Exterior Detailing

Wheels and tires come first, while the paint is still cold and dry. Faces, barrels and lug seats get cleaned by hand with dedicated brushes, and the wheel wells get flushed. Once the car is back on the ground, that is the single most visible difference between a wash and a detail.

The paint gets a pre-soak and a foam dwell to lift the loose layer before anything touches it, then a two-bucket hand wash with grit guards and fresh media for each panel section. Our rinse water is filtered, so panels dry without mineral spotting even in hard-water neighborhoods.

Decontamination is where the finish changes character. A chemical iron remover pulls out embedded brake and rail dust, and you will watch it bleed purple off the lower panels. A clay treatment shears off whatever is left of the tree sap, overspray and road film. Run your hand across the hood afterward and the surface feels like glass instead of fine sandpaper. That step is also mandatory before any polishing or coating work.