Video: How to sand and polish Plexiglas windows by Mike Phillips
I love polishing Plexiglas! Why? Because this type of classic plastic is soft and easy to sand and buff. In the below video, I show step-by-step how to sand and polish the INSIDE of the back Plexiglass window in the hardtop...
LIVE Detailing Class! - Damp Sanding with 3M Trizact - 1941 Grahm Hollywood!
At this weekend's big 3-day detailing class, we have 3 cars with custom paint jobs that this class will learn the art of sanding to remove orange peel and other surface texture. For the 1941 Grahm Hollywood, the...
LIVE Detailing Class! - Remove Orange Peel from BLACK Paint - Harbor Freight Sanding Discs
1981 Corvette 4-Speed
One of the training cars for our upcoming May 3-day detailing class has arrived early and I've taken some pictures to photo-document just how BAD this fresh, custom paint job...
1968 Camaro Dry Sanding Project
Tentatively, this 1968 Camaro is a work-in-progress, being painted and then final assembly. After that she'll be brought to the O.R. here at Dr. Beasley's for a complete dry sand, cut and ceramic coat.
Stay tuned...
Mike
Remove Orange Peel from BLACK Paint! - LIVE Detailing Class!
Here's a short video showing the defects in the paint and the topics to be covered.
And here's the FULL video showcasing process and results
One of the training cars for our upcoming May 3-day detailing class has arrived...
Pictures from the 5-day class in Chicago
Today is the first day of this BIG 5-day class. Yesterday after arriving into Chicago from Florida, we set-up for today. Something happened to the 1960 Impala that we we're scheduled to sand and buff but it's all good as it was replaced by I think, a...
LIVE from Dr. Beasley's Manufacturing and Corporate Offices - A behind the scenes look at the 5oay Skills and Business Clinic!
Join us on Wednesday for our regular LIVE broadcast coming to you from Dr. Beasley's Corporate Office and Manufacturing Plant in Chicago, Illinois! This will be day...
The definition of a Section Pass by Mike Phillips - How to do paint correction by machine
Years ago, when trying to figure out how to teach a person how to buff out a car using a keyboard I came up with the term Section Pass or Section Passes.
The definition of a pass
There are two...
1-Day Detailing Class - Extreme Paint Correction & Ceramic Coatings - Saturday, June 8th
There are NO CHAIRS! No Sitting! No PowerPoint Presentation - This class is PURE 100% hands-on paint correction and ceramic coatings.
See for yourself what our classes look like!
There are NO other...
November 3-Day Class - Training Cars and Boats - No Chairs! No Sitting! No PowerPoint Presentation
Price: $1,795.00 - Click here to sign-up
Dates
Friday November 15th - Start time 7:30am sharp!
Saturday November 16th - Start time 7:30am sharp!
Sunday November 17th - Start time 8:30am...
September 3-Day Class - Training Cars and Boats - No Chairs! No Sitting! No PowerPoint Presentation
Price: $1,795.00 - Click here to sign-up
Dates
Friday September 20th - Start time 7:30am sharp!
Saturday September 21st - Start time 7:30am sharp!
Sunday September 22nd - Start time 8:30am...
New Car Detailing? Removing DISO - Dealer Installed Swirl Option - LIVE Online Detailing Class with Mike Phillips
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DISO = The Dealership Installed Swirl Option by Mike Phillips
These are holograms
Holograms are a distinct scratch patter inflicted into the paint by the misuse of a rotary polisher with a fiber pad.
Doing it wrong the first time
Sad to say but all too often after your car is "prepped" by...
Cordless Rotary Polishers vs Corded - LIVE Online Detailing Class with Mike Phillips
I am one of the few people given a prototype from FLEX in Germany, their (at that time), new CORDLESS PE-150 Rotary Polisher. Bob Eichelberg game me 2 protypes at the 2017 SEMA in Las Vegas always held...
LIVE Online Detailing Class - Harbor Freight Forced Rotation DA versus FLEX XC 3401 VRG aka the BEAST!
This Wednesday, we'll be comparing the new Harbor Freight Forced Rotation DA versus FLEX XC 3401 VRG aka the BEAST! These are both 8mm gear-driven orbital polishers. The price difference...
5-Day Class - Pro Skills & Business - Chicago IL - April 8th through April 12th
This course covers a wide range of high-level detailing skills & business topics, including:
Wet & Dry Sanding plus Paintwork Correction with Rod Kraft & Mike Phillips
Dry Ice Cleaning with Dryce and Scott...
LIVE Online Detailing Class - How to sand and polish Plexiglass crystal CLEAR!
Here's the video archived on the Dr. Beasley's YouTube channel.
Swirls and scratches are a COMMON problem with the classic Corvette hardtops for C2 and C3 Corvettes. Over time, the inside and the outside of...
May 3-Day Class - Training Cars and Boats - No chairs. No sitting. No PowerPoint
Class dates
Friday May 3rd - Paint correction and ceramic coatings
Saturday May 4th - Removing orange peel via sanding - see training CARS below - no demo hoods
Sunday May 5th - Extreme Boat Detailing
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Review: Harbor Freight HC109B Forced Rotation Dual Action Polisher
The Harbor Freight HC109B Forced Rotation Dual Action Polisher
It used to be people complained there weren’t a lot of options when it comes to car detailing power tools. Nowadays, people complain because there are so...
No LIVE broadcast this week or next week - Offline - Oregon Trip
My wife Stacy and I are leaving tomorrow for a trip to Oregon. For this reason, there not be a LIVE online detailing class this week or next week.
Our live broadcasts will resume on Wednesday, March 13th.
-Mike