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Tan's Auto Detailing
Black Lamborghini Gallardo side-on inside the detailing shop with the bay door open

Services

Car detailing services: everything we do to a vehicle

Four services, and combinations of them. Every one is priced by vehicle size at a flat rate, mobile at your place or in the shop.

Pick a service

What each car detailing service actually involves

If you are not sure which you need, call and describe the car. It is a two-minute conversation and it saves you paying for work you do not need.

Detailed Mustang GT interior: steering wheel, dashboard, centre console and leather seats

Interior detailing

$240
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Every surface inside the car cleaned by hand, including the places you would never check.

  • Carpets and upholstery steamed and extracted
  • Leather cleaned and conditioned
  • Stain removal, including set-in stains
  • Pet hair removal at no extra charge
  • Vents, seams and door jambs by hand
Interior in detail
Silver C5 Corvette Z06 outdoors in direct sun after a full exterior detail

Exterior detailing

$138
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A decontamination wash that removes what a car wash leaves behind, then seals the paint.

  • Wheels, tires and wheel arches first, so their grime never reaches the paint
  • Tire shine
  • Pre-rinse and hand wash
  • Clay decontamination
  • Sealant applied to protect the finish
Exterior in detail
Black Lamborghini's rear quarter panel after polishing, shop lighting mirrored in the paint

Buff and polish

$252
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Swirl marks, oxidation and light scratches polished out with a dual-action machine.

  • Graded compounds, starting with the least aggressive that will work
  • Dual-action polisher, not a rotary
  • Removes oxidation, swirl marks and minor scratches
  • Removes transferred paint from another vehicle
  • Finishing polish for gloss and depth
Buff & polish in detail
Black Lamborghini Gallardo head-on in the detailing bay with a coated finish

A hydrophobic layer bonded to corrected paint, so washing gets easier for years.

  • Applied only over corrected paint, never over defects
  • One, five and nine year options
  • Certificate of authenticity on the nine-year coating
  • Coating date recorded to CARFAX, which follows the vehicle to resale
  • Wheel-specific and glass coatings available
Ceramic coating in detail

Which one do you actually need?

Most people book more than they need or less than they want. Find the sentence that sounds like your car.

“It is just dirty inside.”
An interior detail. Nothing you can do to the paint fixes a cabin, and the two are priced separately for exactly that reason.
“It looks dull in the sun.”
That is oxidation or swirl marks, and washing will not touch it. You want buffing and polishing, which is the only service here that removes defects rather than dirt.
“I want to stop washing it so often.”
A ceramic coating, over corrected paint. This is the one that changes how the car behaves for years rather than how it looks today.
“I am selling it.”
A full detail, interior and exterior together, at $360 to $408. It is the version that photographs well and that a buyer sits inside. Correction only if the paint is visibly tired.
“It has never been detailed.”
Start with a full detail and see what the paint looks like underneath once it is properly clean. Decide about correction after that, not before. Clean paint is the only paint you can actually assess.
“I keep it clean, it just needs a refresh.”
Book the half that needs it rather than the whole car. An exterior detail is $138 to $186, and an interior detail is $240 to $288. On a car that is genuinely kept on top of, one or the other is usually all it wants.

Still not sure? Call and describe it. We will tell you when the cheaper option is the right one, which is more often than you would think.

Packages

Most people book a combination

A full detail is interior and exterior together. You can also book either half on its own, and add paint correction or a coating to any of them.

Mini SUV covers small crossovers and two-door trucks. Full SUV covers three-row SUVs and four-door trucks. If your vehicle sits between the two, call and we will tell you which column applies.

Every package, by vehicle size
Package SedanCars and coupesMini SUVSmall crossovers and 2-door trucksFull SUVThree-row SUVs and 4-door trucks
Full detail Most booked Interior and exterior, everything we offer on both.$360$390$408
Interior detailInside only, start to finish.$240$270$288
Exterior detailOutside only, wash through to sealant.$138$150$186
Paint enhancementA single polishing step for gloss and clarity, without a full correction.$252$300$360
Two-step paint correctionAdd-on. Requires a full exterior detail. Cutting compound through every panel, then a finishing polish. Price depends on the condition of the paint and how much clear coat has to come off.$300–750$360–900$360–900

Add-ons

Rain beads up and runs off before it can sit. Easier to clear ice and dirt, and less glare at night.

Aquapel glass treatment, Windshield
$60
Aquapel glass treatment, All glass
$96

Two-step paint correction is also an add-on, and only sold alongside a full exterior detail, see the table above.

All-inclusive package

$3,360

Every service we offer, on one vehicle. Built for car shows and enthusiast cars rather than daily drivers.

  • Ceramic coating of your choice: one, five or nine year
  • Diamond Glass coating on the windshield, all windows and mirrors
  • Full interior detail
  • Full exterior detail
  • Wheel-specific ceramic coating
  • Full two-step paint correction
  • Engine bay detail and protection
  • Any chrome polished
  • Certificate of authenticity, with the coating date recorded to CARFAX

All vehicle types. $200 deposit. Takes 2 to 3 days, including coating cure time.

Also available

Engine bays, boats and RVs

An engine bay detail is included in the all-inclusive package and can be added to any exterior detail. It is careful work, covered electronics, controlled water, dressed plastics, and it is what makes an otherwise clean car look properly looked after when the hood goes up.

Boats and RVs are quoted on inspection rather than from the table, because size and condition vary far too much for a flat rate to be honest. Send a photo and we will give you a number.

Supercharged Corvette engine bay with the hood raised, cleaned and dressed
A supercharged C5 Corvette bay, cleaned by hand around the blower and the wiring.

Practicalities

How it works either way

Mobile, at your place

We arrive with our own water, power and product. Anywhere in Clark County, WA, and up to about an hour beyond it for larger jobs.

Pickup and return

If detailing at your place is not practical, we collect the vehicle and bring it back finished. No extra charge for it.

In the shop

Coatings and multi-day paint correction are done indoors, where temperature and dust are controlled and the coating can cure properly.

How long to set aside

Interior and exterior together
3 to 5 hours
Interior only
2 to 3 hours
Exterior only
1½ to 2 hours
Buff and polish
adds 1 to 2 hours

Not sure which of these your car actually needs? Describe it to us and we will tell you, including when the answer is the cheaper option. Any of them can also be bought as a gift card.

Black Lamborghini Gallardo facing the camera in the detailing bay

Not sure which car detailing service you need?

Describe the car on the phone and we will tell you, including when the cheaper option is the right one.