One-stage
A single pass with a finishing polish. Takes out light swirls, water spots, and wash marring. Scratches you can catch with a fingernail stay.
- 4 to 6 hours
- From $350, sedan
- Right for daily drivers and most coatings
Hand wash only, a machine polish when the paint has earned it, and a coating that makes rain look like it is running away from your car. Two bays on Kessler Road, and a van that comes to you.
Every package starts with a two-bucket hand wash. No brushes, no tunnel, no free vacuum that moves the dirt around. Pick a tier, find your row, and that is the number you pay.
| What is includedand what it costs, by vehicle size | RefreshAbout 90 minutes | Most bookedFull detailHalf a day | ShowroomA full day, sometimes two |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two-bucket hand wash, wheels, tires, door jambs | Included | Included | Included |
| Interior vacuum, wipe-down, glass inside and out | Included | Included | Included |
| Tire dressing and a spray wax, good for about a month | Included | Included | Included |
| Clay bar and iron decontamination | Not included | Included | Included |
| Carpets and seats shampooed, leather cleaned and conditioned | Not included | Included | Included |
| Paint sealant | Not included | 6 months | 12 months |
| One-stage machine polish | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Engine bay, headlight restoration, steam on every vent and seam | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Free maintenance wash at 30 days | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Price by vehicle size | |||
| Sedan, coupe, hatchback | $89 | $229 | $429 |
| SUV, crossover, pickup | $109 | $279 | $499 |
| Three-row, van, lifted | $129 | $329 | $579 |
Scroll sideways for all three tiers
Prices include tax. Pet hair and heavy sand are the only things that change the number, and we tell you before we start. Not sure which row you are? Anything with a third row or a lift kit is the third row.
A ceramic coating is a hard, glass-like layer bonded to your clear coat. It is not a wax that wears off in a month; it is the reason a coated car looks washed after rain. We do the correction first, so what we lock in is paint that is actually flat.
Those spiderwebs you see under a gas station canopy are thousands of fine scratches in the clear coat, mostly from automatic washes and dirty towels. A machine polish levels the clear coat by a few microns so light reflects flat again. Nothing is filled in or hidden. Same paint, now flat.
Before we touch it we take a paint-depth reading on every panel. If the clear coat is too thin to polish safely, you get the number and we stop there, no charge.
A single pass with a finishing polish. Takes out light swirls, water spots, and wash marring. Scratches you can catch with a fingernail stay.
Compound first to cut the deeper defects, then polish to refine the finish. Removes most of what you can see in direct sun. Rock chips and scratches into the primer stay; those need paint, not polish.
Percentages are typical. We quote yours after the reading, not before. Put a sealant or a coating on after correction, or the swirls come back with the first bad wash.
The van carries 100 gallons of water, a generator, a pressure washer, and everything the bay has except the lift and the lights. Refresh and Full detail travel. Showroom, correction, and coating stay at the shop, where we control the light and the dust.
+$25 per visit, any package. Two or more cars at one address and the fee is waived.
Larkport · Marlow · Kessler Heights · East Ridge · Bellwood · Pine Landing · Harrow Point
Two bays behind the tire shop on Kessler Road, lit at 5,000K so we see what the sun will show you. No waiting room worth sitting in, so we drive you home within five miles, or you leave the keys in the box before we open.
Saturdays we close at two, so Saturday is Refresh and Full detail only.
I asked for the Full detail on a black three-row that had been through two winters and a toddler. Marcus texted me a photo of the floor mats at noon like it was a crime scene. Got it back at five and my wife asked if I had bought a new car.
Luis P. · Full detail, three-row SUV
Coated in March. It is September, I have washed it with a hose and a mitt maybe six times, and water still runs off the hood like it is scared of it. The "what it is not" talk before I paid is why I trusted them.
Dana K. · Ceramic coating, dark grey sedan
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A $50 deposit holds Showroom, correction, and coating dates. Refresh and Full detail just need a yes.
Mobile runs the same hours. Last mobile start is 1:00 so we finish in daylight.
1180 Kessler Road, Unit C
Larkport
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Behind the tire shop. Look for the cyan roll-up door and pull straight into bay one.