Pictures & Comments: September 2015 Detailing Boot Camp Class!

[Mike Phillips]

Pictures & Comments: September 2015 Detailing Boot Camp Class!


Well it's Friday morning, the first day of our 3-day class!

We have an exciting schedule today that's going to keep everyone busy and having fun.

I'll be posting pictures on my Facebook page today and my co-worker Paul will be posting pictures to the Autogeek Facebook page.

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Below are the cars we'll be using today to go over machine polishing techniques including these tools,

FLEX 3401
RUPES BigFoot 21, BigFoot 15, Duetto 12, Mini 12 and TA50
Cyclo Mark 5
Griot's BOSS G21 & G15
Meguiar's MT300
Griot's 6" DA
Porter Cable 7424XP

All of the above are orbital polishers. Saturday we go over rotary buffers and Sunday we go over hand wetsanding and machine wetsanding.

[Jaretr1]

Is AJ in this class?

[Mike Phillips]

Is AJ in this class?

No.

AJ will be my co-host on our TV show. This is our 3-day detailing class.


Good questions but sad to say, AJ is not here helping us detail cool cars today.

[Mike Phillips]

Here's the cars we trained on today.


2004 Corvette & 2006 Mercedes-Benz

These two cars were

Aggressive Wash Method
* Headlights machine polished
* Wheels and tires
* Iron X
* Foam Gun
* Rinse
* Foam Gun
* Cobra Clay Mitt
* Final rinse and dry

Exterior Detail
* Compound = BLACKFIRE SRC Compound with PC/Griot's/Meguiar's MT300
* Polish = BLACKFIRE SRC Polish with PC/Griot's/Meguiar's MT300
* Seal - BLACKFIRE Crystal Coat Paint Prep + Crystal Paint Coating







1950 Ford Custom
DP Waterless Wash
Pinnacle Ultra Fine Poly Clay
Cyclo Polisher with Pinnacle Advanced Compound
Cyclo Polisher with Pinnacle Advanced Finishing Polish
Cyclo Polisher with Pinnacle Liquid Souveran







1971 Chevelle 454 4-speed Muscle Car

DP Rinseless Wash
Nanoskin Autoscrub pads
RUPES BigFoot Polishers + RUPES Zephir Gloss Coarse Compound
RUPES BigFoot Polishers + RUPES Diamond Ultra Fine Polish
RUPES BigFoot Polishers + Pinnacle Souveran Paste Wax










First day over, two more days to go!

[whavens]

Man, this thread brings back memories. Hope you guys are having fun.

Walter

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[Craig Parker]

Awesome first day Mike, beautiful finish on all the cars, excellent work all around.
Good job Mike, class

[AttyVette]

Wish I could have been there but my mother is in the hospital so I couldn't have attended this weekend class anyways. Love the cars and the "after" pictures too!!

[Mike Phillips]

Just to note, all the pictures you see in this thread are cropped, then resized to 800 pixels wide, then uploaded to the gallery and then "inserted" into this thread.

That's the right way to work with pictures on a forum but there's not that kind of time when I'm teaching the class to do all of the above.

I do however take and share pictures of the class on my FB page if you want to check them out....


Mike Phillips Facebook Page

[dlc95]

Looks great, Mike!!

[custmsprty]

Simply awesome, amazing, outstanding work.