A full car detail covers your vehicle’s entire interior and exterior by hand. Vacuuming and shampooing, cleaning and dressing every surface inside, then washing, decontaminating, and protecting the paint outside. It takes 3 to 5 hours, and with us it costs $325 to $450 depending on your vehicle’s size and the package you choose.
“Detailing” gets used loosely enough that it’s fair to ask what you’re actually buying. Some places mean a wash and a vacuum. Here’s precisely what it means when we say it.
What a Full Car Detail Includes Inside
Every one of our mobile detailing packages includes all of this:
- Vacuum and shampoo throughout
- Clean plastic and vinyl trim
- Clean headliner and windows
- Remove unset stains, road salt, and pet hair
- Clean doors, jambs, and sills
- Apply dressings to plastic and vinyl trim
The trunk is part of the interior. It’s not an add-on.
What’s Included Outside
- Wash and dry
- Clean tires, rims, and wheel wells
- Remove bugs, sap, and tar
- Clean windows
- Apply dressings to trim and tires
- Traditional carnauba wax
That’s the Deluxe package, our baseline rather than a stripped-down teaser. It’s built for regular upkeep and handles the three things Niagara vehicles genuinely accumulate: pet hair, road salt, and daily grime. It runs $325 for sedans and hatchbacks, $350 for trucks, vans, SUVs, and Jeeps. If you drive something large, our truck detailing prices break that side down in full.
Why the Salt Part Matters Here
That line about road salt is doing more work than it looks. Environment and Climate Change Canada estimates that roughly five million tonnes of road salt go down on Canadian roads every year to keep winter driving safe.
It works, and it’s brutal on vehicles. Salt and brine find wheel wells, seams, and undersides, and they don’t stop working once the snow is gone. That’s why a proper detail here isn’t a cosmetic exercise. Removing the salt and sealing the surfaces is the part that actually protects the vehicle.
What the Higher Packages Add
Premium: $375 small, $400 large
Everything in Deluxe, plus an engine bay detail, waxed rims, and synthetic sealant wax in place of the carnauba. The sealant is the real upgrade. It protects longer than traditional wax, which is exactly what you want going into a salt season.
Executive: $425 small, $450 large
Everything in Premium, plus a clay bar treatment and hybrid ceramic sealant wax outside, and Scotchgard or leather conditioner on the seats inside. The clay bar pulls out embedded contamination a wash can’t touch. It’s what makes a finish feel genuinely smooth rather than merely clean.
What a Full Car Detail Costs
All three packages, side by side:
| Package | Sedan / Hatchback / Sports Car | Truck / Van / SUV / Jeep |
|---|---|---|
| Deluxe | $325 | $350 |
| Premium | $375 | $400 |
| Executive | $425 | $450 |
Your price is confirmed before we arrive, and there are no travel charges anywhere in our service area. Nothing gets added at the end because the vehicle turned out dirtier than expected.
Which Package Should You Choose?
Deluxe if the vehicle is in reasonable shape and you’re staying on top of it. That’s the right call for most people booking a detail once or twice a year.
Premium if you’re heading into a winter or coming out of one. The synthetic sealant is the difference-maker against salt, and an engine bay detail is worth having done occasionally regardless of season.
Executive if the paint matters to you, if you’re preparing to sell, or if there’s leather you’d like to keep in good condition. The clay bar and ceramic sealant are what produce the finish people actually notice.
How Long It Takes
A full car detail runs 3 to 5 hours, depending on your vehicle’s size and condition. That’s not padding. It’s what doing it by hand takes. Anyone quoting you forty-five minutes is doing a wash.
Because we’re mobile, those hours happen in your own driveway while you carry on with your day. No drop-off, no waiting room, no second trip to pick it up.
What a Full Car Detail Doesn’t Include
Worth being straight about:
- Truck beds aren’t covered in the standard packages. Call us and we’ll arrange something separate.
- Some stains and pet hair may not lift completely. It depends on the material and how long it’s been setting. We’ll tell you what’s realistic up front.
- Paint correction is its own service. Detailing protects and restores your finish, but deep scratches and heavy swirls need polishing and paint correction.
- Stubborn odours are separate too. A full detail removes the source of most smells, but if something has genuinely soaked in, that needs dedicated odour removal.
- Sub-zero weather can limit us. We detail through the cold, but in deep-freeze conditions some services get restricted, for the quality of the work and the safety of our crew.
Do I Need the Whole Thing?
Not always. If it’s only the inside that’s gone sideways after a winter of boots and coffee, interior detailing on its own may be all you need. If the paint’s the problem, exterior detailing covers it.
A full car detail makes the most sense when you’re resetting the whole vehicle: before a sale, after a hard winter, or once or twice a year as maintenance. If you’d rather keep it there year-round, ask us about the maintenance program that picks up after your first full detail.
Getting Ready for Your Appointment
There’s very little to do on your end. We bring everything with us except one thing: we’ll need access to an outdoor hose hookup for the exterior wash. Beyond that, the setup is ours to handle.
The other thing that genuinely helps is clearing personal belongings out of the vehicle beforehand, so we can get at every surface instead of working around them. Loose items in door pockets, the console, and the trunk are the usual culprits.
Past that, we just need enough room to work around the vehicle comfortably. A driveway is ideal. You don’t need to be home while we’re there, though plenty of people are.
Book a Full Car Detail in Welland & Niagara
We come to you across Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, St. Catharines, Thorold, and our home city, with car detailing in Welland at the centre of everything we do. Tell us what you drive and we’ll confirm your exact price before we arrive. No surprises, no upsell
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