Paint Sanding Group Day

£275.00

Learn to push boundaries and perfect paintwork like never before.

 

Professional Paint Sanding is a one-day group course for experienced detailers ready to add one of the most technically demanding — and highest-yield — skills in paint correction to their portfolio.

Working in a small group of up to five, you’ll progress through wet and dry sanding techniques across a series of increasingly challenging panels, guided throughout by our instructors. This is the skill that addresses heavy marring, post-bodyshop correction, chip repair, and finishes that machine polishing alone can’t resolve.

This course also counts toward IDA Certificate Maintenance Credits — a useful option if you’re maintaining an existing IDA accreditation.

Because of the technical demands involved, attendees need a working knowledge of machine polishers and confidence with heavy correction. If that’s not quite you yet, our Foundation Machine Polishing Group course is the right starting point. Available dates are in the calendar below.

 

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Paint Sanding Group Day

 

What the day covers

The day is built around progressively challenging panels, working through both dry and wet sanding technique using electric and pneumatic sanders alongside specialist hand tools and compounds.

Your instructors guide and demonstrate every step, so by the end of the day, you’ll have practised the full process — from assessment through to a finished, refined result — on damage that would be beyond reach for machine polishing alone either technically, or efficiently.

All materials are included, and the day runs from 09:30 to 16:00.

IDA Maintenance Credits

This course counts toward Certificate Maintenance Credits with the International Detailing Association — a practical way to keep an existing IDA accreditation current while adding a genuinely high-value skill to your offering.

Is this course right for you?

Because of the skill level involved, attendees need a working knowledge of machine polishers and confidence with heavy correction — the course assumes this foundation is already in place. If you’re not sure whether you’re ready, our Foundation Machine Polishing Group course is the ideal first step.

If you’d prefer one-to-one instruction at your own pace rather than a group setting, our Sanding  (1-to-1) course covers the same ground individually.

Not sure if this course is right for you? Get in touch and we’ll help you decide.

Course Length

1 Day (0930-1600)

Location

UK Detailing Academy, 2 Purlieus Barn, Ewen, Cirencester, GL7 6BY

Group Size

Up to 5 people

Experience / Qualification

Competent with a machine polisher

Refreshments or Lunch

Refreshments included

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