Before and After Pictures from the Most Hands-On Boat Detailing Classes!

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Before and After Pictures from the Most Hands-On Boat Detailing Classes!


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100% Hands-On Boat Detailing Classes!

Just like our car detailing classes, our boat detailing classes are 100% Hands On! AND like you can see from the pictures dating back to 2013 - over 10 years ago, we bring in the WORST condition large, tall boats because these provide the BEST learning experience for our classes.


February 2023 - 25' NauticStar Center Console

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February 2022 - 26' Regulator Center Console

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February 2021 - 23' Sportsman Center Consoles

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Questions? Reach out! I'm happy to answer all your questions.

Mike Phillips
mike@autoforge.net
760-515-0444


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These are boats from the time I was the Director of Training at the geek. I've included the years these boats classes took place.



February 2020 - 2 boat Class - 23' Pro Line Walk Around and a 21' Sea Hunt Center Console

Extreme, DEEP oxidation!


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Here's BEFORE

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Here's AFTER

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Frog Camp
This Pro Line sat for over a year with a tarp over it and during that time a colony of Frogs made the boat their home.

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Not good...

This was a 21' Sea Hunt that the owner tried to hand sand using #600 grit sand paper and then buff out. He not only didn't remove the sanding marks he left the boat filled with holograms. My class fixed it better than new.

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After pictures
Sorry to say I never got to putting up the after shots as making pictures magically show up on a forum takes a little time. But in these two Certificate Award Ceremony pictures you can see the results.

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February 2019 - 2 Boat Class - 26' SeaRay and a 24' Edgewater

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February 2018 - 2 Boat Class - 21' Trophy Center Console and a 28' Rinker



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February 2017 - 25' Bluewater Center Console

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April 2015 - 2011 - 25' Robalo Center Console

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Stay tuned... more to come....


Questions? Reach out! I'm happy to answer all your questions.

Mike Phillips
mike@autoforge.net
760-515-0444


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September 2014 - 1960 Glastron Fireflight

This was a very special project we did for the TV show Ship Shape TV with John Greviskis. This is one of his personal boats that he was restoring. He separated the top cap from the hull, did any repair work and then re-gelcoated both components. My class took over after the gelcoat cured using a multiple-step sanding process that included,

  1. Block sanding with #600 through #2000 grit.
  2. Machine sanding with #2000 through #3000 grit.
  3. Machine compounding and polishing followed by machine waxing.


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Questions? Reach out! I'm happy to answer all your questions.

Mike Phillips
mike@autoforge.net
760-515-0444

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May 2014 - 25' ShearWater Center Console

'This is the LAST class I showed ONLY using a rotary buffer to remove deep oxidation.

After this class I switched over and I believe I started the trend in the industry to machine sand gelcoat using the Mirka Abralon Sanding Discs. If you can find documentation for ANY boat class anywhere showing Mirka Abralon being used to machine sand gelcoat - please share it with the rest of us.

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August 2013 - 24' Pro-Line Center Console

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July 2013 - 16' Key Largo Center Console

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June, 2013 - 2000 Baja 232 Boss High Performance

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Stay tuned... more to come....


Questions? Reach out! I'm happy to answer all your questions.
Mike Phillips
mike@autoforge.net
760-515-0444


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The most photo-documented classes on planet Earth!

We show more documented boat detailing classes than anyone else dating back to 2013. Above are just the before and after pictures but if you want - I can also provide all the action shots showing the class working on the boats, which will be thousands of pictures.

These are fast-paced, 100% hands-on boat detailing classes covering both exterior and interior boat detailing on huge center console boats, dark in color and always in horrible condition.


-Mike Phillips
760-515-0444
 
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