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Eighteen stages, and most of them are chemical.
- From
- from £100
- How long
- 4–7 hours
- Where
- Mobile or at the unit
A car that has not been detailed for a year or two is not just dirty. It has tar in the lower panels, iron particles embedded in the clear coat from brake and rail dust, and bonded contamination that a wash mitt slides straight over. None of that comes off with shampoo.
The Deep Clean is the reset. Two pre-wash stages, chemical decontamination, a full clay bar, a machine glaze and a 6 months sealant on the outside; a full strip-back of plastics, leather, fabrics and glass on the inside. It is what a car needs before it goes to sale, before a season, or before you start maintaining it properly.
Twelve stages outside.
Ordered so that every stage removes what the next one would otherwise drag across the paint. That sequence is the difference between a deep clean and an expensive wash.
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01
Citrus pre-wash
Breaks down traffic film and organic contamination before anything mechanical touches the paint.
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02
Snow foam pre-wash
A second chemical stage, left to dwell. Between the two, most of what would scratch the car is already on the floor.
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03
Wheels, barrels and arches
Faces, inner barrels and arches deep cleaned with dedicated wheel products rather than the shampoo used on the body.
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04
Two-bucket contact wash
Wash bucket, rinse bucket, grit guards in both. The mitt is rinsed before it goes back into the shampoo.
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05
Door jambs and fuel cap
Shuts, sills and the fuel filler cleaned and dried — the areas a valet skips and an owner notices.
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06
Liquid decontamination
Tar and glue remover, then an iron remover for embedded brake and rail dust. Chemical first, so the clay has less to drag.
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07
Full clay bar
Every panel clayed. This lifts the bonded contamination the chemicals left behind, so the paint feels smooth rather than gritty.
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08
Towel dried and blown dry
Microfibre dried, then hot air blown through shuts, mirrors and badges. Trapped water is what runs down a clean panel an hour later.
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09
Machine glaze
A machine-applied glaze that restores depth and clarity. It is a finishing stage, not a cutting stage — see the FAQ on what it does and does not remove.
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10
Paint sealant
Premium paint sealant applied over the glaze. Rated at 6 months of protection.
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11
Exhaust tips
Degreased and polished. Carbon build-up comes off with abrasive work, not with shampoo.
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12
Tyres and arches dressed
Dressing applied and levelled to a satin finish rather than left wet, so it stays on the rubber.
Six stages inside, and most of it by hand.
The interior is where the hours go. There is no machine that cleans a vent, a seat seam or a switch surround, and those are the parts you look at every day.
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01
Full vacuum
Carpets, mats, fabrics, seat rails and under the seats — where the majority of what falls into a car ends up.
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02
Plastics deep cleaned
Surfaces scrubbed rather than wiped. Wiping moves the oils and skin contact residue around; scrubbing lifts them out of the grain.
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03
Leather and steering wheel
Cleaned with a dedicated leather product. The wheel and the driver's bolster wear first, because they take the most contact.
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04
Fabrics and carpets
Scrubbed and wet vacuumed, so the dirt leaves the car rather than being pushed further into the pile.
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05
Nooks and crannies
Vents, seams, switch surrounds, cupholders and trim gaps done by hand. This is where most of the time goes.
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06
Glass inside and out
Both sides of every window. Interior glass films over from plastics off-gassing, and that film is what scatters oncoming headlights.
The car that has been let go a bit.
Almost every car we deep clean falls into one of four situations. If yours does not, tell us what it is and we will say honestly whether this is the right package.
A year or more
Not detailed for a long time. Contamination has bonded and needs chemical and clay work to come off.
Going to sale
Pre-sale or part exchange. A clean engine bay and clean shuts read as a car that has been cared for.
Starting fresh
The right starting point before moving onto a from £60 maintenance schedule.
Six months cover
Finished with a 6 months paint sealant rather than left bare.
Questions we get about the deep clean.
Want the engine bay, glass coating and leather protection as well? The Platinum Executive Detail is this package plus five further stages.
If it is the marks in the paint that bother you rather than the dirt, a glaze is the wrong answer — read what correction actually removes before booking anything.