Everything that happens, spelled out.
“Full detail” means nothing until someone tells you what's actually in it. So here's every service, line by line. And a Civic and a Suburban aren't the same job — so they aren't the same price.
Maintenance wash
Upkeep. This is what keeps a car looking cared for, and it's the one most people should be booking most of the time. It is not a rescue mission — if the interior is genuinely rough, you want the interior restore, and I'll tell you so rather than take your money.
- Foam pre-soak and hand wash
- Wheels, tires and wheel wells
- Bug and tar spots off the front
- Glass cleaned inside and out
- Interior vacuum — seats, carpets, mats
- Trunk vacuumed if it's clear
- Dash, console and door panels wiped
- Door jambs wiped down
- Tire dressing applied by hand
Exterior detail
A wash removes what's sitting on the paint. This removes what's stuck in it — brake dust, rail dust, industrial fallout — and then seals the surface so it stays clean longer. Here's the test: run your hand across your hood after a wash. If it still feels gritty, that grit is bonded to your clear coat, and only this fixes it.
- Everything in the maintenance wash, exterior
- Iron decontamination — dissolves embedded brake dust
- Clay bar treatment — pulls out what washing can't
- Paint left glass-smooth to the touch
- Hand-applied wax or synthetic sealant
- Trim and plastics cleaned and restored
- Door jambs cleaned properly
- Exhaust tips and badges detailed
Interior restore
This is the rescue mission. Spills, ground-in dirt, dog hair, that smell you've stopped noticing. Shampoo lifts the dirt out of the fibers, and hot-water extraction pulls the dirty water back out. That second half is the part cheap operators skip — and it's why their work dries back dirty.
- Full vacuum — under seats, seat rails, trunk
- Carpets and cloth seats shampooed
- Hot-water extraction — the dirt actually leaves
- Spot and stain treatment
- Floor mats deep cleaned
- Leather cleaned and conditioned
- Vents, cupholders and crevices brushed out
- Headliner spot cleaned
- Plastics and trim cleaned and dressed
- Glass cleaned inside
- Odor neutralized at the source
The full detail
Both of the above, in one visit — every line item on this page. Block out half a day and hand me the keys. This is the one that makes a five-year-old car feel new again, and it costs meaningfully less than booking the two halves separately.
- The complete exterior detail
- The complete interior restore
- Iron decon, clay bar, wax or sealant
- Shampoo and hot-water extraction
- Leather cleaned and conditioned
- Every vent, crevice and door jamb
- Before and after photos, yours to keep
Extras, if you need them.
Pet hair is priced by how bad it is — a golden retriever's back seat is a different job to a cat's. Send me a photo and I'll give you the number before you book, not after.
Then don’t guess. Message me a photo.
Inside and out. I'll tell you what the car actually needs — and I'll tell you when the cheaper option is enough. I'd rather do an $80 wash you're happy with than sell you a $300 detail you didn't need.