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Exterior Car Detailing in Santa Cruz County

Exterior car detailing from Fast Clean Mobile Detailing is a full hand wash, decontamination, and protection service for your vehicle's outside only, done at your home, office, or wherever your vehicle is parked. This is an exterior-only service, no interior work included. Pricing is fixed by vehicle size, from $280 to $900, and every wash is done entirely by hand, never a touchless automated wash.

Fast Clean team hand washing a white truck exterior in a residential driveway.

The exterior-only package

Exterior Car Detailing covers exterior work only, no interior vacuum or wipe-down included. It's sold as its own standalone service, across three tiers, and every tier is a real hand car wash, not an automated or touchless wash.

Clay & Wax

Clean, protect, and shine. Restore shine and add protection that lasts.

2 to 3 hours

Clay & Seal

Decontaminate, protect, and last. Protect with long-lasting durability.

3 to 4 hours

Paint Enhancement

Correct, enhance, and finish. A showroom finish.

4 to 6 hours

Want the interior done too? See Full Detailing for the combined interior and exterior package, or Interior-Only Detailing if you only need the inside cleaned.

Pricing by vehicle size

Exterior car detailing pricing is fixed and published, not a custom quote, ranging from $280 for Clay & Wax on a small vehicle up to $900 for Paint Enhancement on an XL vehicle.

Clay & Wax

Estimated time: 2 to 3 hours
Vehicle SizePrice
Small (2-Door)$280
Medium (4-Door)$350
Large (5-Seat SUV/Truck)$400
XL (7-Seater/Large SUV/Truck)$450

Clay & Seal

Estimated time: 3 to 4 hours
Vehicle SizePrice
Small (2-Door)$450
Medium (4-Door)$550
Large (5-Seat SUV/Truck)$600
XL (7-Seater/Large SUV/Truck)$650

Paint Enhancement

Estimated time: 4 to 6 hours
Vehicle SizePrice
Small (2-Door)$600
Medium (4-Door)$700
Large (5-Seat SUV/Truck)$800
XL (7-Seater/Large SUV/Truck)$900
Fast Clean technician detailing a vehicle's wheel and tire in a driveway during an exterior detail.

Exterior car detailing, tier by tier

Clay & Wax

  • Exterior hand wash
  • Clay bar treatment
  • Deep wheel and tire cleaning
  • Machine-applied wax
  • Gloss enhancement

Clay & Seal

  • Exterior hand wash
  • Clay bar decontamination
  • Deep wheel and tire cleaning
  • Machine-applied sealant
  • High-gloss E-Glass finish

Paint Enhancement

  • Full exterior wash and prep
  • Clay bar treatment
  • Light paint correction and polish
  • Deep wheel and tire cleaning
  • Machine-applied sealant
  • Maximum gloss finish

Optional add-ons available on Paint Enhancement: Headlight Restoration, Glass Coating.

Fast Clean Mobile Detailing comes to you

Exterior car detailing from Fast Clean Mobile Detailing happens wherever your vehicle is, your home, your office, or anywhere else across Santa Cruz County, including Watsonville, Santa Cruz, Aptos, Capitola, and Scotts Valley. Every wash is done entirely by hand, not touchless or automated, and the rig is fully self-contained, bringing its own water and power, so nothing is needed from you on-site. Fast Clean Mobile Detailing is available 24 hours a day.

Fast Clean Mobile Detailing branded van parked in a residential driveway, set up for a mobile appointment.

Exterior car detailing questions

Clay & Wax is a hand wash, clay bar treatment, and machine-applied wax for shine and short-term protection. Clay & Seal adds a deeper clay bar decontamination and swaps the wax for a longer-lasting machine-applied sealant with a high-gloss finish. Paint Enhancement is the most thorough tier, adding light paint correction and polish on top of the full wash, clay, and sealant process for a showroom finish.

Dark gray Jeep Wrangler Rubicon parked on a flagstone driveway surrounded by trees in Santa Cruz County.

Ready for exterior car detailing?

Call, text, or book online, Fast Clean Mobile Detailing comes to you anywhere in Santa Cruz County.