Auto Detailing For Cleanliness And Care There are different degrees of auto detailing. The cheapest degree may include only cleaning the outside, like a car wash; the next degree may incorporate doing the interior and the boot as well and the top degree may include the inside, outside and the engine. Then there are levels of cleanliness within these categories as well. for instance, the lowest degree might be to merely vacuum the carpets, but the highest degree may include taking them out and actually washing them. Needless to say the amount of auto detailing you get will (or should) be reflected in the cost. The lowest degree may be $75 and the highest level $300 for an averagely dirty average car. Larger and dirtier cars cost more. However, the car will be restored to its condition if that is at all feasible, so a decent detailing before selling your car may reap dividends. It is not too hard to learn how to clean the outside of a car well, but it is more of a problem to do the inside because you will need special tools and small vacuum cleaner heads to get into all the nooks and crannies. You might also want to wash the carpets without removing them which can become a royal pain, if you do not have that special apparatus. You can certainly purchase the waxes, polishes, vinyl and leather cleaners and you can even buy the apparatus, it is just that you might find it costly to purchase and time-consuming to use. Cleaning the engine is more or less only a matter of blasting the grease off the engine with a fairly weak pressure gun using degreaser in the (warm) water, so this means more specialist equipment. The brushes and sponges are all pretty normal as are the liquids and detergents, polishes and waxes. Some auto detailing firms will also take care of small repairs like a stitch that has come loose in the upholstery or a minor scratch on the bodywork. However, I think that all businesses ought to at least bring these defects to the owner's attention even if repair is not in the price. Repairing a minor scratch on a wing can save that wing from having to be replaced in the future. Similarly with tyres, if an operative notices difficulties and reports it, it could save a puncture. Waxing is an important subject. I think that there ought to be a wax incorporated in the shampoo, because it will run into all the crevices and form a seal against rainwater. I am all for applying a second coat of wax by hand to the larger surfaces as well both for protection and appearance.
Do not bother applying a low-cost wax by hand, because it will come off after a couple of rain showers. If you are going to do the job, do it properly using a high quality wax that will protect your paintwork from the sun's bleaching rays, from the abrasion of wind-blown dust and from the oxidizing rain. Owen Jones, the author of this article, writes on many topics, but is currently concerned with auto interior detailing. If you want aome tips on detailing cars come over to our website now at Detailing Car Interiors.