What our 1-Day Extreme Detailing Class looks like - 146 pictures!

[Mike Phillips]

What our 1-Day Extreme Detailing Class looks like - 146 pictures!

Before you sign-up for any car detailing class anywhere in America, do your research and confirm you're getting what you want. We LOVE to prove how hands-on our classes are and that there is literally no chairs, no sitting, no PowerPoint and no demo hoods. At our classes you're on your feet, with products and tools in your hands, working on the real deal, that is real training cars.

Here's the topics our 1-day class covers and the pictures to back it up. And yes, we start early at 7:30am and go until all topics and all cars are completed. So get a good night's sleep the night before the class and wear comfortable work clothes or training cloths.


Topics covered.


1: Extreme Prep Wash - Machine scrubbing tires - Topical Glass Polishing - Mechanical Decontamination.

2: Multiple-Step Paint Correction aka Show Car Detailing - Rotary, Orbital polishers with NSP 150/95 - Nano-Resin MX Ceramic Coating Installation.

3: One-Step Paint Correction - Orbital polishers with NSP 150/95 - Nano-Resin MX Ceramic Coating Installation.

4: One-Step Ceramic AIO Paint Correction - Orbital Polishers and Dr. Beasley's NSP Z1 Ceramic AIO.


Below are what this 1-day class looks like using pictures from our most recent class.

This is a LOT to cover in a single day and you are welcome to take pictures and videos to help you remember this intense training course.

 

[Mike Phillips]

More..


Here's what an EXTREME Prep Wash looks like in our classes.

Remove mats - wash and dry
When you're new to detailing, sometimes you forget to remove the mats and wash them during the wash process. Then later, after the detail you open the door of the vehicle and see dirty mats. Make it a Best Practice to always remove mats and wash them at the start of the Extreme Prep Wash.

Tables or Work Platforms
If you have work tables or even a couple of work platforms, these work great to get the mats off the ground to make cleaning them easier. In all our classes, we show machine scrubbing instead of hand scrubbing. Machine scrubbing does a better job and it's faster.

To clean these extremely soiled WeatherTech floor mats, we're using the Dr. Beasley's Premium Degreaser - for engine detailing and cleaning other excessively grimy areas and or components.

Clean wheels, tires and wheel wells

Here's Daniel using Dr. Beasley's Intensive Brake Dust Remover on the front wheels. Normally the front wheels will have a higher concentration of brake dust and traffic film, so the Dr. Beasley's Intensive Brake Dust Remover is a great choice.

If the front and back wheels are not to bad, then Dr. Beasley's Premium Wheel Cleanser will easily tackle the job.

Machine scrubbing tires
Once you machine scrub tires you'll never want to go back to hand scrubbing. Here's Jhonathan machine scrubbing tires using the cordless FLEX PE-150 with Dr. Beasley's Premium Degreaser

You also get to use the Braun Wheel Cleaning Brushes to thoroughly clean the wheels.

Wheel Well Cleaning

Machine scrub any plastic cladding

Topical Glass Polishing
There are 2 types of glass polishing, topical and sub-surface glass polishing, and both are messy. The good news is the different products used to do both types while messy, will easily wash off when you wash the vehicle. If you do either type of glass polishing AFTER you wash and dry the car – now you get to re-clean all the major body panels a second time and thus you’re wasting time, energy and steps. Work smarter instead of harder and do any glass polishing before you wash the vehicle.

Full body wash
After wheels and tires, cleaning any plastic cladding, doing topical glass polishing, now it's time to wash the entire vehicle starting at the top and working your way down and around the vehicle.

Washing door, hood, trunk and hatchback jambs
Some people like to wash and clean all the jambs during the Extreme Prep Wash process. This too will save you time, steps, products and towels. The key is to be careful not to introduce water into the interior of the vehicle when rinsing these areas. The other option is to clean and dry these areas after washing and the final rinse. For this class session, we're going over washing jambs as a part of the wet work.

Be sure to wash and clean forgotten areas - This is on the SV Test for the IDA.

Mechanical Decontamination
When it comes to doing a prep wash, the vehicle in question is normally neglected and as such will have some form of contamination that is bonded to the paint and glass that will not wash off during the washing process. As an option, once the car is washed and fully and thoroughly rinsed, you can use a clay bar or a clay bar substitute like a clay towel or clay mitt, to remove the decontamination while the car is wet. This saves you 2 steps and is the technique I use and recommend to most people.

After the mechanical decontamination step, give the vehicle one last final rinse. When done correctly, thoroughly and in the correct order you get the vehicle surgically clean, perfect for all the next steps in the shortest amount of time.

 

[Mike Phillips]

More...

Saturday Morning Session - Multiple Step Paint Corrections learning how to use rotary polishers, orbital polishers, plus Dr. Beasley's NSP Primers & Ceramic Coatings.

The incredible FLEX PE-150 Cordless Rotary Polisher
In our classes, the FIRST tool you will learn to use is the rotary polisher. If you're a serious enthusiast or a detailer at any level, (newbie to seasoned professional), you need this skill set for when you're working on cars with serious or deep paint defects or to remove sanding marks. Sure an orbital can do the job but it will take so much longer. If you want to work in a time-efficient manner - you need to know how to use and master the rotary polisher.

Like this,

Photo-Documenting the Pre-Existing Damage
In our classes we teach people how to properly inspect the current condition of the paint and the value and importance of photo-documenting any pre-existing damage. With the average daily driver, this would mean inspecting and documenting things like swirls, scratches, water spots and oxidation.


DA Sanding Marks
With a custom paint job on a streetrod, we teach to inspect for sanding marks left behind by the other person. I'm sad to say we found PLENTY of DA Sanding Marks in the paint. DA Sanding Marks are sanding marks left in the paint after using a DA Sander or Dual Action Sander. When sanding by hand, it's common to find TRACERS, which are straight-line scratches left by hand sanding.

These are DA Sanding Marks

Passenger side rear fender
Same thing all over the car - DA Sanding Marks.

Pigtails
The term pigtails means, tiny circular scratches, that look like the curly tail on a pig. These happen when a sanding abrasives particle or some other contaminant becomes trapped between the sanding disc and the paint.

Go time!
I had already washed and clayed this car on Thursday morning, so after identifying and marking where the pre-existing sanding marks were in the paint, and after a demonstration on how to correctly use Dr. Beasley's NSP 150 Primer with a wool pad on the FLEX PE-150 Cordless Rotary Polisher - I turned the class loose on some other guy's black streetrod!

There are no other car detailing classes where you start out first thing in the morning, on the first day of class, using a rotary on some other guy's black streetrod. In most cases you'll be sitting in a chair, looking at the wall, (looking at a PowerPoint Presentation), while someone drones on and on and on about how great their products are or worse - how great they are.


Shortly after 9:00am and this team is learning the way of the rotary polisher and the power and effectiveness of Dr. Beasley's NSP Primers!

Derick working the driver's side front fender...

Meko working the driver's front side of the roof...

Here's Andy, demonstrating a text book example of how to correctly use a rotary polisher on the side of a car

Team work now and over the course of the 3-day class. Learning, training, working hard, having fun and making new friends.

Here's Jhonathan working the driver's side rear fender...

Here's Joe working the rear passenger side body panel...

Here's Thomas working the passenger side of the roof in partnership with Meko on the other side.

Here's Russel sharing tips and techniques for using Dr. Beasley's NSP 150 Primer with the FLEX Cordless PE-150 Rotary Polisher

Here's Daniel working the passenger side front fender...

Text book example - Joe working the rear passenger side fender.

Here's David using the Finger Painting Technique to place 2-things on a small section of paint below the recessed license place inset.

Next he picks up the product on the face of the wool buffing pad and works that section.

Here's Joe and Derick tag-teaming the roof...

Mike

 

[Mike Phillips]

More...


Next up - Second step paint correction - removing the holograms and perfecting the paint!

After removing all the sanding marks, swirls, scratches and random isolated deeper scratches, it was time to move on to the second step - machine polishing using the Dr. Beasley's NSP 95 Primer with Dr. Beasley's Orange Foam Polishing Pads using FLEX orbital polishers. The BEAST and the Supa BEAST. Both of these are 8mm gear-driven orbital polishers.

By now, a unique phenomenon begins - the students begin to gel... they begin to work together as a team, no longer strangers.

Next step... installing the Dr. Beasley's Nano-Resin MX Ceramic Coating

The Dr. Beasley's Nano-Resin MX Ceramic Coating Kit is a two part ceramic coating system. The first part, the Paint Coating Builder, primes the paint for the proper bonding of the MX Ceramic Coating for maximum gloss, protection and durability. It perfects the paint surface while laying down anchor points for the MX Ceramic Coating to build on.

Next up - Installing the Dr. Beasley's Nano-Resin MX Ceramic Coating
This is a ceramic coating system for vehicles with glossy paint finishes. A variant of our Nano-Resin Pro formula, Nano-Resin MX is graded for 7 years of durability and adds self-cleaning properties, micro-scratch resistance and a brilliant candy gloss with proper washing and drying, (gentle touch).

Final results!

No chairs. Now sitting. No PowerPoint and obviously - no demo hoods. Pure hands-on training.


Mike Phillips
Cell: 760-515-0444


Get signed-up for one of these intense, hands-on classes...

Dr. Beasley's Future of Detailing Class Schedule

 

[Mike Phillips]

More...

Just to note, the pictures you see in this linear thread are sharing the flow of the class. Thus the 1937 Ford 2-door Sedan in the pictures above were the first car and TOPIC covered on Friday. After taking our beauty shots, we moved the 1937 Ford over to the rear of the shop and moved the Mercedes-Benz into position to teach the next topic.


Mid-Afternoon session - Single step paint correction using orbital polishers plus Dr. Beasley's NSP Primers and Ceramic Coatings


2011 Mercedes-Benz E350 Cabriolet

Dr. Beasley's NSP 95 Primer
The paint on this Mercedes-Benz was actually in great condition. The few paint defects like swirls, scratches, water spots and oxidation were shallow and sparse. Thus the class was able to remove the vast majority of defects using Dr. Beasley's NSP 95 with FLEX gear-driven orbital polishers.

Here's Jhonathan checking his results and also photographing his results after using the NSP 95 and inspecting with the Lake Country Swirl Finder Light.

Installing the Dr. Beasley's Nano-Resin MX Kit
After all the paint correction was finished, next the class applied the Dr. Beasley's Paint Coating Builder as the first step in a two-step ceramic coating process.

Installing the Nano-Resin Pro Ceramic Coating
After removing the Paint Coating Builder, next the class installed the Dr. Beasley's Nano-Resin Pro Ceramic Coating.

Here are the results!

Mike

 

[Mike Phillips]

Continued...

One-Step Ceramic AIO Paint Correction

To recap, the class started out doing Multiple-Step Paint Correction and Ceramic Coatings, (the 1937 Ford), followed by One-Step Paint Correction and Ceramic Coatings, (the Mercedes-Benz), and now the class will learn One-Step Ceramic AIO Paint Correction.

With this process, the class will use an AIO or All-in-One, which is the Dr. Beasley's Z1. The Dr. Beasley's Z1 will do 3 dedicated processes in a single step. Z1 will,

1. Remove paint defects like swirls, scratches, water spots and oxidation.
2. Polish the paint to a clear, smooth high gloss.
3. Protect the paint with a layer of ceramic protection.

The BIG PICTURE idea is to learn 3 different approaches to detail cars, which if you detail for money, this is 3 different PACKAGES you can offer your customers. Which package your customer chooses depends upon their budget as well as the type and condition of their vehicle plus how they use it. There's a HUGE difference between doing Multiple-Step Paint Correction and Ceramic Coatings to a true show car like the 1937 Ford, where the goal is to create a perfect, swirl-free show car finish - and detailing a daily driver, that basically serves as a grocery getter and work transportation.

There are NO other classes that teach detailing with this approach. We incorporate REAL WORLD detailing in our classes whether you detail as a business or simply love to detail your own cars. No matter which type of person you are - you will still need to know these 3 different approaches and know when to use which process for your own cars or customer's cars.


Training cars to learn One-Step Ceramic AIO Paint Correction

1. 1979 Ford F150 Stepside Shorty Streetrod - With a custom basecoat/clearcoat paint job
2. 1982 AMC Eagle - With original single stage paint and a vinyl top

We work real hard at bringing in real-world, unique and also fun vehicles to train on. For this class session, the class will have the opportunity to learn One-Step Ceramic AIO Paint Correction on a super cool classic truck and an original paint AMC Eagle.

Go Time!
It's now late Friday afternoon. This class has already detailed 2 cars, washed 1 car and enjoyed the Dr. Color Chip Rock Chip Repair System presentation by Tony Pando. As well as had lunch. Next the class will tag-team these next two vehicles to round-out the topics, techniques, products and tools for this FIRST day of class. There are NO other classes with this much hands-on training in a single day let along 2 or 3 days. Most of the time, you would be sitting in a chair watching a PowerPoint Presentation. Take the challenge. TRY to find this many pictures showing YOU what you get to do for any other class on planet Earth. I challenge you. Try.


Mechanical decontamination
I washed the truck, but now the class will get to learn how to do mechanical decontamination as a stand-alone process. While it can save you time to do this step when you're washing the vehicle, there are actual reasons why to NOT do the mechanical decontamination step during the wash process and we share this reason in our classes.

Machine Applying a Tire Dressing
Like machine scrubbing tires to get them clean, once you machine apply a tire dressing, you'll never go back to working by hand.

Mike

 

[Mike Phillips]

More...

And here are the final results...

Friday Late Afternoon Session - Single step paint correction using orbital polishers and Dr. Beasley's Z1 Ceramic AIO or All-in-One.

1982 AMC Eagle - Original Single Stage Paint (rare)

We try to bring in a wide-spectrum of cars and different types of paint systems to provide the most well-rounded learning experience possible. This way, when our students return to their world they are the most prepared to tackle anything that drives up to their shop or garage.

1979 Ford F150 Stepside Shorty - Custom basecoat/clearcoat paint system

This custom built truck has a high dollar custom paint job including a wild flame job under the clearcoat finish. When it arrived here the paint was filled with the normal swirls and scratches and also holograms from the misuse of a rotary polisher. The class fixed this paint job using Dr. Beasley's Z1 Ceramic AIO.

 

[Mike Phillips]

More...

The Certificate Award Ceremony
After a long and grueling day - these folks have earned their certificates!

Actual Certificate
Unlike others, our certificate actually lists most of the major topics you trained on. Much nicer to display on the wall in your shop, garage, mobile work rig or home office.

NOTE: The above certificate is for our 3-day class, the certificate for the 1-day class will also include the multitude of topics you trained on but will not include the 2nd and 3rd day topics we cover in our 3-day classes.


If you really want to take a deep-dive into both car and boat detailing, including learning how to dry sand to remove orange peel by hand and machine, the get signed-up for one of our future 3-day classes.

Click here to see the full schedule with dates, locations, topics and prices.



Mike