Mobile detailing across Tampa Bay
Florida gives a hull about two seasons before the sun takes the shine out of it. We reverse that in a day at your slip, then keep it from coming back. Priced by the foot, quoted after we have actually seen the boat.
What actually happens
Ultraviolet breaks down the resin at the very top of the gelcoat and leaves a chalk layer behind. Washing moves it around. Waxing hides it for a fortnight. The only thing that removes it is cutting that dead layer off with an abrasive and a machine, then putting something over the fresh surface that blocks the light.
Which is the entire reason a detail is priced on condition and not on a menu. A boat that has been covered for three years and a boat that has been on a lift in full sun are the same length and nothing like the same job.
What we do about it
The difference a cut makes
Oxidised
Corrected
Illustrative rendering of a chalked finish, not a customer's boat. Real correction results depend on how deep the oxidation has gone.
Packages
Rates below are starting points for a boat in reasonable shape. Tell us the length and we will do the arithmetic. Tell us the condition and we will tell you which tier is honestly the right one, which is not always the expensive one.
from$22per foot
Salt off, shine back. The standing appointment that keeps a boat from ever needing the expensive work.
from$38per foot
Machine compound to pull the chalk out of tired gelcoat, then a sealant that survives a Florida summer.
from$95per foot
Full paint correction, then a coating that stops doing this to you every spring.
A starting figure, not a quote. Nothing is booked and nothing is charged here.
Cabin, upholstery, headliner, carpet, refrigeration.
Cleaned, brightened and oiled, or sealed if you prefer.
Degreased and dressed. The part surveyors look at.
Cleaned, treated, and the vinyl fed so it stays clear.
Ceramic coating
Wax is a sacrificial layer. It is doing its job by dying, and in this climate it dies in about a season. A ceramic coating bonds to the corrected gelcoat and holds gloss for years, which changes what a wash day is: a rinse and a wipe instead of a compound and a prayer.
It is not magic and we will not sell it as such. A coating over uncorrected, oxidised gelcoat just locks the dull in, permanently and expensively. The correction is the product. The coating is what protects the work.
How mobile service works
Dock, lift, driveway or dry stack. We carry water and power, so nothing needs to be arranged on your end.
Salt, mildew and iron come off before a single pad touches the gelcoat. Skipping this is how swirl marks happen.
Compound and polish selected off the hull's actual condition, not off a package name.
Protection goes on, then we walk it with you before we leave. Nothing gets billed you have not seen.
Recent work
Owners
The hull had gone flat and I had already priced out a repaint. Two days of correction later I am not repainting anything.
They show up when they say, they bring their own water, and the boat is done when I get there Friday. That is the whole product.
Third season on the coating. I rinse it and it looks detailed.
That is genuinely all we need to get you a number worth acting on.
