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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    Nice pictures! I wish I had decided I wanted to attend this class earlier so that I could save up!

    When is the next class supposed to be?

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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    i wanna do it again and again and again.....

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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    I had a great time at boot camp! It met and exceeded all of my expectations. The hands-on training was great; we got to try out so many products and different pieces of equipment.

    Many thanks to Mike, Nick, Brian, and Andre for putting on such a great event. I highly encourage anyone who is thinking about going to get signed up.

    I am usually not up early on the weekends, but I was so excited to get to class Saturday and Sunday that I was up and out of bed as soon as the alarm went off.

    Today was a different story, knowing that I just had to head to the airport to fly back home.

    What else can I say other than Mike

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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    The class was great. It introduced all the fundamentals to the novice and taught new technologies and techniques that any seasoned veteran could use to improve their craft. Mike was the best instructor/teacher I have every had, he was knowledgeable, enthusiastic, concerned, and encouraging.

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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    More pictures....

    Note: This car has a basecoat/clearcoat paint system just like most modern cars and probably the car in your garage.


    For the 1963 Ford Galaxie we used the Rupes Bigfoot 21 and 15 polishers to remove the swirls and scratches and then we went over how to machine apply a paste wax using DA Polishers. We also went over correct techniques for how to carefully remove a wax by hand and by machine.

    The vinyl top on this Galaxie was incredibly dirt with lots of brown staining so we also went over how to machine scrub the vinyl top using Cyclo polishers and Porter Cable polishers using Cyclo brushes. For the cleaner and protectant we used 303 Aerospace products so you'll see some pictures below of a dazzling white vinyl top.


    First here's how this car looked when it arrived...


    BEFORE
















    And here's how it looks after the Rupes treatment...


    AFTER



















    Nice work guys!




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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    I'm always impressed by what PBMG does as a whole to help the industry out. Truly great people.

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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    Quote Originally Posted by tnecniv View Post
    Nice pictures! I wish I had decided I wanted to attend this class earlier so that I could save up!

    When is the next class supposed to be?

    Great question and because we have a lot of people that fly in from around the world and around the country, 3 years ago we established a regular schedule for these classes. Here it is...

    Last weekend in January.

    First weekend in May

    Last weekend in September


    Just look at any current calandar and find the appropirate weekend and those are the dates. For calendar year 2014 its' goign to be,


    January 25th & 26th

    May 3rd & 4th

    September 27th & 28th


    I always have cool cars and sometimes very special surprise guests...


    VIP Guest Marco D'Inca from Rupes at Autogeek's Detailing Boot Camp Class




    I'm already lining up cars for the January class and of coruse the January class is post-SEMA so we always have new pads, products, tools, etc. for people to play with and often times long before the rest of the world.

    And you can sign up by looking for the below graphic on the top of any forum page and >clicking< on it.








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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    Looks like fun. I like the Dodge.
    Al
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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    Richard thank you so much for leaving a gift here for me, I love it, when it gets colder I will have to
    put it on and get a picture for you!
    I love hoodies, and with this weather we are having I will have to wear it with shorts and flip flops!

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    Re: Pictures: Detailing Boot Camp Class - September 28th & 29th 2013

    One of the classes I teach at Mobile Tech Expo is called,

    How to detail a car – Order of steps


    And there is no concrete rule as to how you go about detailing a car as in the oder of the step you take to get from start to end but there are some steps you can do to either save time or avoid repeating steps.

    For example, if you sand and polish the headlights before you wash the car you can save time wiping any compound splatter off areas surrounding the headlights because the splatter will get washed and rinsed off when you wash the car.

    This same idea applies to any glass polishing or engine detailing you plan on doing.

    So after introducing the class, going over some basic info, like turn off cell phones, remove watches and jewelery, etc. we start in on the Power Point Presentation followed by hands-on training.

    In this case we're going to machine sand the headlights using the Griot's Garage 3" Mini Polisher with Meguiar's 3" Unigrit Sanding Discs.


    Going over some basic info as the class gets started...






    OEM Coating Failure
    Talking about how to deal with headlights after the OEM Coating has failed and is flaking off. At this point the only option is to sand what's left of the OEM Coating off and get down to a clean base of pure plastic.

    Just by coincidence, of our forum members attending this class had this issue with his Mini Cooper as well as a thread right here and my reply can be found in post #13

    Is sanding bad for headlights?









    How to machine sand yellow, hazy oxidized headlights
    Sure you can hand sand but I'm a machine guy so I show alternatives to doing any work by hand in these classes including sanding headlights by machine.







    Two layers of Detailer's Masking Tape
    This protects the paint in case a person looses control of the sander or the rotary buffer. Some guys will also open the hood and this not only gets the hood paint out of the way but it also enables you to sand the top of the headlights.




    Demonstration on how to machine sand






    Time for hands-on for the class...

    Axel machine sanding headlights...




    Desmond getting some hands-on training to machine sand headlights...




    Andy machine sanding headlights...




    Brian machine sanding headlights...





    Tyron machine sanding headlights...






    Joseph machine sanding headlights...




    Graham machine sanding headlights...






    Tim machine sanding headlights...





    Chris machine sanding headlights...




    Patryk machine sanding headlights...




    Donald machine sanding headlights...





    David machine sanding headlights...




    I think most everyone would agree it's a lot faster and easier to work by machine instead of working by hand...



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