Glossy black Mercedes-AMG coupe parked on a luxury residential driveway
Exterior Detailing

Exterior Detailing in Lawrence, KS

A paint-safe hand wash, with full decontamination and wax on the Premium detail. Mobile or in-shop.

★★★★★ 5.0 on Google · 90+ reviews

Foam-covered wheel being hand-cleaned during an exterior car detail
What's Included

Clean, Sharp, Done by Hand

Kansas roads are hard on paint — road film, bugs, tar and salt all take their toll. Every exterior detail is done by hand with paint-safe products.

Every exterior

  • Foam soak and paint-safe hand wash
  • Wheels, barrels, tires and wheel wells
  • Windows and tire shine
Pricing

Essential or Premium.

Hand-washed with paint-safe products. Your final price is confirmed from photos or an in-person inspection.

★★★★★5.0 on Google · 90+ reviews
Essential service

Exterior detailing

Essential

Hand wash, wheels and windows · Mobile or in-shop

Choose your detail

FROM$70

Essential · Price confirmed from photos or inspection

Best for
For vehicles that are kept clean and do not need a deep clean.
Includes
  • Wheels, barrels, tires and wheel wells
  • Contact wash
  • Towel and blowdry
  • Windows
  • Tire shine
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Mobile or in-shop

At your home or work, or in our Lawrence shop.

Done by hand

Every exterior detail is hand-washed with paint-safe products.

5.0 on Google

Rated by 90+ customers.

Usually one and a half to three hours, depending on the size of the vehicle and how much contamination has built up. Mobile or in-shop in Lawrence.

Why Not A Tunnel Wash

Brushes Leave Marks

There's a reason a car comes out of the same tunnel wash looking duller every year. Two things in that tunnel work against your paint, and neither of them is the soap.

Spinning brushes

Nylon bristles on a spinning drum don't know the difference between dirt and clear coat. They drag whatever grit the car ahead of you left behind straight across your paint.

Recycled water

Tunnel washes filter and reuse their water. Fine grit survives the filters, and it gets flung against your panels at speed, panel after panel.

What it leaves

Thousands of fine circular scratches — that's what swirl marks actually are. They scatter light instead of reflecting it, so the paint reads hazy and grey instead of deep and glossy.

Swirl marks can't be washed away — they're removed by machine polishing. Preventing them in the first place costs far less than correcting them later.

Swirl marks and fine circular scratches in clear coat revealed under inspection light
Swirl marks under inspection light. Every one of those scratches is a brush or a dirty wash media dragged across the clear coat.
FAQ

Exterior Detailing Questions

Straight answers on cost, care and what an exterior detail can and can't do.

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Tunnel brushes and recycled water are the single biggest source of swirl marks. Bristles drag grit across the clear coat, and fine particles survive the water filters. A hand wash with fresh water and clean media is the only way to clean paint without adding defects.

Water beading on freshly waxed dark car paint

Paint That Beads
And Shines?

Hand-washed, decontaminated and waxed with the Premium detail. Mobile or in-shop.