Run your fingertips over a freshly washed car in a thin plastic bag.
Run your fingertips over a freshly washed car in a thin plastic bag. If the paint feels gritty, it is carrying bonded contamination that soap cannot touch. Clay bar treatment removes that layer: rail dust, industrial fallout, tree sap specks and road tar. Cars in Etobicoke pick this up from highways, construction sites and parking lots all year.
We work in sequence. After a wash, an iron remover is sprayed on and turns purple as it dissolves metal particles from brakes and rails. Then a clay bar or clay mitt glides over the lubricated paint and lifts whatever is still stuck. We rinse, wipe dry and check by touch until the surface feels like glass.
Clay does not polish or hide defects. It is a cleaning step that should come before any polish, wax, sealant or ceramic coating, because protection bonds better to bare, clean paint and lasts longer on a smooth surface. Owners near The Queensway who park beside roads or building sites often find overspray, fallout and tiny specks they never knew were there until the paint felt smooth afterward.
A clay treatment usually takes one to two hours on top of a wash. Most daily drivers benefit from it once or twice a year, and new cars often need it before coating because transport and rail shipping leave residue behind. Call or text us in Etobicoke and we will check your paint and tell you whether it is needed.
Want the full breakdown? Read our complete guide to clay bar treatment.
Etobicoke blends high-rise condo towers along the Humber Bay Shores waterfront with detached and semi-detached homes with driveways in Islington, Kingsway and Long Branch, plus townhouse and apartment complexes in Rexdale and along Kipling, so we set up in a driveway, visitor lot or garage as needed.
Lake Ontario brings damp air and winter spray, and road salt from the Gardiner, QEW and 427 coats lower panels and wheel wells through the cold months. Spring pollen and construction dust from ongoing condo development along the waterfront settle on paint.
Getting from Etobicoke to a downtown shop means the Gardiner at rush hour, and nearby shops can have long waits. A mobile detailer works in your driveway or condo garage and saves the trip.
We regularly work in The Queensway, The Elms and Humber Heights, and every other part of Etobicoke.
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Everything is done on-site, at your location, with our own water, power and pro-grade products.
Straightforward flat prices, shown up front. Choose your vehicle size and book online in under a minute.
Add the exterior for +$100 (full interior + exterior). Extras: Heavy pet hair +$75, Vomit / biohazard +$150. We come to you, 24/7. Pay after the job by card, debit, cash or e-transfer.
Call or text and tell us where the car is. We come to you, any day, any hour.