Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
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Next the cars. I'll share what tools, products, pads and STYLE of car detailing were used for each set of 2 cars.
Detailing Technique Taught
Show Car Detailing or Multiple Step Detailing
This is using a dedicated compound followed by a dedicated polish followed by a dedicated sealing process, either wax, sealant or ceramic coating.
Cars #1 & 2 - Saturday Mid-Morning Session
Tools - Products - Pads
8mm Free Spinning Random Orbital Polishers - Griot's 6" ROP
Pinnacle Compound
Pinnacle Polish
Pinnacle Liquid Souveran Carnauba Wax
Buff & Shine 6" Uro-Tec Foam Pad System
1969 Mustang Boss 429 - Numbers Matching Car
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1964 GTO - 389 Big Block, Tri Power 4-Speed Numbers Matching
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Cars #3 & #4 - Saturday Afternoon Session
Detailing Technique Taught
Show Car Detailing or Multiple Step Detailing
This is using a dedicated compound followed by a dedicated polish followed by a dedicated sealing process, either wax, sealant or ceramic coating.
Tools - Products - Pads
RUPES Paint Polishing System
Free Spinning Tools = BigFoot 21, 15, Duetto, Mini, Nano in long and short neck options
Gear-driven Tools = Mille and Nano in Rotary Mode
RUPES Compounds & Polishes
RUPES Buffing Pads
Chemically stripped using BLACKFIRE Paint Prep
Ceramic Coated using BLACKFIRE Pro Ceramic Coating
2005 Ford T-Bird Convertible
Canvas convertible top cleaned and protected using RaggTopp
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2006 Chevy Monte Carlo SS
This is One of One - It's the only Dale Earnhardt Custom Edition ever made[/B]
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Cars #5 & #6 - Late Saturday Afternoon Session
Detailing Technique Taught
Show Car Detailing or Multiple Step Detailing
This is using a dedicated compound followed by a dedicated polish followed by a dedicated sealing process, either wax, sealant or ceramic coating.
Tools - Products - Pads
Griot's BOSS Paint Polishing System
BOSS 15mm and 21mm long stroke free spinning orbital polishers
Griot's BOSS Creams
Griot's BOSS Pads
1939 Lincoln Zephyr Convertible
Fully Restore with a Basecoat/Clearcoat paint system
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1966 Lincoln Continental Convertible
Fully restored with a basecoat/clearcoat paint system. Vinyl Convertible Top cleaned and protected using 303
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Cars #7 & #8 - Sunday Morning Session
Detailing Technique Taught
Show Car Detailing or Multiple Step Detailing
This is using a dedicated compound followed by a dedicated polish followed by a dedicated sealing process, either wax, sealant or ceramic coating.
Tools - Products - Pads
FLEX 3401 8mm Gear-driven Orbital Polisher
FLEX XFE7-15 15mm Free Spinning Random Orbital Polisher
Compound = SONAX CutMax
Polish = SONAX EX-04 06
Pads = Lake Country 6.5" Force Hybrid
Paint was chemically stripped using BLACKFIRE Paint Prep
Corvette was sealed using GYEON One Ceramic Coating
Lexus was sealed using CarPro UK Edition 3.0
2009 Corvette Coupe with the LS3 engine
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2014 LEXUS GS 350
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Cars #9 & #10 - Sunday Afternoon Session
Detailing Technique Taught
Production Detailing also called One Step Detailing or Daily Driver Detailing
Unlike show car detailing where you break-up the paint polishing process into dedicated steps and use dedicated products and pads for each step, with production detailing you use a ONE STEP CLEANER WAX also called an AIO or All-in-One.
A cleaner/wax or AIO will do three things in one step.
- Compound
- Polish
- Seal the paint
When your choice of product uses high quality abrasive technology you can get show car results with a LOT less work and time. The thing to remember though, because a one-step cleaner/wax contains a wax or sealant, you cannot follow this with a ceramic coating because you cannot trust that you can chemically remove the wax or sealant with a panel wipe or solvent. If you want to apply a ceramic paint coating you need to stick with conventional compounds and polishes that can be chemically stripped after use.
Tools - Products - Pads
Free-For-All
When I teach my car detailing classes, as you can see by the information shared above, my class gets to use multiple different tools, pads and products. THEN when we get to Production Detailing, because by now they have used all the major brands and types of tool, for this session I let them choose and use any of the tools. It's their chance to re-visit a tool or spend more time with a tool they are interested in. Heck, if someone wants they can re-use all the tools. I call this,
Free-for-all
And it's your chance to really dial-in to the tool you think you like but want to make sure before you start investing in not only tools but the pads and products that go with them. Make sense? This is my personal style of teaching car detailing classes. I understand there are a LOT of tool choices on the market.
When you attend a RUPES class or Meguiar's Class, or a FLEX class you typically only get to use ONE BRAND of tool. Thus you cannot compare and make up your own mind as to which tool is best or in other words, which tool is best for YOU.
Because we sell all the major and popular brands and types of tools I have this luxury that you won't find at other detailing classes.
Product
BLACKFIRE One Step
This is technically a one-step cleaner/sealant and not a cleaner/wax because it uses a synthetic sealant for protection instead of a traditional wax base ingredient for the protection aspect.
Pads
Foam polishing and foam cutting pads are shown for doing one-step production detailing. If a person chooses to use a RUPES polisher for this session then they use RUPES pads. If a person chooses a FLEX tool then they use Lake Country pads. If a person chooses a Griot's BOSS polisher then they use Griot's BOSS pads. And if a person chooses the Griot's 6" Random Orbital Polisher, (an 8mm free spinning random orbital polisher similar to the Porter Cable 7424), then they use Buff & Shine pads.
1940 Buick Businessman's Coupe
This is the very rare model with Dual Front Spare Tire Sidemounts and Fender Skirts
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2008 Dodge Avenger
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That's 10 cars detailed in 2 days with TONS of tips and techniques NOT listed anywhere the I share from experience I've gained from decades of detailing cars and teaching car detailing as a hobby and a business.
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Re: Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
Always like seeing the people that attend.
Hey Mike....... What's with the yellow (looks to be) Bronco with the halved tires??
Re: Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
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Originally Posted by
Mike Phillips
Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing
Mike
I'd Had a Great Time and took in a Lot of info.
Meet a Lot Great People and made friends in the Process. Vast amount of Info was Shared, and a Great learning Experience.
Thank You so much for Your Time and to the Host Mike Liebing as well.
The Equipment Used was Great and Learn how To used Each One .
The Cars were of a vast varieties, and Learn how to make One, 100% Better then when we started , with Great People as a Team to make them look Great.
Thank You to the Team and to Both Mike's
Roger Clark
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Re: Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
Welcome to AGO, Roger!
Always love seeing a new member, and the fact that you learned first-hand from Mike gives you a leg up. :)
Re: Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
That Lincoln Zephyr came out really nice ! :wow:
Re: Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
This class was awesome!
Always on my feet actually doing something productive. If you learn by doing I highly recommend this class.
A lot of information over 2 days was learned and the opportunity to try many different tools before deciding what I wanna buy.
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Re: Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
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Originally Posted by
RACLARK
Mike
I'd Had a Great Time and took in a Lot of info.
Meet a Lot Great People and made friends in the Process. Vast amount of Info was Shared, and a Great learning Experience.
Thank You so much for Your Time and to the Host Mike Liebing as well.
The Equipment Used was Great and Learn how To used Each One .
The Cars were of a vast varieties, and Learn how to make One, 100% Better then when we started , with Great People as a Team to make them look Great.
Thank You to the Team and to Both Mike's
Roger Clark
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Hi Roger, thank you for attending the class and also sharing your feedback about the class here on the forum.
I would also like to say thank you for being such a help at the class. I always have a "go-getter" in every class and you fit this description - so thank you.
AND - thank you for all the time, money and work it took to bring TWO cars to this class for everyone to work on. The Camaro was incredible and I believe you how have the skills, knowledge and confidence to tackle it yourself. and the Monte Carlo - will the class did a GREAT job on it and now it's ready to cruise and show-off!
Thank you again Roger, it was a genuine pleasure working with you and getting to know you.
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Re: Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
Mike,
Thank you for the amazing class! I am still sore from muscle groups I have not felt in years! Your approach to hands-on instruction is how I learn best and you are a great hands-on teacher.
I know you love "The Beast", but I thought it was too powerful for me.
You put together an excellent curriculum and a great team to learn with. Some of us walked in there with little experience and all of us walked away ready to detail our own cars.
In my opinion, this class should be a requirement for pro detailers so they know how to properly detail a car and speak with customers.
Thank you Praxis Detailing for hosting and providing some amazing & expensive cars for us to detail.
Regards,
David Gutierrez
Research and Development Lab Manager
303® Products
Re: Pictures: Autogeek’s Roadshow Class with PRAXIS Detailing in Auburn, Indiana
Mike;
Thanks for making the trip to Auburn IN and taking time out from your life to enrich others; especially on the weekend.
You covered a lot of topics, products, machines and how to be successful while running a detailing business. Real world challenges and results.
We worked on barn finds to $400,000 collector cars in this class, not many people get that opportunity.
Hope to be on the tour next year again!
Thanks
Mike Liebing
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