Pictures & Comments from July 9th, 2011 Saturday Detailing 101

[Meghan]

Mike showing everyone how to properly "Jewl" the paint using Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish, Flex PE14-2-150 Rotary Polisher and a Lake Country Gold 6.5" CCS Pad.

[CrownKote]

I would love to come down there and learn from the best!

[Brace1]

I would love to come down there and learn from the best!

You gotta do it next time

Was an amazing experience, learned a TON from Mike. Having the hands-on with the tools and feedback from the "sensei" on technique were priceless. The turnaround of that '62 Cadillac (super-swirl model ) gave me a lot of confidence to tackle my vehicles. I realized I wasn't working the product long enough to get the results I wanted on my previous lame attempts at "paint corrections". Watching videos until you're blue in the face or reading relentlessly doesn't come close to again getting that realtime feedback Mike gave.

Everyone at Autogeek are always such gracious hosts as well. Max gave us a tour of the warehouse and discussed their order fulfillment process, soup to nuts.

[Mike Phillips]

Super fun class today and you guys did a great job! The Cadillac looks absolutely fabulous.

I hope you all had just as much fun as I had and learned a few things you can put to use the next time your working on a detailing project.


For those of you attending tomorrow's class... before I left I did a test section on the GTO. Sanded a section with Unigrit #1500 Unigrit Sanding disc on PC speed setting 6 and then re-sanded using #3000 Unigrit Finishing disc and then removed sanding marks using Pinnacle Advanced Swirl Remover with a wool pad at around 1400 RPM using 7.5" Lake Country Wool Pad.

Paint sanded and buffed easy, came out looking real clear and glossy...


Taken with iphone camera, will get some better with Canon tomorrow.
Before



After

[Scarelane]

Very cool! I really would like to come down to FL and attend a class some day!

[Meghan]

Max always has some time to give the grand tour of the facility! Everyone got some history of Autogeek, behind the scenes tour and a little explanation from Max on how we operate.


Max even invited everyone to come into his office, this is always a cool part of the tour!




See the guy behind Max, he is peaking in my office at my beautiful FatHead of Tom Brady!


Now back to work, we have to get this baby waxed!


Mike is showing everyone how to use the Indigo Bonnets for wax removal.














This paint looks totally different then when we started!


Looking nice!


It's a beauty!


A pool of nice shiny paint...


Mike gives it one last inspection.

[Robert8194]

Thanks Mike for a great class. In addition to having a lot of fun and making some new friends, we learned a lot. The instruction you offer is great and your presentation is always the best. But, there is no substitution for having the hands on training. Not just getting to try all of the machines but having you watch our technique and make corrections. I recommend this class to anyone who has a car and wants to know how to maintain it. All of the AG folks are great. The trip from Birmingham was well worth it.

[Elite Pro]

Thanks to Meghan, Nick@Autogeek, Yancy, Max & Mike Phillips for informative, fun classes and a wonderful weekend.

I learned how to properly damp sand and refined my rotary technique. I got to polish 2 beautiful cars with a great group of guys with a passion for perfect paint. Well worth the trip and recommended to anyone on the fence.

We also got to see behind the scenes at Autogeek and all the hard work that goes into filling and packing orders.....the warehouse is a detailer's dream or at least it is to a product junkie like me

[609speed6]

Im so mad I could not make it when is the next one

[Mike Phillips]

Snapped a few parting shots before leaving Autogeek today, these are camera pictures but I'll post some better photos next week...

1962 Cadillac after the Extreme Makeover



Here's the GTO from Sunday's Class...