a Pinnacle Wash at a ditto Price
Paul Dalton, who lives near London England, operates Miracle Detail which is likely to be the most expensive car wash, er detailer, in the world. Paul’s top-of-the-line package is the Pinnacle Wash, which takes 2 weeks, involves 61 steps and costs £4,800, or almost $9,000. As is to be expected, the detailing process involves repeated washing, rinsing and waxing but includes the use of a rotary buffer to polish out scratches, as well as some very expensive wax. The 61 steps consist of the following:
1. Rinse car with 30 degree purified water 2. Spray citrus cleaner on car 3. Rinse 4. Wash top half of car 5. Rinse 6. Wash lower half of car 7. Rinse 8. Spray citrus cleaner on wheel wells 9. Rinse 10. Clean paint and windows with clay mixed with a secret solution 11. Rinse 12. Wash 13. Rinse 14. Dry car with microfiber towels 15. Apply wheel cleaner 16. Rinse 17. Turn wheels 180 deg 18. Reapply wheel cleaner 19. Rinse 20. Dry wheels 21. Dry door, engine and hood edges 22. Blow air in cracks and towel dry 23. Measure paint thickness 24-27. Sand paint 28. Re-measure paint 29. Apply pre-wax cleaner to paint 30. Remove above with towel 31. Apply wax to paint 32. Remove wax 33. Buff windows 34. Clean windows 35. Vacuum interior 36. Clean interior trim 37. Shampoo carpets & mats 38. Clean leather 39. Dry leather 40. Condition leather & buff 41. Clean interior with compressed air 42. Apply pre-wax to door edges 43. Condition door gaskets 44. Apply wax to door edges 45. Dry tires 46. Clean & condition exterior trim 47. Clean wheels with clay mixed with a secret solution 48. Clean & polish wheels 49. Apply pre-wax cleaner to wheels 50. Apply wax to wheels 51. Final buff 52. Clean windows again 53-55. Apply wax layer to paint & buff twice 56-58. Repeat above 59-61. Repeat for final wax.
The cachet ingredient is Zymöl Royale Glaze wax which contains 70% white carnauba by volume and sells for £6,000 for 50oz . The directions for the use of this wax begin with the words: “Put a very small amount of glaze into the palm of your hand. Use the warmth of your hands to melt the carnauba….”
Paul plans to introduce a new wax which takes a day per coat to apply. This improved wax will presumably have an even higher carnauba content than Zymol Royale Glaze, hopefully result in even greater paint protection and increased depth of shine, but will have the effect of increasing the cost of the Pinnacle Wash by 45.8% to an even £7,000.
Miracle Detail - website
