think it went really well.
With my gorgeous Wife Ange as my assistant we set about teaching a class of Six dealership Detailers about techniques, processes, tools, & products to do with exterior detailing to a quality standard.
Now I’m not going to lie, I was fairly nervous but at the same time I was really excited. This is an industry I love dearly & being in the position to pass on the information & experience I have taken on board over the last twenty five years felt like a real privilege to me.
My students .... With the exception of two, the other four were inexperienced & with little to no opportunity for training/education in the industry here in New Zealand I guess both themselves & I didn’t quite know what to expect.
Being that Blenheim (My home town, Population 31,600) is fairly small & someone will always know someone, I had heard a couple of my students had some concerns about the class.
One had concerns that I was going to go in there & tell them (longer serving folks) that they’re doing it all wrong & my way is the best way, & the other was mumblings about “what could we possibly learn” etc. Now I got rid of one of those concerns in the first five minutes.
Let’s proceed.
A brief run down of what you see in the photos.
We are limited in NZ as far as having X amount of tools ... products too but we are catching up somewhat in that regard, with access to some great products.
I had planned on focusing more on keeping the tools & products as close to what they already use & concentrate on the “process” until a conversation arose with the Dealer Principal a couple of weeks out.
The talk of efficiency & results lead me to change my approach a little bit & introduce new territory.
With one of the more experienced students having some understanding & experience with a rotary polisher in hand, the other five were strictly using free spinning DA polishers & in my original plan I was going to make sure they got the best out of these tools. Now following my conversation with the Dealer Principal I decided to introduce them to the “BEAST” the mighty Flex 3401 vrg. I make no apologies about my biased opinion of these tools, or Flex tools in general - In my experience they’re built extremely well, they are reliable & most important of all - They assist me in getting the results I desire in a timely manner.
Right, before I bore you all with all the writing, I’ll include some pictures huh. Onwards -
After a brief introduction, I copied a style I learnt from Mike Phillips, “Hands On”. Aggressive Wash Process.
Clay Towel -
Blew them away with the “Baggie Test” ...
Whilst that Holden Captiva was “Stretching” after having been thoroughly decontaminated, washed & dried, we carried out a “Careful” wash technique & decontamination on this Holden Barina too.
Now that we had two vehicles, washed, decontaminated & dried, we headed inside .....
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So glad for you mate! You have setup a real nice education. And the hands on teaching is always an appreciated way to learn and also teaching out. You nailed it Aaryn and Ange!
Also happy to see that the dealerships shows interested to evolve their businesses to a higher standard. And that they already took your hands off the new Beasts says a lot LOL. Great to hear that both experienced and not so experienced was in the class. Otherwise it's easy that the experienced ones goes on like before and the new guys and gals get run over and follow the way they have always been doing. Prestige can be hard nut to crack. Hope it's takeing them to the a new level of detailing. And that you get more classes to educate. But that's I'm sure will happens. I mean who would not want to learn from the guru of detailing in New Zeeland
And what an awesome write up and pictures you did. Very enjoying to read and watch. Awesome work professor Aaryn!
/ Tony
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You should be proud. I'm especially glad that you won over the few that were not initially "with the program". The winning over of management observing is yet another feather in your cap.
Rick....now in North Texas
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Incredible job man!! Well done. I’m glad it went well for you. That’s a pile of work on top of all the work you already have.
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That is outstanding!! It was a great read, great pics, I can only imagine how much they learned from The Master from Down Under!! Im still blown away by the van or truck you posted a couple of months ago that appeared to be destroyed and you resurrected it back to life!!
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One word,
Excellent!
I think you've just carved out a new career for yourself besides your detailing business.
I was once told
When you teach, you learn
I would also say the BEST teachers or as we use in the detailing industry, the best Instructors, are people that have a true and sincere passion for sharing what they know with others TO HELP THEM. Not make a buck. And I would say you fit this description Aaryn.
Great job.
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That was such a GREAT read, Aaryn!!!
I had no doubt you would hit this out of the park, and you DID!
SO happy for you, man. And I am sure the class had a killer time and learned things that they will NEVER forget.
It is no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
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