2026-08-12 · 6 min
Skip the $199 ceramic. Book a full detail.
Most “ceramic” quotes in Detroit are a spray sealant. Start with a real interior and exterior. That is the job that actually shows.
Salt is the product. Your paint is the customer.
Michigan does not salt the roads to be dramatic. It salts them so people get to work. The brine sticks to rocker panels, wheel wells, and the lower doors. If you leave it, it etches. If you wash it badly, you swirl the clear coat while you “clean.”
A $199 “ceramic” in a parking lot does not fix that. A full detail does: interior extraction, clay, and a sealant that actually holds through winter.
What you are actually paying for
The bottle is the cheap part. The job is wash, iron remover, clay, and a cabin that does not smell like last February. That is interior plus exterior — the full detail.
If a quote for a “5-year ceramic” is $199 and they can “do it this afternoon in the lot,” you are buying a spray sealant and a story. Book the real work instead.
When to book in Detroit
September and October are the smart months. Paint is warm enough to work, the first serious salt has not started, and you are not competing with every other panicked person in January.
Get a quote today. Name, phone, full detail. We text back a number and show up at the driveway.