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Exterior Hand Wash · Saint John, NB

Exterior Hand Wash in Saint John

Careful hand washing designed to clean the exterior without scouring the paint.

An automatic wash is fast, but spinning brushes are indiscriminate and they drag grit across your paint. Hand washing is slower and gentler: we can see what we are cleaning, work panel by panel, and keep abrasive dirt away from the finish.

We rinse the vehicle first so loose grit comes off before anything touches the paint, then wash from the top down so dirt runs away from the panels already cleaned. Wheels and lower panels — the dirtiest parts of any car — are handled separately so their grime does not end up on the bodywork.

Door shuts, sills and the areas around the fuel flap and handles are easy to skip and obvious once missed, so they get cleaned as part of the wash. Glass and mirrors are finished last.

A hand wash pairs naturally with our exterior wax, which is worth considering ahead of winter when the paint takes the most abuse.

Why book exterior hand wash

  • Gentler on paint than automatic brush washes
  • Pre-rinse removes loose grit before contact
  • Washed top-down so dirt runs away from clean panels
  • Wheels and lower panels handled separately
  • Door shuts, sills and glass included, not skipped

Ideal for

  • Owners who would rather not put their paint through a brush wash
  • Vehicles with darker paint that shows swirls easily
  • Cars needing a proper clean before waxing
  • Anyone who wants the wash done in their own driveway
Car exterior being hand washed with a wash mitt during a mobile clean in Saint John

What’s included

  • Full pre-rinse of the vehicle
  • Panel-by-panel hand wash from the top down
  • Wheels, wheel arches and lower panels cleaned separately
  • Door shuts, sills and fuel flap area cleaned
  • Exterior glass and mirrors finished
  • Vehicle dried down after washing

You provide the water and electricity — we bring the cleaning expertise.

How it works

Four steps from booking to a clean vehicle

No shop appointment, no waiting room. Here is the whole process.

01

Book Your Cleaning

Call, email or send the booking form. Tell us your vehicle and roughly what condition it is in.

02

Choose Your Service

Pick the services your vehicle needs. Not sure? Describe it and we will recommend honestly.

03

Prepare Your Location

Park somewhere we can work around the vehicle, with an outdoor tap and a power outlet nearby.

04

We Clean Your Vehicle

We arrive at your address and get on with it. You carry on with your day.

What we ask you to have ready

Because we clean at your location, we ask that you have an outdoor tap and a standard power outlet available. Most driveways, garages and parking spots already have both.

Questions

Exterior Hand Wash — common questions

Anything else you want to know, just ask when you get in touch.

For the paint, generally yes. Automatic brushes carry grit from the vehicles before yours and drag it across the finish. Hand washing lets us pre-rinse, see what we are cleaning and keep abrasive dirt away from the paint.

Related services

Often booked alongside this

Services can be combined into a single visit, which is usually the most efficient way to do it.

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Book exterior hand wash in Saint John

Tell us about your vehicle and where it is parked, and we will come to you.

You provide the water and electricity — we bring the cleaning expertise.