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Autogeek's Detailing Class in South America!
Autogeek's Detailing Class in South America!
On Saturday April 5th and Sunday, April 6th, we held our two-day detailing boot camp class at my good friend Christian Thompson's detailing shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In my detailing boot camp classes I teach the order to do each step when detailing cars. The pictures below are taken from the different steps after first going over the products and procedures in a power point presentation. After each step is presented in the power point the topic ends with a slide that reads,
Break for hands-on
These classes are fast paced with a little classroom time to get the head knowledge needed to do a specific task or procedure the right way followed with plenty of shop time using the products and tools to back up what was learned in the class.
Removing Scratches out of Glass
One of the demo cars was a restored Mustang in dire need of both wetsanding to remove surface texture as well as glass polishing to remove decades of wiper scratches in the windshield.
For this we used the Porter Cable 7424XP plus Ceriglass from CarPro which uses Cerium Oxide for an abrasive to actually abrade the glass and level it thus removing the scratches.
The first thing I teach guys is to never start on the driver's side where if something were to go wrong you could impair the driver's vision. Instead, I teach to start on side glass, back glass or in this case, the passenger side of the windshield.
Classic cars have what are called fresh air grills where vents inside the car can draw fresh air. In most cases you cannot get to the sheetmetal below the grill to clean and remove any splatter from the glass polishing process, (or the paint polishing process), so it's important to tape-off and cover up the openings on fresh air grills on classic cars.
Here were inspecting the sheetmetal below the grill as there is already compound splatter from the other people that have at one time or another buffed out this car.
We're not going to add to it at this class...
After covering the fresh air grill with some masking tape I start by demonstrating the correct technique for using a Porter Cable to remove scratches out of the glass.
After inspecting the results from the first few passes to show the scratches are being removed and optical clarity is being restored, it's time for one of the students get some hands-on training and experience.
Perfect technique his first time machine polishing glass....
When machine polishing glass it helps to have a buddy to mist a little water while you're buffing because glass polishes tend to dry up quickly. This works best with a water sprayer that really does a good job of atomizing the water into a fine spray as this dramatically reduces any splatter mess.
Next up... headlight polishing....
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The order of steps when detailing a car
What I teach in my classes is to always work forward in the process, never work backwards and this means don't repeat step.
In keeping with that idea I show glass polishing, headlight restoration and engine detailing BEFORE washing and drying the car and the reason why is because all three of these other exterior tasks have the potential to get splatter onto the exterior of the car from the chemicals used for each procedure.
If you do each procedure before you wash the car then if you get any splatter on the car it won't matter because you can remove the splatter mess when you wash the car.
If you wash the car first, you risk getting,
- Glass polish splatter on the paint when you machine polish the glass.
- Engine Degreaser and any grimy splatter off the engine and out of the engine compartment or the underneath of the hood when you clean and detail the engine and engine compartment.
- Compound and polish splatter when you sand, polish and seal the headlights.
I don't like doing anything twice so the way I detail a car is also the way I teach others to detail cars and that's to knock out these above three procedures first and then wash and dry the car starting with the wheels and tires first and then moving to the top of the vehicle and washing the body panels from the top down.
Next up...
- Mechanical decontamination.
- Taping off edges and raised body lines.
- Measuring paint thickness.
- Hand sanding.
- Machine sanding.
- Compounding with wool pads on rotary buffers.
- Machine polishing with foam pads on the Flex 3401.
- Sealing the paint.
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Re: Blackfire creates whiplash in Argentina! - Autogeek's Detailing Class in South America!
Wow that is absolutely incredible work guys! That Mustang turned out really well!
Almost seems as if you guys packed up the AG show car garage including the sink and made the trek to Argentina!
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Re: Blackfire creates whiplash in Argentina! - Autogeek's Detailing Class in South America!
Originally Posted by smack
That Mustang turned out really well!
Thanks Mike, it was a challenge because the paint job was really bad. There was zero reflections in the paint.
Paint thickness measurements were uniform so we went for it.
Kind of like the 1971 New York Plymouth Fury Police Car we sanded and buffed in one of our recent detailing classes, these guys had never wet sanded a car before let alone machine damp sanded a car. So all things considered, this Mistsng CS put amazing!
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Re: Blackfire creates whiplash in Argentina! - Autogeek's Detailing Class in South America!
Mike your attention to details on this thread is as always outstanding.You should wright a book or three...ya know in your spare time!!!
"Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line"
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Re: Blackfire creates whiplash in Argentina! - Autogeek's Detailing Class in South America!
Stunning!
For the work and for the car outcome, results speak from themselves.
What called more my attention was the fact I never saw a class where students are paying 200% (or more) attention to the teacher all the time. Review the pictures and notice the way they are looking at you.
Fact is, you're not just the best detailer, the most wise or a star only, you are an admirable person that exhales the passion for what you do. And that means detailing cars and showing people how to properly detail a car.
The experience achieved by Argentineans will last for life, and I will not stop saying this until I got a positive answer: BRAZIL!, Please!
Thanks for sharing this amazing class.
Kind Regards.
“Nature is pleased with simplicity. And nature is no dummy”
― Isaac Newton
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