Detailing and car washing are two different processes that serve different purposes when it comes to maintaining the appearance and condition of your vehicle.
Car washing is a basic service that primarily involves cleaning the exterior of your car, typically with water and soap, to remove dirt and grime. While this is important to remove surface-level dirt and debris, it does not necessarily address more stubborn stains or deeper cleaning needs, such as removing contaminants like tar or tree sap, restoring paintwork, or deep-cleaning the interior.
Car detailing, on the other hand, is a more comprehensive and thorough process that goes beyond basic car washing. Auto detailing involves a range of services such as deep-cleaning the interior and exterior of the vehicle, polishing and waxing the exterior paint to restore its shine, removing swirl marks and scratches, treating leather and vinyl surfaces, cleaning the engine bay, and more. In essence, detailing is a more in-depth cleaning and restoration process that can help improve the overall appearance and condition of your vehicle, both inside and out.
While car washing is a quick and basic service, car detailing is a more comprehensive process that can address deeper cleaning needs, restore the appearance of your vehicle, and ultimately help to maintain its value over time.
In summary, Auto detailing is an exhausting process which should only be done by true professionals. Damage can occur to many of the sensitive components of your vehicle if performed by someone who is not thoroughly trained or experienced in using the products and methods we have spent years mastering. We take extreme pride in our ability to deep clean automotive interiors and exteriors transforming them to a showroom-floor condition. Relentless is in our name because we are relentless in our pursuit of auto detailing perfection.
WASH ME!
We’ve all seen the dusty and dirty car with “WASH ME” finger-painted into it’s built-up dirt and grime. Well, we are in business to do just that. Our process starts with a thorough cleaning of the wheels, tires and wheel wells. Our industry-leading chemical of choice to tackle dirty, brake-dust saturated wheels is a product that reacts with iron particles (brake dust) and dissolves them in just a few minutes, it also contains an emulsifier and surfactants, which super clean your wheels to return the gloss and shine as if they were brand new. Along with a variety of brushes, we ensure every surface of the wheel is cleaned to our extremely high standards. Now it’s the tires’ turn for a deep clean. Utilizing a dedicated tire cleaner and rejuvenator, we use a stiff-bristled brush to activate the cleaning action of the cleaner and scrub the tire once, twice or sometimes three and four times to guarantee a clean tire which will properly accept our tire dressing once the surface is dry.
Moving on to the exterior painted and plastic trim surfaces. Whether it is a heavy foam bath, or a “rinseless” wash, we ensure every panel is thoroughly washed and dried. Often times, on a heavily soiled exterior, we will use a strong all-purpose cleaner as a pre-soak to loosen any stuck on dirt and debris before spraying the surface with a high-pressure rinse to ensure the product is removed for our next step in the cleaning process. Then, we either foam the vehicle down, depending on how dirty the body panels are, or we use a rinse-less wash for ceramic coated and well maintained vehicles, in order to remove the surface dirt. Next, if required, we use a combination of an electric blower and specially-designed drying towels for drying the vehicle.
Perfect Paint Correction
Depending on the level of paint correction needed or requested, we then perform a decontamination process that uses special chemicals to remove iron deposits and tar. Then we use a clay bar to remove the embedded contaminants a chemical decontamination doesn’t remove. Next, we buff and polish the paint, to ensure a perfectly smooth, contaminant-free surface. We use our industry leading buffing compounds and polishes paired with the proper buffer/polishing pad(s) to achieve the desired paint correction. Once perfect paint correction is achieved we then wipe each panel with a specially formulated chemical to remove polish residue for a flawless surface that will accept our ceramic coating or wax, which can protect the paint for up to 10 years with proper maintenance.
Waxes, Sealants and Ceramics, OH MY!
Waxes, sealants and ceramic coatings act as a barrier between your vehicles paint and the harsh, rigorous environment that awaits your vehicle. Ranging from 6 months all the way to 10-years, these paint-toppers are the proven buffer to protect the paint of your vehicle. Although wax and synthetic sealant are still a good choice, the hydrophobic properties (water repellency) of graphene or ceramic coatings are unmatched in the detail world as water just glides right off of a professionally-installed ceramic coated surface. Though it can be expensive, the benefits of a ceramic coating far outweigh the cost when it comes to protecting such an expensive investment. Once it is properly ceramic coated, your vehicle is a perfect candidate for what we refer to as a “maintenance detail”. Performed as often as once a week, a maintenance detail is far less expensive as a full detail due to the coating which protects and repels unwanted water-spots, dirt and debris, and is the best way to ensure your newly installed ceramic coating lasts as advertised. Ask us today about our maintenance detail plans. We ONLY use top shelf chemicals and tools on every vehicle we touch to ensure perfection in every aspect of auto detailing, paint correction and ceramic coatings.
Don’t Forget the Inside
Moving on to the interior. A vehicle’s interior is made of many different materials. Vinyl, plastic, leather, carpeting and upholstery, each require special attention and specially formulated products to achieve relentless-level cleanliness. Generally the first step is to vacuum all loose dirt and debris from the carpeting and seats before using industry leading methods and chemicals to deep clean your interior door panels, dash, console, steering wheel, carpets and upholstery, in order to revive it to its original glory. We use a carpet extractor and special enzymatic cleaners and neutralizers for cleaning the carpets and upholstery and we use special formulated chemicals to protect them from future spills and stains. Once properly cleaned to our high standards, we protect the plastics and leathers with a top-tier protection compound, to revitalize your vehicle’s interior and provide easier clean-ability when it comes time to a maintenance detail in the future. Lastly, we tackle the windows. A quick wipe-down with a special chemical that prevents streaks and also provides crystal-clear glass for clarity and beauty. We guarantee that you will be blown away with the appearance we can create with your worn interior, bringing life back to your investment and easing the anxiety that can come with a cluttered car. If you want relentless perfection, you will not be disappointed!
Steam Cleaning 101
When necessary, we sometimes use the power of steam to break-down and disinfect stubborn stains and messes. In conjunction with industry leading interior surface cleaners, a steam cleaner is a staple in any good detailers repertoire. Steam cleaning is a sure way to remove stubborn stains that can build up within carpets and upholstery but also on the plastics that surround the interior of your vehicle. Steam is also extremely efficient on some exterior features of your vehicle, not to mention its sanitizing and disinfectant qualities which is useful on passenger-accessible interior surfaces. We are extremely confident we can use our experience to detail your vehicle to your satisfaction, transforming it back to showroom condition with our numerous industry leading methods and products. Give us a shot today!
