Houston, TX
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Outside the car

Exterior Detailing

Exterior Only from $120, around 1.5 man hours. Super Exterior Only from $320, around 3 man hours. Both are starting prices for a small car and vary with size and condition.

Clay bar first, then wax, in that order

Exterior Only starts with a complete wash and a hand dry, then the wheels and tires are cleaned and degreased and a tire dressing is applied. The door jambs and trunk seals are cleaned. Then the part that actually makes the difference: a clay bar across every painted surface to pull out the bonded contamination that washing alone leaves behind, followed by a high quality wax applied by hand. Waxing over contaminated paint just seals the grit in, which is why the order matters. The exterior plastics get dressed at the end.

What the Super Exterior adds

Everything in Exterior Only, plus a single pass of paint polishing and buffing, and headlight restoration included rather than charged as an add on. That polishing pass is what takes the finish from clean to the glass like look, and it is the reason the job runs to around three man hours. One customer described the paintwork as feeling like silk afterwards, which is about right for what a single pass does to a car that has been sitting under a Texas sun.

Ralph is a perfectionist and it shows. The paintwork felt like silk after he buffed it. Shirley Ferguson

A grey Bentley Continental GT after exterior detailing, parked in a Houston office car park

What the exterior packages cover

Get your exterior looking shiny with our exterior only detailing package.

  • Complete outside wash
  • Hand dry with clean microfiber towels to protect your paint
  • Clean all exterior windows
  • Clean and degrease wheels and tires
  • Apply tire dressing
  • Clean all door jambs and trunk seals
  • Clay Bar all painted surfaces to remove harmful contaminants
  • Apply high quality wax by hand to all painted surfaces
  • Exterior dressing of plastics

Super Exterior Only adds: All the exterior services in this detailing package. Single pass paint polishing/buffing. Headlight restoration included.

Final price may vary depending on size and condition of vehicle.