2725 N Nevada Ave · Colorado Springs
Interior and exterior detailing in one visit, from $229.
Our entry full detail. Safe hand wash, a full iron-oxide and clay-bar decontamination, then the inside vacuumed, wiped and dressed. Two to two and a half hours for a vehicle that is maintained rather than neglected.
Short answer: Silver Detail starts at $229 and covers inside and out in one visit — two to two and a half hours. Hand wash, wax and dry, full iron-oxide chemical decontamination and a clay-bar treatment, wheels and tires, interior vacuum and wipe-down, glass in and out.
Line by line
What the Silver Detail actually includes.
- Full hand wash, wax and dry — Two buckets, grit guards, microfiber dry.
- Iron-oxide decontamination — Chemical removal of embedded brake and rail dust before anything touches the paint.
- Clay-bar treatment — Bonded contamination sheared off a lubricated surface. Explained in full below.
- Wheels and tires cleaned and dressed — Barrels included.
- Interior vacuum and wipe-down — Carpets, seats, cargo area and every hard surface.
- Windows in and out — Plus a light interior dressing on the way through.
What it does not include
- Hot-water carpet extraction
- Machine paint correction
- A long-life sealant or coating
Silver cleans and decontaminates. Gold adds a six-month paint sealant and the deeper interior; Platinum adds machine correction.
Gold Detail, From $299The step people ask about
Iron-oxide decontamination and clay bar, in that order.
Every exterior package we sell — Silver, Gold, Platinum Exterior and Platinum Detail — gets both. It is not a premium-tier upsell here.
Iron-oxide decontamination
Iron lands on your paint as microscopic particles with jagged edges. They embed in the clear coat, and once they oxidise they get sharper still. Two things follow: every wash drags them across the surface and scratches it, and the particles begin pitting downward into the paint.
A thioglycolic-acid chemistry complexes with the iron and oxidises it so it lets go.
You can watch it work. The product runs red-purple down the panel as it reacts. That colour is dissolved iron leaving your paint — and on a Colorado truck after a winter of mag chloride and I-25 brake dust, there is a lot of it.
Clay bar treatment
Chemicals dissolve what they are formulated for and nothing else. What is left sits proud of the clear coat — too small to see, easy to feel. Clay is a soft polymer that shears it off without abrading the paint, provided it stays lubricated.
Dry clay is the number-one cause of clay marring, so we flood the panel and work in straight lines, never circles.
You can feel the job finish. The first pass over a contaminated panel drags. When the drag stops, that section is clean.
Do it the other way round and you damage the car
Claying before the chemical step means pulling embedded, oxidised iron across your own clear coat. It is the fast way to install swirl marks while trying to remove contamination.
It is also why decontamination comes before any sealant or coating. Protection applied over bonded contamination does not remove it — it seals it in, and you have just bought three years of it.
Test it yourself
After a wash, put your hand in a thin plastic bag and run it over the hood.
Glass → you are clean.Fine sandpaper → bonded contamination, and no amount of washing takes it off.
Pricing
Priced by vehicle size.
A crew cab has roughly twice the surface area of a sedan, so it is not the same job and not the same price. No ranges, no call-for-pricing.
| Vehicle size | Silver Detail |
|---|---|
| Car / Crossover | $229 |
| Mid-Size Truck / SUV | $239 |
| Full-Size Truck / SUV | $249 |
| Van | $279 |
Real ST6 work
Photographed at our own shop.
Straight answers
What people ask about this package.
What is the difference between a car wash and a detail?
A wash removes what is sitting on the surface. A detail removes what is bonded to it and then addresses the interior. Silver is the cheapest package here that includes iron-oxide and clay-bar decontamination, which is the line between the two.
How much is interior and exterior detailing in Colorado Springs?
Silver starts at $229 for a car, $239 mid-size, $249 full-size truck or SUV and $279 for a van. Two to two and a half hours, no deposit, you pay when you have looked at it.
Does Silver include clay bar?
Yes. Every exterior package we sell includes a full iron-oxide decontamination and a clay-bar treatment — Silver, Gold, Platinum Exterior and Platinum Detail. It is not held back for the expensive tiers.
Is Silver enough, or should I get Gold?
If the vehicle is washed regularly and the interior just needs a reset, Silver is enough. Gold is the one to buy if you want a six-month paint sealant on the outside and hot-water extraction on the inside. We will tell you on arrival if the cheaper one does the job.
How long does it take?
Two to two and a half hours, same day. You get a real drop-off and pick-up window when you book rather than a vague morning.
Ready when you are
Book the Silver Detail, or ask us first.
Tell us what you drive and what is bothering you about it. If a cheaper package does the job, we will say so.
ST6 Detailers — North Nevada · 2725 N Nevada Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80907 · (719) 517-7220
