Why get your car detailed?
To many, getting your car detailed seems like a huge waste of money. Let me tell you how its actually far more important than what its made out to be.
Your car takes on wear and tear from everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. Even Snow running down your car while your driving can scratch your paint. Tiny little minerals like to cling to your paint and cause water spots, iron particles from brakes and many other sources will attach itself to your car and rust (which is why you get those orange spots on white cars). So if you don’t act on this things they will embed themselves deeper and deeper into your paint. The longer you neglect getting your car properly washed and decontaminated the harder it is going to be to remove those defects.
Let me create a scenario for you.
1. Mike is a regular customer and gets a full detailing and decontamination package every 2 weeks. Upon seeing his vehicle, there are quite a few water spots and likely some iron build up on his rims and paint. Since he got his car detailed 2 weeks ago washing off the traffic film and grit is a breeze. After the contact wash we spray iron remover on the car and agitate it with a clay towel to remove the iron. After a quick rinse we then apply water spot remover to get all those remaining minerals off his car. Since these minerals have only had roughly 2 weeks to dwell; they come right off and we can apply the sealant and dry the vehicle. Showroom shine with minimal effort and paint is healthy and happy.
2. Brad has gotten his car detailed before, but that was months ago. Arriving at the scene it looks like a civil war on his paint. Water spots cover the car and they are DEEP. Water spot remover isn’t going to cut it on this one. To fully remove the water spots we are going to have to polish the car. Cars these days have very thin plastic paint; usually around 100 microns thick. If he got his car decontaminated regularly we could just spray some water spot remover on and wipe it off. But since he waited so long we have to polish the paint, which contrary to popular belief is actually damaging your paint because we are removing a microscopic layer of paint down to where the water spot is to remove it. After the full detail and polish; Brad ended up spending $500. Where as Mike only spent $300.
So get your car detailed regularly to preserve your paint because replacing it ain’t cheap.
