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Pictures - September 18th 19th 20th 2026 Class in Stuart Florida - Dr. Beasley's & Mike Phillips Last week was the last class for this year, pictures incoming. Mike

Hello all I wanted to find out besides scan grip who makes good swirl finder lights. Also who makes good lights for detailing. Thanks.

Hey, I want to attach a pressure washer hose to the SPRAY end of a wand, then at the other end, I want to attach one of those drain cleaning tools that blow water backwards. That tool has a 1/4" quick connect male. I plan on cutting the existing fittings off and replacing the ends with one 1/4" make QC and the other 1/4" female QC. I'm using a lightweight electric pressure washer (1500 lbs) and I want to use this setup to clear out a 3" drain line. My plan was to insert the hose into the... Read more

Hey, I want to attach a pressure washer hose to the SPRAY end of a wand, then at the other end, I want to attach one of those drain cleaning tools that blow water backwards. That tool has a 1/4" quick connect male. I plan on cutting the existing fittings off and replacing the ends with one 1/4" make QC and the other 1/4" female QC. I'm using a lightweight electric pressure washer (1500 lbs) and I want to use this setup to clear out a 3" drain line. My plan was to insert the hose into the... Read more

Hello all I wanted to find out besides scan grip who makes good swirl finder lights. Also who makes good lights for detailing. Thanks.

Almost all of my machine sanding is done on headlights, and when I started doing that I would use the Meguiar's Unigrit hook and loop 3" discs, some of which were foam backed. Meguiar's got out of that business, I guess because their parent 3M, who I believe is the largest abrasives manufacturer in the world, is in the same biz. Mirka seemed to become a popular option, along with the 3M Trizact pads. Now it seems that both the 3M Trizact and the Mirka Abralon are no longer widely... Read more

2019 Toyota Avalon. Has been Ceramic coated. Area shown in picture will polish out. Please let me know you thoughts?

2019 Toyota Avalon. Has been Ceramic coated. Area shown in picture will not polish out. Please let me know you thoughts?

Videos showing Training Cars for September 2026 Class at Dr. Beasley's in Stuart, Florida As the cars arrive, I'll share short video clips in this thread. First up... 1965 Corvette Stingray - Rotary Polisher Training Car Stay tuned... Mike

Videos showing Training Cars for September 2026 Class at Dr. Beasley's in Stuart, Florida As the cars arrive, I'll share short video clips in this thread. First up... 1965 Corvette Stingray - Rotary Polisher Training Car Stay tuned... Mike

The difference between a hack and a professional is a professional knows when to stop Back in the summer of 2023, shortly after I joined the Dr. Beasley's team, my long-time friend, Paul Grasso, of Grasso Garage, (a full custom car building business here in Stuart, Florida), asked me if I could help him remove some scratches out of the back window of an all-original 1970 Plymouth Superbird. This is a numbers-matching, 426 Hemi Engine, Pistol Grip, Dana 60 Rear-end... Read more

1969 Plymouth Roadrunner - How To Remove Orange Peel Class with Mike Phillips One of the training cars for the wet sanding and machine dry sanding class has arrived. This car is fresh out of the paint booth about 2 weeks ago. There's lots of orange peel as well as other surface imperfections. Mike