The Importance of Detailing and Cleaning Your Car Regularly

Mar 25, 2023

It’s National Cleaning Week! We’ve gone over plenty of ways to clean and organize your garage, and prep your work area for projects, but what about focusing on that car you worked so hard on? Keeping your ride pristine, crisp, and looking fresh as the day you got it is the name of the game, today! We’re going to share some reasons why detailing and cleaning your car regularly is important when it comes to vehicle maintenance. And we’re going to help you out even further with some top tier recommendations for products to get the job done right and looking professional.

What is automotive detailing and why should you do it regularly?

Detailing is an intense cleaning process that thoroughly cleans the interior and exterior of the vehicle, and light restoration and maintenance that restore your vehicle looking almost new! Detailers hide minor scratches and imperfections through the process of polishing, waxing and sealing. Some detailers do put your vehicle through an automatic car wash first to get the initial grime off, but the rest of the process is done up, close, and personal by hand using special cloths. The detailing is more costly than your average car wash, but these professional cleaners use highly specialized chemicals and sometimes even light cosmetic paint restorations and high-tech protective coating. The best time to do a full detail on your car is during Summer and Fall, but Winter and Spring detailing is important if oyu live in an area with lots of winter weather, salt/gravel, and ice. Detailing will help prevent those things from building up on your vehicle and causing rust or other damage.

As for the additional benefits of detailing, those include:

Detailers can preserve the vehicle’s paint and correct minor paint imperfections.
Protect your upholstery with deep cleaning, stain prevention and removal, and odor elmination.
The interior will be fully vacuumed, washed, steamed, deodorized.
Detailing not only extends the life of your car, but it will preserve the value by keeping it pristine through not just the cleaning but detailed inspections and cleanings of the engine.
Reduces the spread of germs and allergens through regular maintenance and deep cleaning.
Only 2 to 3 deep cleanings are required on average per year, making it an easy maintenance step and budget friendly.

Should you DIY your Detailing or Hire the Pros? Let’s check it out!

We’ve gathered some videos from YouTubers who have the knowledge and experience to help you wade through the dozens of lists, sites, and advice online. Thanks to their insight, you’ll be able to decide if this is a task left best to the pros, or something you’d like to learn more about as an automotive enthusiast.

The Crew at Donut Media have kindly put together an energetic and entertaining comparison of the pros and cons to self detailing versus hiring a professional. We love the way they split the car down the middle for a literal side-by-side comparison!

The pros at AMMO NYC are giving us the ins and outs on disinfecting your vehicle through a detailing process to protect from viruses and germs like Covid-19 and others, as well as sharing a full detail of a vehicle in real-time with a newbie detailer! Check out the videos here:

YouTuber ChrisFix is helping us learn how to detail and super clean the interior of a car from carpents to dash to trunk to headliner. He’s even got some suggestions for DIY materials, tools, and cleansers to get the job done right!

Detailing your car on a budget until you can save up for the “real deal” detailer? We understand! Not everyone has the chunk of change to drop, but needs their car cleaned with a wallet-friendly option. Detailing Beyond Limits on YouTube is sharing their tips for detailing supplies under $150! Yes, you heard that right. Check it out.

Want to learn how to properly wash your car like a pro at home? We’ve got you covered with this in-depth tutorial from Pan the Organizer. This step-by-step guide will make sure you don’t miss an inch, and the entire vehicle will sparkle from trunk to hood and then some.