Exterior Car Detailing in Salt Lake City
★★★★★ 5.0 — 47 five-star reviews
Hand wash, decontamination, and paint protection at your home or office. From $100.
A hand wash is not a car wash
That automatic tunnel down the street runs spinning brushes across your paint — the same brushes that just scrubbed the truck ahead of you. Those swirl marks you see when the sun hits your hood? That's where they came from.
I wash by hand, in your driveway, with two buckets and clean media, so the dirt that comes off your car doesn't go back onto it. No brushes, no recycled grit, no rails.
What’s Included
✓ Pre-rinse and foam soak to lift grit before anything touches the paint
✓ Two-bucket hand wash, top to bottom
✓ Wheels, tires, and wheel wells
✓ Bug removal
✓ Exterior glass, streak-free
✓ Hand & blow dried
✓ Wax for gloss and protection
✓ Tires dressed
From $100 · About 1-1.5 hours for most vehicles
Final price depends on vehicle size and condition.
Road salt from November to March eats at your paint and your undercarriage. Summer sun bakes contaminants into the clear coat. Construction dust from every new development on the Wasatch Front settles into it. Bugs on I-15 in July will etch into your paint within days if they sit.
A wash removes what's sitting on top. Decontamination removes what's bonded in. Run your hand over your paint after a wash — if it feels rough or gritty, that's embedded contamination, and no amount of washing will get it out.
Utah is hard on paint
Clay bar decontamination — $50
Pulls out what's bonded into the paint. Leaves the surface glass-smooth and lets protection actually stick.
Real protection that lasts months, not the two-week spray wax from a tunnel wash. Water beads and rolls off. Dirt has a harder time holding on.
Hydro Blue Sealant — $50
Together, they're the difference between a car that's clean today and one that stays clean.
Engine Bay Detail
$80
The first thing a buyer opens. Big difference if you're selling the car.
Add-Ons
Headlight Restoration
$80 / Pair
Cloudy, yellowed headlights are a safety problem and the fastest way to make a car look old.
Paint Correction
Pricing Varies
Swirls, scratches, oxidation. This is polishing, not washing — it removes defects instead of hiding them.
Before & After
Real cars, real driveways
Before
After
★★★★★
“I got the Exterior Experience and was blown away at how clean my truck was left! Estevan is very knowledgeable on detailing work and explained to me every product used and its purpose.”
— Andy R
Exterior Detailing FAQ
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Yes — water, power, and a canopy. You don't supply anything.
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Weather permitting, yes. Winter is when your car needs it most — road salt sits on the paint and undercarriage and actively corrodes them.
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A tunnel wash runs brushes across your paint that just touched every car ahead of you. That's what causes swirl marks. I hand wash with clean media and two buckets, so grit that comes off your car doesn't get dragged back across it.
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No — washing cleans, it doesn't correct. Scratches, swirls, and oxidation need paint correction. I'll take a look and tell you honestly whether yours are correctable.
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North Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Bountiful, Centerville, Farmington, Kaysville, West Valley, Taylorsville, and everywhere within about 20 miles. Call or text me at (385) 296-8999 if you're not sure.
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