Our story
One detailer, and a short menu on purpose
Tan's Auto Detailing is Tanner Coltrane, detailing professionally since 2020 out of Washougal, WA.
Why the menu is short
Twenty or thirty packages is a way of doing less
Plenty of detail shops list twenty or thirty different details. Tanner's view, in his own words, is that he does not like cutting his work short, and that is what a long menu usually is. Each tier exists so the cheaper ones can leave something out.
His position is that a detail should mean cleaning everything in the car, including the spots you would more than likely never notice. Anything less sells both sides short: him, because it is not work he wants his name on, and you, because you paid for a detail and got a clean.
So there are four services and a handful of combinations of them. If you want the interior done, the interior gets done. All of it. If you want the whole car, that is a full detail. The decision you are making is what you want touched, not how thoroughly it gets touched.
“I spend a lot of time on my vehicles, and I don't leave until I believe the results are up to my standards and the customers' standards.” Tanner Coltrane, Owner
The other half of it
You should not have to arrange a ride
What makes Tan's different from most shops is not a technique. It is that you do not have to drop the car off, find a lift home, and then find another one back. The van carries its own water and power, so the work happens on your driveway while you get on with the day.
When a mobile detail is not practical. No space, no access, or a job that needs to be indoors. We collect the vehicle and bring it back finished, at no extra charge.
Flat rates
Nothing annoys him more than a price that moves
This one is personal for him. He stays away from the things that annoy him about other businesses, and nothing annoys him more than thinking you are getting a service at a certain price and then watching it go up with no warning.
So the rates are flat. Pet hair, mold, a car that has been sitting for a year, a smell you are embarrassed about. None of it is a surcharge. A heads-up when you book is appreciated, because it changes how much time gets set aside. It does not change what you pay.
Flat rates, no surprise fees
Pet hair, mold, heavy soiling, bad smells. None of it costs extra. The price you are quoted is the price you pay. A heads-up is appreciated so we know what we are walking into.
Free pickup and drop-off
If we cannot detail at your home, we will collect the vehicle and bring it back when it is finished, at no extra charge.
10% off for military and police
Current or retired, any service.
$15 off each extra vehicle
Book two or more together and every vehicle drops $15.
Experience
6 years, hundreds of vehicles, no certificate
Tanner has detailed professionally full time since 2020 and has done hundreds of vehicles. Every employee has been trained by him personally, and he spends his own time researching equipment and products rather than assuming what worked three years ago still does.
On certification, he will tell you straight: Washington does not require one, and the certificates sold online are mostly either a scam or a selling point rather than a qualification. Detailing is not a licensed trade like being a security guard. Anyone waving a certificate at you is waving marketing.
What you can check instead is the work and what customers said about it, which is the honest version of the same reassurance.
26 Google reviews
“Tan detailed my 2020 Subie Forester and did a phenomenal job! If it's even possible, the car was cleaner than when I first purchased it. Tan is meticulous, detail-oriented, fastidious, and diligent, and offers fair pricing.” Maria Jezreel Escobar
Who and where
A small team out of Washougal, WA
We are a small team of experienced detailers working across Clark County, WA, on cars, trucks, vans, SUVs, RVs and boats. Based in Washougal, WA, and most of our work is in and around Vancouver, WA.
Up to about an hour outside Clark County, WA for larger jobs, including the Portland metro.
- Vancouver, WA
- Camas, WA
- Washougal, WA
- Battle Ground, WA
- Ridgefield, WA
- La Center, WA
- Hockinson, WA
- Felida, WA
- Hazel Dell, WA
- Salmon Creek, WA
- Orchards, WA
Talk to Tanner, not a call centre
The person who answers is the person who will do the work. Open 8am – 8pm, seven days a week.