One day. Real vehicle. Direct feedback from a working professional.
For detailers who want hands-on machine polishing practice under instruction, with real-time correction on a real client vehicle.
What You'll Learn
The 1-Day Intensive is a full-day session at the freshcardetail Dalmine studio with a maximum of six students. You work on a real vehicle under direct instruction — paint inspection, decontamination, machine polishing, and final inspection. No theory-only sessions; every module is applied to the car in front of you.
Morning: Assessment and preparation
- Paint inspection under studio lighting
- Decontamination sequence — iron, tar, clay
- Panel preparation before correction
Afternoon: Correction and results
- DA polisher operation — technique hands-on
- Panel-by-panel correction with instructor feedback
- Post-correction inspection
- Q&A and personal workflow review
Is this course right for you?
If you care about your own car
You maintain your own vehicle and want to do it correctly. You've watched videos, read forums, and still aren't fully confident. This course gives you the structured foundation that self-research never quite delivers — the why behind every step, not just the how.
- Stop second-guessing every product purchase
- Build a safe, documented wash and maintenance system
- Know when a job needs a professional and when you can do it yourself
If you want to detailing as a profession
You want to take on clients or already do. The gap is the documented knowledge — knowing why the process works and being able to explain it to clients. This course gives you the curriculum structure to move from doing it by feel to doing it professionally.
- Close the knowledge gap between hobbyist and professional
- Earn a verifiable certificate to show clients
- Learn from a working studio, not a product manufacturer
If you're already in the industry
You have experience. You're here for refinement, business methodology, or to add a specific skill (coatings, PPF consultancy). The studio-based curriculum is grounded in real-job practice — not training-centre theory.
- Refine specific techniques with direct instructor feedback
- Add a documented certification to your credentials
- Learn coating or PPF consultancy as a business service
Everything in the enrolment.
- Full day at the Dalmine studio
- Real vehicle to work on with professional equipment
- Direct instructor supervision and feedback throughout
- Certificate of attendance
- Lunch (light, on-site)
- Access to studio materials during the session
Marco Ferretti
Lead Detailer & Academy Instructor
Marco Ferretti founded freshcardetail in Dalmine to close the gap between Italian detailing practice and accessible professional education. Every course in the Academy is built from the same methods used on client vehicles at the Dalmine studio — not from product manufacturer guides or theoretical frameworks.
He works on client vehicles and teaches at the studio simultaneously, which means the Academy curriculum reflects current, real-world practice. Students working with Marco receive instruction from someone who does the work every day.
Specialisms:
- Paint correction (DA and rotary)
- Ceramic coating application
- PPF specification and consultancy
- Detailing business methodology
Upcoming Sessions
Session dates for 1-Day Intensive are announced regularly. Contact us to be notified of the next available date.
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- Full day at the Dalmine studio
- Real vehicle to work on with professional equipment
- Direct instructor supervision and feedback throughout
- Certificate of attendance
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