Full Service Mobile Car Wash Tallahassee

There are various ways in which to keep your car, truck, van or SUV looking clean for an extended period of time. The car wash industry is very vibrant especially in some of the larger cities, but some observations with the end product delivered by some of these large chain hand wash operation is that the car or truck looks nice and shiny when they are done, but quickly collects dirt and grime within a week or so making you think that it is time to come back in to get another full service car wash performed on your vehicle.

Some of these lower quality car care products that these high volume full service car washes use are very greasy and collect road grime instead of working to repel it like a high quality polish or ivory carnuba wax would.

Tallahassee Auto Detailing is a full service mobile auto detailing and paint correction service for the greater Tallahassee FL region and we pride ourselves in the results we can achieve with reputable car care products.

Tire Dressings To Complete Your Car Wash

 One of the main finishing touches of a complete auto detailing service is the application of the tire dressing. To apply tire dressing the tire should be properly cleaned with a cleaner as some tires will begin to brown due to heat and break dust and other grime that will discolor the tire and over an extended period of time will lead to possible damage to the tire in the form of expedited dry rotting or cracking. A quality tire dressing can not only provide a wonderful deep black mirror like shine to your tires which is cosmetically appealing to the appearance of your car, truck, suv or van, but also can provide protection for that one side of your tires sidewall.

All tire dressings are not made the same, some are more able to penetrate the tire and provide lasting protection and shine due to the polymers that make up the tire dressing itself. On the cheaper end you have water based tire dressings which is what is commonly found at your local car wash or full service car wash. The water based tire dressings don’t stain concrete and will make your tires look shiny until the first light rain. These water based tire dressings come in matte and glossy finishes and some may like the less glossy finish that makes it look more like a new tire as opposed to a fully dressed tires.

On the other end of the spectrum you have petroleum based tire dressings that can either come in a gel or an aerosol spray. These petroleum based tire dressings tend to be more heavy duty and will provide a deep mirror black shine to your tires. A gel may last longer than a spray, but can be more time intensive to apply. With these petroleum based tire dressings there is needed time for it to dry and adhere to the tire the best it possibly can otherwise the dressing is more apt to sling. With the water based tire dressings it may not last through the rain, but there should be absolutely no slinging if properly applied.

At Tallahassee Auto Detailing we stock a full selection of tire dressings in gel and spray form with either petroleum based or water based. To schedule your appointment for a complete mobile auto detailing service in Tallahassee FL please call or text Gabriel with Tallahassee Auto Detailing at (850)728-8323.

Rain Protection

 With severe weather looming over Tallahassee today with a storm that is expected to have severe wind gusts and lots of rain in little amount of time some of the concerns that may come to our attention include basic safety and whether or not the city will be able to maintain power for its customers. The local schools and universities will be closing early on February, 6 2020.

Another thing that comes to my mind during rain storms is how some people when it comes to car care figure that leaving it to the rain storms to wash their vehicles is an adequate solution for proper car care on the exterior surfaces of your vehicle. I am not sure if that is a joke or what not, but I guess it isn’t surprising to see some less than ten year old vehicles driving around with completely shot paint jobs and discolored wheels. If your car is protected with a good quality wax and polish then the exterior surfaces will work well to bead water and prevent things from adhering to your paint although there are still some foreign substances that may come up such as road grime or bird droppings. These need added attention, but aside from rims, tires and areas near the wheel wells of your vehicle, a properly maintained vehicle with a nice coat of wax may actually look halfway decent after a strong downpour of rain in Tallahassee as our rain water doesn’t seems to leave hard water deposits if there aren’t bad foreign containment’s already on the surface or not enough rain to wash it off before the last bit of rain water dries off your vehicle.

Maintains your vehicle not only mechanically can be quite beneficial in extending the life of your vehicle. Tallahassee Auto Detailing specializes in complete cosmetic auto detailing both inside and out, we can handle anything from maintenance car washes to full interior deep scrubs and exterior compounding and polishing.

Car Detailing Services

 With overcast in the current weeks weather and winter turning to spring, it won’t be too long until the pollen season is in full swing to irritate allergies and increase the need for complete exterior vehicle washes. In preparation for this season it might be wise to prepare your vehicle for the season of pollen with a high quality automotive wax, sealant or ceramic coating.

The benefits of having some form of vehicle paint protection on your cars exterior finish can come quite in handy for the pollen season as pollen really likes to cling to unprotected finishes that can cause it to accumulate more rapidly and become harder to safely remove. A vehicle that has a really hard ceramic coating can after a really strong rains storm look almost new which is why some professionals in the auto detailing world sort of claim that ceramic coatings can cause your vehicle to have an almost self cleaning ability, but all three forms of paint protection can have added benefits in protecting your vehicle from the pollen season.

To better understand the different forms of paint protection let’s outline the basics of each and discuss some of the pros and cons for each.

The most commonly understood form of paint protection is an automotive wax and carnauba or ivory carnauba are probably the most nicely used forms of plant based automotive waxes. Almost every car wash or basic automotive wash product might advertise containing carnauba wax, but the concentrations may very widely. A quality ivory carnauba wax can be quite pricey, but the average enthusiast may find it easy to properly apply to their vehicle if they are not afraid to use a little elbow grease and have an hour or two of free time to commit to the project. A quality automotive wax will provide paint protection for approximately three months or so depending on the weather conditions and how the vehicle is stored. While the paint protection may not be very long lasting the end result is kind of hard to beat. A quality automotive wax will provide that deep mirror like shine with all the metallic metal flake really coming back to life if you have a metallic paint on your vehicle and there aren’t many imperfections requiring a compound or some other form of added attention.

Another option is a paint sealant which is typically not a plant based product and will provide longer lasting protection at the expense of not having as brilliant of a shine. A quality automotive paint sealant may provide protection for approximately a year under the right conditions. With the extended protection capability of a sealant, but lack of a mirror like brilliant shine some automotive detailing technicians may combine the two and apply a layer of sealant over the top of a high quality ivory carnauba wax to provide a mirror like brilliant shine that is protected for a full year instead of having to reapply wax every quarter. Although maybe you are a hobbyist and get sort of an enjoyment out of waxing your vehicle quarterly, if that is you we understand. Some of the really high end exotic cars are strictly hand waxed/ polished.

Another option for paint protection that is gaining popularity among the automotive detailing community is ceramic coatings which is an almost glass based product that provides a brilliant shine with multiple years of paint protection. These products are a little harder to apply if you want to properly level it on the exterior surfaces of your vehicle. A quality ceramic coating may last five years or more and be a very hard form of paint protection. A ceramic coating is basically the best form of paint protection for those vehicles that require a full paint correction service due to damage caused by mechanical automatic car washes.

Whether you need a quality wax, wax and sealant, sealant or ceramic coating service, all can be quite beneficial for your vehicle in preparation for the pollen season. Another option is to simply have your vehicle regularly detailed with a spray wax and Tallahassee Auto Detailing specializes in everything for regular maintenance washes to full paint correction and ceramic coating services.

California Auto Detailing

 If you have a hobby car or peruse the old/ car websites you might read sellers describing their cars as being a “California Car” or something as a pro to this specific vehicle being better than the rest. While it might seem that a “California Car” is either some kind of a cycle car that the EPA has concocted or possibly a sporty drop top to cruise the U.S 101 up the pacific coast, people generally mean that the vehicle has not been exposed to harsh conditions when they describe an antique car as a “California Car”.

Due to the fact that Florida also generally has good weather and advertises itself as the “sunshine state” with the vibrant tourism industry why it isn’t as commonly advertised that a classic car was a “Florida Car”. Maybe it has something to do with the demand for automotive detailing services in specific regions and not just the emissions requirements and such.

I wonder if we can get a new thing going with lingo of a car being a North FL car or Tallahassee FL as a positive when describing a car that has been well cared for cosmetically and exposed to better weather conditions.

Will Tesla Become An Energy Company

Even with Tesla pushing for an electric car revolution and working hard to build up the infrastructure in their super charge stations and such, gasoline powered automobiles seem to be the norm for most people in Tallahassee FL. The gasoline powered automobile needed some good supporting infrastructure in roadways and gasoline stations and the gas station business has changed over the years.

Cars have evolved over the years with the focus now being more on efficient transport as opposed to futuristic design that seemed to be the focus with the 1950’s fins and chrome. I’m not sure if the new Tesla Cyber Truck could qualify as being futuristic design? Even with vehicles becoming more efficient with innovations in direct fuel injection over carburetor injection there is still quite a demand for gasoline retailing in the United States. Gasoline retailing allows for transportation in more way than one, a commonly overlooked part by the average consumer is the amount of taxation that goes on at the pump. It’s quite obvious driving from Georgia into Florida that there must be more going on in the price variation than the added fuel needed to get a tanker truck that much further down the road across the boarder into Florida.

A quick google search and you will find that the difference between the two states gas tax is about ten cents with Florida having a tax of 41.4 cent per gallon and Georgia having a 31.6 cent per gallon tax. This gas tax is one of the primary forms of funding for all the roadway infrastructure that the Department of Transportation and other government agencies oversee and so as of now gasoline retailing seems to be an important industry.

The gas station business sure has changed in the past century, where gas is now commonly advertised to being sold by the gallon. In the early days a service station may advertise say four gallons of gas for $1 with no option of having fractional gallons sold down to the nearest thousandth / ten thousandth of a gallon. Gasoline retailing was exclusively full service and service stations probably looked more like the service stations on the Andy Griffith show where you could not only purchase full service gasoline, but also have basic automotive services performed. Over the years some enterprising individuals found that the margins on food and other smaller consumer goods had higher margins than automotive parts/ accessories and cigarettes. This brought in the shift away from service stations to the gasoline stations we commonly see today with a convenience store attached.

Also as part of the history of the evolution of gasoline retailing in and around the 1980s in the United States we saw a switch from full service being the norm for gasoline retailing to self service being the norm for the majority of the states thanks to changes in regulations, the introduction of the digital fuel pump and a demand from consumers to save a few pennies on gasoline purchased. What with all the different people both public and private having their hands in the pot for the price consumers pay at the pump for gas it seems obvious that there would be a shift from full service to self service gasoline, but at the time many people questioned the shift.

I guess this all stems back to why shifts occur in our world and I guess with a strong enough need the market will make the change as evidenced by the shift in consumer preferences with some savvy producers identifying a need before others and new business taking the place of others.

Clean Car Inside & Out

Tallahassee Auto Detailing specializes in keeping your car looking the best it can cosmetically both inside and out. There is nothing like a perfectly waxed car with a nice metallic paint job sparkling in the hot Tallahassee Florida sun, but with auto detailing it seems like a common request for the majority of people is interior detailing as exterior detailing just may not be a concern for those that are not an enthusiast and so if the rain can clean something, great and the rest will be cleaned off abrasively in a mechanical automatic car wash. The interior of the vehicle is another matter as automatic car washes don’t seem to have automatic interior detailing packages and so that’s were the focus is given for full service hand car washes or automotive detailing services.

Tallahassee Auto Detailing specializes in professional interior cleaning services for all the surfaces of your car, truck, suv or van and like many other professional auto detailing services in town in addition to high quality cleaners and protectants we also utilize a steamer to clean and sanitize surfaces in a both efficient and environmentally (eco) friendly manner. A steamer machine contains a boiler that will heat up some distilled water into a hot and concentrated water vapor that will lift stains to the surface and kill 99.9% or germs or bacteria in many cases. When it comes to professionally detailing carpets and cloth seats a steamer is essentially in providing the best results in an auto detailing service of your car, truck, van or suv.

Professional Rim Cleaning & Polishing

Cars and trucks are the primary mode of transportation for people in Tallahassee FL and our cars, trucks, vans and suvs are constantly exposed to the elements as they sit outside in parking spaces or on the roadway commutes. A big part of the exterior appearance of a car is the wheel rims. Wheel rims are one of the primary areas that people like to pay attention to when personalizing a vehicle as their own. Some people buy a car or truck new and their first task on their check list is to take the car or truck over to the rim shop to get some customized wheels and tires.

Over time wheel rims can get dirty due to the heat, road grime and brake dust that accumulates gradually each day. There are a variety of wheel cleaners on the market and it can be crucial to wash your car and wheel rims regularly as it isn’t as simple as running your car through an automatic mechanical car wash to have your wheel rims looking nice. The easy wheel cleaners that are sold in stores can also be quite aggressive and depending on the material of your wheel rim it might not be advised that you use such products even though they are advertised as being able to be sprayed off and rinsed off. Cleaning brake dust off can also assist in assuring that the clear coat finish that is on many wheel rims doesn’t degrade or start turning yellow or white and peeling off.

Having your car or trucks wheel rims properly detailed regularly can ensure that they have extended cosmetic life and don’t require premature restoration or replacement.

Automotive Headliner Cleaning

Over the years cars have become more plush with all the various finishes and compartments. Unlike the early days of the automobile when it’s basically an unfinished metal can like an early NASCAR stock car, today even trunks are finished with some nice sound elimination material and carpet or other fabric materials. Inside the cabin if most modern hardtop (non convertible or commercial) vehicles is a headliner and these headliners like all the other interior surfaces of your car, truck, van or suv can be prone to collect stains overtime.

Cleaning a headliner can be quite a difficult task because you can only be so aggressive with it as it is being held up there with a thin layer of adhesive and so the typical cleaning methods of scrubbing or applying some steam / heat with a cleaner are ways in which you might loosen the bonds of the adhesive to remove the headliner. Some headliners have button caps and stuff holding them in, but most are primarily heals into place with a thin layer of adhesive and you don’t want to leave a bubble in your headliner or causing any portion of it to sag. For this reason you can only apply so much cleaner and light pressure in one direction to try and clean as much of the staining as possible.

Call or schedule online to have Tallahassee Auto Detailing come out and professionally clean your car, truck, van or SUV.

Automatic Car Wash Vs. On Demand Car Wash

 The evolution of the car wash is quite interesting from the beginning with a crew of three or so people pushing a vehicle through a wash tunnel where human operators would have an assembly line of various tasks to do to give the vehicle a good quick wash within a matter of minutes to the first introduction of the fully automatic machine car washes which seem to have become the norm for people who wash their vehicles at all.

The automatic car wash is quite interesting invention and can be quite amusing to a child, but the whipping of those brushes are not doing any favors for your clear coat and the automatic blowers are never good about completely drying your vehicles so it’s common for auto detailers to come out and service vehicles with some serious hard water spotting that could only be explained by an automatic car wash or possibly parking your vehicle next to a sprinkler system. Automatic car washes seemed to be all the rage in the 1980s to the 2000s,  but it’s not uncommon to see old car washes closing up shop and some new franchises an detailing shops pop up.

An interesting car wash solution that seems to be gaining attention in some of the other parts of the country is Spiffy Wash or GetSpiffy.com which was started first as an extension tor a string of tunnel automatic car wash shops which operated a few vans that would come out to the customers location to service their vehicles on the spot. This engagement started to grow and they realized that there might be a bustling market for auto detailing services with the new push towards convenience. Working professionals in some of these bigger cities like Charlotte, Dallas or Los Angeles heavily utilize apps to get food or catch a ride and so why not have an app where with a push or a button you could have your vehicle either maintenance washed or professionally detailed.

Auto detailing is nothing new and mobile detailing seems to be on the side of perfect completion with a whole laundry list of various auto detailing services you could choose from people that have no physical or online presence and only get passed around and generate business through word of mouth. One of the solutions that Spiffy wanted to bring was a different image to the rather scrappy auto detailing business of people riding around in rather old vans in some off the class a office parks with high end import and domestic vehicles.

Spiffy wash found a little niche for itself and it will be interesting to see what the future holds for the mobile car wash industry as they seem to expanding their service offerings to being more than just auto wash and detailing to offering basic maintenance, oil changes and tire rotations along with flirting with idea of offering refueling as well. It’s unclear how much they want to diversify away from the core of auto wash and detailing, but there may indeed be a super niche market that would want all of those services performed as a mobile operation.

As of March of 2020, spiffy is not serving the Tallahassee area and so if you need a quality mobile car wash or detailing service for either the interior and/ or exterior of you car, truck, van or suv please don’t hesitate to book an appointment with Tallahassee Auto Detailing by either calling, texting or scheduling online.

Auto Detailing To Maintain Looks & Value

 Certain specialty vehicles can actually go up in value when you drive them off the lot if you were able to take delivery at the MSRP, some examples would be the Ford GT from about fifteen years ago, the Ferrari Enzo or more recently the Dodge Demon. All of those cars were specialty vehicles with a very limited number being produced with a high demand and low supply, meaning that if you were one of the ones to get your order in and take delivery at the MSRP, you had a big market of interested buyers willing to pay you more for the pleasure of owning the crown jewel of a vehicle that you were able to acquire.

While those stories are interesting, for the most part vehicles get sold new and start to depreciate, some more rapidly than others. Usually some of the luxury sport coupes tend to top the list and the Aston Martin from about 15 years ago is an interesting example of a vehicle that when sold new had a sticker price of over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, but today a nice example with low miles can be had for under fifty thousand. I guess as a percentage difference it isn’t that much worse in depreciation than say a three series BMW, but knowing that one of these can be had for around $50,000 is an interesting goal to reach towards.

With any vehicle some things you can do to keep the depreciation in check is to obviously consider the vehicle and what your primary goals are in owning the vehicle, if you are scared about taking a depreciation hit and only want cheap reliable transportation you probably want to avoid new imported luxury brands. Although if you desire so if the cool novelty features that are sometimes only available with the foreign luxury brands, then maybe that is how you prioritize things and should go with that type of vehicle, but with any vehicle there is value in properly maintaining it both inside and out.

Tallahassee Auto Detailing can help you maintain or improve the cosmetic appearance of both the exterior and interior of your vehicle. Having worked to maintain the cosmetic appearance of many of our own vehicles it may be a surprise to learn how many miles are on the car or how much use it has seen, because for the majority of its life it has been professionally detailed. While the average consumer may not want to spend quite that much time or money maintaining the cosmetic appearance to that extent, practically every car and consumer can benefit from a complete detail job every season or two and regular maintenance washes and details at a higher frequency. Tallahassee Auto Detailing specializes in both interior and exterior detailing for your car, truck, van, suv or other vehicle and so if your vehicle is ready for a spring cleaning or detailing please feel free to schedule online or text or call us to schedule an appointment to have your vehicle professionally cleaned.

Spring Car Cleaning

 It’s that season when the flowers are starting to bloom, bees are starting to make their honey and the lawn mowers and weed eaters are starting to pollute the early morning hours in the neighborhood. It’s also the time when we may be at peak pollen season and your car, truck or SUV could use a good wash or detailing. We recommend that you regularly keep contaminants off the surface of your car to ensure that your exterior paint and clear coat can last as long as possible.

When it comes time to professionally clean your car their may be varying degrees of detail that you would like to go into and that is why there is a variation between auto washing and auto detailing. Even within the category of auto wash or auto detail their may be various definitions. At its simplest it comes down to what you want, for some they simply want to clean the exterior and for that they figure that the quick machine wash on their daily commute is a good option especially if there is some monthly membership deal or something or it’s only a couple buck extra when you fill up with fuel at the local self serve gas station. It’s amazing what damage those machine car washes can do and so we strongly encourage you to avoid machine automatic car washes whenever possible as the physical damage of dented panels and ripped off trim happens every so often, but every time you run your vehicle through those dirty brushes you are shortening the life of your cars clear coat and paint. With an auto wash shampoo that you can pick up practically anywhere you should be able to do it yourself or you could hire an auto detailer to wash or detail your car.

Tallahassee Auto Detailing is here to serve your auto wash and detailing needs for everything from dune buggies to RV campers. For some customers they prefer to have your basic maintenance wash done and we can perform this within an hour or so and with a group or with multiple cars we may even be able to provide a discount and be comparable to say super suds or some of those full service car washes. On the other end of the spectrum we can spend many hours focusing on specialty auto detailing and polishing. We pride ourselves in our ability to compound, polish and correct paint that has been damaged by automatic machine car washes. There is nothing quite as satisfying for some as to have a clean vehicle and Tallahassee Auto Detailing is here to be on of your top mobile alternatives for full service car washing and specialty detailing.

On Demand Car Wash

 The success of Uber and Lyft not only highlights the potential of privately held venture backed digital technology companies, but also the on demand economy. While postmates, grub hub and other related on demand services emerging and finding a decent market for themselves the market for on demand housekeeping, auto detailing and elder care have been areas that might have received attention yet failed to really develop into anything substantive. In the house keeping world you have Two Maid and a Mop which is an on demand maid service that allows the customer to sign up for a regular interval to have their house work and cleaning performed by two maids that are paid for performance. This company Two Maids and A Mop has done a little franchising and does seem to be growing. In Tallahassee FL we do have a franchise that does seem to be getting some business although not being affiliated with that organization I am not sure what the numbers look like. The elder care market is also an area that has failed to develop as an Uber like on demand service as customers require such care don’t want to play Russian roulette on who is in fact going to show up each time. In services such as ride share or grocery / food delivery we might be more susceptible to allowing it to be a commoditized service that we might view as interchangeable between service providers.

With housekeeping and auto detailing there is more concern over what exactly you will be receiving. The success of McDonalds is an interesting example as many may feel that they can make a better back yard burger than McDonalds yet few if any are able to sell more burgers than McDonalds. The McDonalds brothers in a way helped propel the fast food revolution with their mass manufacturing approach to serving hamburgers, fries and Colas. Another part of their success is the consistency that they supposedly enforce across the entire system, although I personally will say the French Fries in say a McDonalds location in Utah taste quite different from the French Fries from a McDonalds location in Alabama. Although in a high level sense they do enforce consistency that might be unmatched in other industries.

The market for housekeeping or auto detailing are areas where consistency isn’t enforced to the same degree if it is all coordinated with some on demand web application to route random service providers to people that require service. The auto detailing area is a place where there has been a few on demand car wash systems started up in the past decade that are not currently represented in Tallahassee FL, but have footprint in the more metropolitan cities where possibly the convenience factor is much more of an issue. These on demand car washes are providing basic car wash and detailing services at the customers location and this is nothing new, but the differentiating factor is that the vans are newer and the consistency and vetting of the employees is more comprehensive than say the “Two Dudes & A Stolen Van” operations that might have been the norm in times past.

As a general matter I feel auto detailing or on demand auto washes should have a bigger presence than they currently do as the old methods of automatic mechanical washes are just damaging automotive paint and clear coat finishes across the country. Tallahassee Auto Detailing specializes in restoring paint and clear coat finishes damaged by automatic car washes, but it sometimes hurts to see someone take a nice vehicle through an automatic car wash and not consider or fail to realize the amount of damage that is occurring even if you are lucky enough to not have physical body damage. Those tunnel car wash systems with the brushes and harsh chemicals may do something, but the fact that people actually pay to destroy their clear coat finish is beyond me. The little leaguers next to the batting cages probably do a better job than a mechanical car wash and certainly with a little time car owners could perform a very decent driveway car wash with a little car wash soap and some effort. If not I feel some on demand car wash service should fill the void. The only issue comes with the pricing, those mechanical car washes have anchored in people’s minds a certain price and really for that price all you are going to ever get is a hard water rinse  with harsh chemicals utilizing the assembly line approach. Maybe those tent set up ghetto hand car washes will be the future, but then there are downsides to that as well. It will be interesting to see what happens as the old self service car washes don’t seem to be popping up anywhere and seem to be a thing of the past and well related industries have shifted. The quick service oil change business was a new business model that became very popular as full service gasoline stations shifted away from providing full service gasoline retailing and basic mechanical services to being convenience stores that happened to also sell gasoline. That shift created the opportunity for those quick service oil change places to pop up and grow although in recent times dealerships are trying to drive more revenue through their service departments and are even putting the squeeze on the quick service oil change franchises and so it truly will be interesting to see if on demand mobile car washing will become popular and fill the void for the changing car wash market.

Car Detailing Near Me

 Auto Detailing is one of those services that is common to request when you have a need at the moment and not really something that is considered outside of those brief moments when your car, truck, van or suv has gotten to the point where it is dirty enough for you to want to get it cleaned. While car washes especially in times past use to be well lit with some bright neon lights it is sometimes hard to locate an auto detailing service near you at the time you need either a detailing service performed on the interior or exterior of your vehicle or both. That is mobile detailing has come about to bring the detail shop to you when you need it on demand as there might not be sufficient demand for auto detailing to have the physical presence of say an automatic machine car wash tunnel.

Tallahassee Auto Detailing provides mobile vehicle detailing services to the Tallahassee Florida area and while we would like to become your go to source for regular auto wash and detailing services on say a monthly basis instead of the typical mechanical automatic car wash membership we also offer one time interior and exterior detailing surfaces including paint correction services to repair damage caused by automatic car washes.

RV Detailing Tallahassee

Traveling across the country can be quite interesting in a recreational vehicle or RV and thanks to the prevalence of more diesel powered motor homes on top of falling fuel prices it can be quite affordable for any budget.

When it comes to owning any vehicle whether it be a motorcycle, truck, specialty vehicle, garage queen or RV there are certain tasks you must keep up with if you want your vehicle to last. Due to the large nature of Class A or Class C RV’s being larger than your typical vehicle parking space, these types of vehicles might be left sitting idle for extended period of time and along with a tune up and possibly some new belts these vehicles might also benefit from a thorough professional cleaning and RV Detailing Service.

At Home Car Detailing

Tallahassee Auto Detailing specializes in full service professional vehicle, cleaning detailing and exterior polishing. We are mobile and offer professional car cleaning services at your home. We carry a full line of auto detailing products, tools and techniques to completely detail your vehicle both inside and out right on the spot at your location at home.

We would like to highlight the fact that soft touch services are the only way to maintain the exterior finishes of your vehicle. Mechanical automatic car washes might be convenient and cheap, but the damage that occurs to your clear coat and exterior finish might outweigh the cost savings and we aim to provide the same or increased convenience of fully detailing your car at your convenience on the spot.

Tallahassee Auto Detailing offers a range of services from regular maintenance detailing of both the interior and exterior of your vehicle to more thorough one time detailing services to restore things back to a point where they can be maintained with a regular maintenance detailing regimen.

Tallahassee Turo Auto Detailing

 With the rise of the sharing economy there are a few car share technologies such as Turo. Turo is a way you can list and rent your car out to people instead of customers them going through the traditional car rental agencies. This service allows customers to possibly rent out more unique vehicles or possibly get a better combined experience.

With the current COVID 19 outbreak and travel being at some historic lows, the car rental business is hurting with Hertz one of the leaders in the car rental business considering bankruptcy.

If you happen to be a part of Turo and would like you vehicle to be professionally maintained and cleaned on a regular basis feel free to reach out to Tallahassee Auto Detailing and we would be happy to set up a regular professional car cleaning service schedule for either your personal vehicle(s) or those which you rent out to others on platforms such as Turo.

Ceramic Coatings

There are varying degrees of paint protection, everything from your classic cream waxes to film protection and now ceramic coatings. Ceramic coatings bond to the existing clear coat finish and provide durable paint protection lasting anywhere from 1 to 7 years all while eliminating the need to wax your car. At Tallahassee Auto Detailing we carry a full line of professional grade ceramic car coatings including; Ceramic Pro, Opti Coat Pro & Pro Plus, Gtechniq Crystal Serum (our most popular choice), and Feynlab. 

Ceramic coatings are the latest in high quality paint protection with their ability to provide paint protection against light marring, UV rays, oxidation, chemical etching, stains and more. Ceramic paint coatings bond to the clear coat finish to create a hydrophobic layer that provides a high gloss shine and long lasting paint protection that many traditional waxes and paint sealants struggle to match.

Ceramic coatings are not only for your paint and clear coat, some of the best magic we have seen ceramic coating products deliver is in bringing back a deep rich black look to faded black plastic trim. There are also ceramic coatings made specific for interior leather, vinyl, plastic, fabric and carpet. You can use a ceramic coating product on practically every surface of the interior or exterior of your vehicle to provide added protection and make detailing your vehicle easier.

While these ceramic coating products with professional installation are stated to last up to 7 years, being exposed to the elements these products will break down and loose their protection capability over times and we do recommend that you have an annual touch up if you go with the ceramic coating route along with a regular maintenance detailing schedule. However you can also achieve very good results with a high quality cream wax and regular detailing schedule. We can’t stress the importance of the regular detailing schedule in maintaining the best shine and paint protection for your vehicle.

Automatic Car Wash Vs. Car Detailing

 It’s really amazing how our world has changed thanks to the ford assembly line which not only created a new manufacturing industry with full time forty hour work weeks, but also an affordable automobile. Now practically every American has an automobile and as we use our cars, trucks, boats and other vehicles to get from place to place a proper wash may be a service needing to be done. Washing cars has many different options from fundraiser car washes to automatic car washes to proper full service hand car washes and auto detailing.

The most popular option has been the automatic car washes or tunnel wash systems where the vehicle is either driven through or put on a conveyor system and pulled through the tunnel where there may be some physical prep performed by humans scrubbing bugs and other harder to remove debris with a brush before the vehicle enters the wash tunnel. In the wash tunnel the vehicle will be exposed to often caustic soap contaminated brushes and towels which leave swirls and other clear coat damage requiring the extended attention of an auto detailer in performing a proper paint correction service. 

What is the difference between a car wash an auto detailing with a mechanical car wash aside from the damage that is occurring, the level of detail is not there as well. A proper car detailing service should include many of the following items. 

Exterior:

• Washing
• Waxing
• Bug and tar removal
• Clay bar surface or Nano mitt
• Using degreasers
• Dressing outside plastics and rubber
• Waxing or wax sealant
• Buffing
• Cleaning and dressing tires
• Cleaning the engine
• Ventilation decontamination
• Headlight restoration
• Touch-Up painting
• Fixing scratches or marring in the paint or wheels
• Applying long lasting paint protection such as ceramic coatings. 

Interior:

• Vacuuming interior and trunk
• Steam cleaning
• Cleaning windows and mirrors
• Cleaning door jambs
• Cleaning the dashboard, console, vents and components
• Cleaning and dressing interior leather, vinyl and rubber
• Spot cleaning the interior roof
• Shampooing the seats, mats, carpets and door panels

WHAT IF YOU HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH AN AUTOMATIC CAR WASH?

No worries, often times finishes damaged by automatic car washes can be corrected by professional auto detailing paint correction service. If your vehicles paint or clear coat finishes have been damaged by automatic car washing a professional paint correction service may be able to restore your swirled, oxidized or faded paint at a fraction of the cost of a professional repaint. To schedule a professional paint correction service please call/text Tallahassee Auto Detailing (850)728-8323

Boat Detailing in Tallahassee FL

The paint on automobiles, trucks, vans, SUVs and boats are constantly exposed to the elements. There is a various assortment of painting methods and materials used in finishing a boat or automobile. I would say that boats may require the most attention being submerged in water. A decent sized list of things or components on a boat may look very automotive, such as with a cabin cruiser the popular engines might be a six cylinder or 8 cylinder marine versions of popular engine sizes/displacements that you would find in an automobile. This can make an individual who is skilled and hand with auto mechanics also capable to make repairs to a boat.

Many boats and watercraft are also constructed out of fiberglass and have paints or finishes that actually allow algae to peel away layers of coating until it is completely exposed. At Tallahassee Auto Detailing we have seen a number of boats that have been ignored for so long that the algae and other contaminants have actually eaten all the way through the clear coat to the base fiberglass needing a total repaint and refinishing. The nicknaming for boats as an acronym might be “break off another thousand” and the old joke is that the best day for a boat owner is they day they buy it and the second best day is the day they sell it. Even still boating especially in Florida with all its miles of coastline and access to both salt and fresh water makes boating a popular hobby and with the proper maintenance boat ownership should be more enjoyable. 

Marine engines like all other engines require good lubrication and proper storage. Just like the old lawn equipment that you might find laying around in your garage in the winter time with gasoline that turns into gunk by spring. The proper storage of a boat is important. Boats that are to be stored at the coast should have extra attention to proper cleaning as the sun plus the salty sea breeze can work to actually accelerate fading and cracking of not only the  painted finishes on a boat, but also any vinyl and plastic seating areas. This is why many boat houses actually lift the boat out of the water and provide shelter from the sun. In addition to getting the boat out of the water and providing shelter you will want to properly wash and protect your boat every-time you pull it out of the water to keep the prop(s), body and all interior finishes in tip top shape.

When it comes to extended storage you may also want to make sure that your fluids are stabilized or drained and the battery and other electronics are properly maintained as the last thing you want is to have your boat leave you stranded in open waters the next time you decide to take it out on the water. 

Tallahassee Auto Detailing specializes in mobile detailing and paint protection for cars, trucks, vans, SUVs, RVs, boats and airplanes in Tallahassee, FL and the surrounding areas. Schedule a Boat Detailing Service Near Me or call/text us at (850)728-8323