What's included in Essential Exterior?
- Safe two-bucket hand wash
- Wheels, tyres & wheel arches cleaned
- Door & boot jambs cleaned
- Exterior glass cleaned
- Paint sealant applied — 1-2 months of protection
- Trim & tyres dressed
A wash that actually protects the paint underneath it — not just removes that day’s dirt.
Who this suits
This suits a car that’s already in decent shape — on a regular wash routine, paint still smooth to the touch, nothing stained or heavily embedded. You want it clean, sharp and protected without paying for correction work it doesn’t need yet. If it’s been six months or more since the last proper detail, or water is sheeting flat across the paint instead of beading, Signature Exterior is the better fit — it adds decontamination and a longer-lasting ceramic sealant on top of everything here.
Want both sides done? Essential Full Detail bundles this with the matching interior package in one visit, saving $29 to $49 versus booking separately. Need more than this? See Signature Exterior.
Questions about Essential Exterior
Yes — every package on this site is available on its own. Essential Exterior is priced and booked independently; if you’d like the interior done too, Essential Full Detail bundles both in one visit at a saving.
The Essential Exterior finishes with a paint sealant, rated for 1-2 months of protection — not a ceramic coating. Signature Exterior steps up to a ceramic sealant rated for 2-4 months, along with iron and fallout decontamination and faded trim restoration.
A hand wash and sealant won’t correct existing scratches or swirl marks — that requires paint correction, which isn’t part of either package on this site currently. What Essential Exterior does do is stop fresh contamination from building into new swirls between washes.
If it’s not storming, we’ll still carry out your service as scheduled — the car goes under a portable gazebo so the detail happens on time, rain or shine.