What is Auto Detailing?

Series Summary

Auto detailing is the act of meticulously cleaning your vehicle or car. It is when every inch of your car is inspected and thoroughly cleaned inside and out. It is a very time consuming and tedious job but there are several techniques and tips that can make the process much easier and faster. Usually when a car is being detailed it is to prepare the car for a professional showing, to maintain an older vehicle's worth or just for personal gratification. There is no fine line between washing and detailing. Detailing is just the act of micromanaging a thorough washing of a vehicle.

In this free video series you will not only learn about the different tools and supplies you should and should not use to detail your vehicle but you will also be shown step by step instructions by expert Jose Zuniga on how to detail each part of your vehicle from bumper to bumper, bottom to top. Jose offers advice on cleaning and caring for the plastic, vinyl and rubber components of your car’s exterior, as well as how to properly condition the leather to help preserve your car’s interior. He demonstrates a waxing technique and how to clean the glass and windows of your automobile. By following the tips in these free video clips your car will likely be cleaner than the day it rolled off the assembly line.

Video Transcript

" Hello my name is Jose Zuniga I'm with expertvillage.com. Today I'm going to show you how to detail your car. Detailing your car, I'm going to be honest, it takes time - about three hours or so. Well basically we are going to start with the tires. We are going to have nice and shiny. Shiny like a star. Of course we got to wash over our car and get every detail. Every single corner it got to be clean clean clean. Rinse it out. Dry it. Apply some wax. Plenty of wax in this baby so it could shine like a movie star. You know what there is never a complete out of detailing if you we don't do the interior or before we start with the interior you got to take care of the trunk. People don't realize that you know that your girlfriend goes shopping. She puts her stuff right here. It got to be clean clean clean. Then once that we are done with that we are going to start with the interior. Leather seats well maintain them really clean. Then we are going to do armorial as well. We are going to vacuum every single corner. You know get that popcorn from the last movie you were watching at the drive through. Once we do that then we are also going to take care of how we are going to maintain it. Make it easier for next time that you wash your vehicle that it is going to be instead of three hours we are going to cut in down to a hour in a half because we are going to maintain the cleanses of your car and make it fresh every week. This is how we detail a car."