Recent content by Mike Phillips

The only 3" polisher I would consider is a short stroke option. And to my knowledge, the only short stroke option is the Griot's G8 FWIW See what I share in this video. Mike

Links to Articles on How-To Use a Rotary Polisher by Mike Phillips Here's the links for my articles in no particular order. https://autogeekonline.net/threads/how-to-use-a-rotary-polisher.54592/ https://autogeekonline.net/threads/how-to-use-a-rotary-buffer.49124/...

How do you prime a foam pad? Dime sized drops? Pea sized Drops Spokes Lines Strips Mike Phillips

For a project, How the Test Spot Was Born In the early 1990s, while answering car detailing questions on the Usenet Newsgroups, I tried to help someone remove scratches from his white single-stage paint. Instead of trying his rubbing compound on one small section first, he applied it to the...

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Lots of opinions related to your question. I'll give you my nutshell take. Assuming that anytime you rub any type of detailing clay or synthetic substitute, you're going to induce clay marring. Maybe not on hard paint, but everything else - yes clay marring. You can't always see it on light...

Ice Cream Scoop Scooper analogy to polishing paint by Mike Phillips

Jamie Buchanan - Host of "Dirty Old Cars" Mike Phillips

Here's the actual training cars for the Saturday and Sunday portion of this class. Remember, Friday is a FREE/BONUS class for those that can be here for it. 2026 September Training Cars for Dr. Beasley's 2-Day Car Detailing Class! This class takes place on Saturday, September 19th and...

Learn to Remove Wiper Scratches Out of GLASS Windshields by Mike Phillips Sub-Surface Glass Polishing On the Friday BEFORE the class starts on Saturday, September 19th, there will be a Sub-Surface Glass Polishing Class for those attending the 2-day class and are in town the day before...

2015 Camaro

The 1963 Split Window Corvette Sting Ray belongs to a local car collector. The 1965 Corvette with all the holograms is also his. He just knows he can trust his super cool cars with me when I have strangers here to train on them. To day - never a mistake and all the cars that go through our...

Yes. One of the cars we plan to use in the video last Friday cancelled due to mechanical problems so we have to reschedule a date for this specific video. I have amassed a large collection of different types of wool and foam pads that we'll be showcasing and I'm actually working on getting a...

I've only installed PPF one time as a part of a class I attended in Chicago. Because I knew this is something I didn't actually want to do my knowledge base is very limited but I'm confident the PPF installers do in fact have a prep protocol they follow to ensure success. Dr. Beasely's Z...