World's Best Car Cleaner #TBT - Fifth Gear

It's #ThrowbackThursday! Paul Dalton is the master when it comes to cleaning cars, and not just any cars. His clients pay a starting rate of £5000 with a lengthy process which even removes scratches.

[milootje]

There's no denying he's a genius lol...
(not at cleaning cars, but at getting away with asking 5k for it) xD

[ahsanafzal]

3:45 he also checks the car's blood pressure for 5k

[HzPjtvHYom]

Hey, I don't blame him. People with money will always find ridiculous ways of spending it and this guy capitalized on that stupidity. Congrats to him

[AzTechGFX]

And....2 mins later a bird decides to shit on it.

[GogogoFolowMe]

Sunlight, sponge and wheels cleaned after the paint... I'm out...

[TheWhoKnowsTheTruth]

The scratches that his clients are paying through the ass to remove are being induced upon the finish during "Step 3" of Paul's routine.  You is not using a Grit Guard in that single wash bucket of his and to further add insult to injury; he chooses to use a sponge instead of a Chenille wash mitt.

[boy]

after treating my car with a perfect detailing like this, i would not dare to drive it out ever again lol

[lMlIlKlED]

Best car detailer and yet he still uses one bucket during a wash? Interesting. Where's Larry from ammo nyc at?

[ALLONSOO]

the "best" Car washer? and he works in the sunshine?!?!?!??! !??!?!?!

[Gooshi]

There's a lot of negative comments in this comment section regarding his cleaning method. This video is 11 years old and the methods he is using were bang up to date at the time. If you have a look on his website you'll see that he has evolved with the times and changed his methods considerably. Bearing in mind this was back when people got a raging stonker over wonder wheels.

[Vnix]

1:23 "imported from AMERICA"

sounds kinda weird, im soo used to hearing "imported from Europe"

[offdatgogo]

And I understand each step and his commitment to perfection perfectly. Wish all of my clients understood this the same way.

[Choucroute]

The world's best car cleaner don't use 2 buckets? normal to find all this scratches on the paint, 1/4 of them come from his gloves...

[CheapRick]

He's using a sponge and not a microfiber wash mit and only using single bucket! Crazy how detailing has progressed

[rawimpact]

i use a windshield cleaner from the gas station to clean my car

[kakashi]

List of things he did wrong:


1) Used an aggressive TFR instead of a much safer strip snow foam
2) He did not use rinse bucket or at least spray off the sponge before getting more shampoo
3) He used a sponge which just pushes dirt around
4) Always do the wheels first
5) Always rise the wheels first before using agitation also I don't think he even cleaned the inside of the wheels
6) That is not how you apply polish or cutting compound to a pad
7)He did not do a test section with various polishes or compounds first and just assumed that combination would work the best
8) That is way too big of a pad for this car and poor technique




cheers!

[rotor]

For those newbs who say that what he does is wasteful and

This video was taken over 10 years ago, when detailing wasn't anymore advanced than this.... two-bucket method and grit-guards didnt exist back then. Now we have dedicated buckets with grit-guards, foam cannon, iron-X (and similar metal removal sprays).... a lot of tools that used to be unobtainably expensive, are now common place and very inexpensive. Paint depth gauges? used to cost thousands... now a decent one runs about $150 and can come with a camera.

And the video was edited poorly as it is....

Also, Paul Dalton is still the best detailer in the world.... he's at a level where the amount of work he can put into a car's cleanliness is beyond obsessive.

Its not uncommon for him to spend over 100hours on a car on cleaning, restoring and paint correction.

I have a side business detailing cars.... I dont make any money just doing a regular wash and simple wax... that costs me more in labor and products than the $60 i charge. I make big bucks by doing paint correction and sealant applications. Minimum 1-step correction runs $250. Multi-step correction which can add up to having the car for several days including sealing the paint and the wheels.... you're looking at $600 minimum. I work out of a small rental space.
I can make a solid $3000/mo just on detailing/correction on top of my full-time day job after my overhead is paid for.

For your daily driver? A simple two-bucket method, clay and wax is all you need and that takes just a few hours, if that.

[DromeG]

I didn't know andy murray washed cars

[scotthart]

I take my hat off to anyone who makes it to the top of their chosen profession, £5000 per car, well played mate, well

[stevew]

Uses one bucket, washes in sun... Make no wonder he had to level the paint... I'd let him wash my truck, not my car though.