DRIP'D

Mexborough detailing studio

Nothingabrasivetouchesyour car.

The best brands in the detailing world, applied with the safest hands. Made affordable to the everyday driver and the car enthusiast alike.

  • Non abrasive techniques
  • Two dedicated bays
  • Wath Road, Mexborough

The difference

Two ways to wash a car.

Most of the damage a car picks up is done during the wash, not on the road. Here is what that looks like, and what we do instead.

  • The wheels

    Acid wheel cleaner. Cheap, fast, and it eats the lacquer until the alloys go dull and start lifting at the edges.

    Bilt Hamber Auto-Wheel

    Zero acid, zero alkaline, and it still pulls the iron out of the wheel face.

  • First contact

    A brush onto a dirty panel, dragging yesterday's grit across your paint. That is where swirl marks come from.

    Bilt Hamber Touch-Less

    Nothing touches the paint until the grit that would have scratched it is already on the floor.

  • The chemistry

    A strong caustic that takes off whatever protection was on the car along with the dirt.

    Koch Chemie Gsf

    pH 7.5. Neutral, so a coating you have already paid for is still there at the end.

  • The finish

    Rinsed, blown over, handed back bare, with two weeks of rain and salt landing straight on the lacquer.

    Koch Chemie ProtectorWax

    A premium wax sealant on the paint for protection and hydrophobic properties lasting up to two months.

The Method

Seven steps, and a reason for every one.

Every product in the bay was chosen for one job. This is what happens to your car, in order.

  1. 01
    Bilt Hamber Touch-Less pre-wash held in the DRIP'D wash bay

    Touchless pre-wash

    Bilt Hamber Touch-Less

    An alkaline pre-wash that lifts heavy road film without touching the paint, and without stripping any protection already on it.

  2. 02
    Koch Chemie Gentle Snow Foam held in the DRIP'D wash bay

    The second foam

    Koch Chemie Gsf Gentle Snow Foam

    A pH neutral layer over the top. Safe on every exterior surface, including a ceramic coating you have already paid for.

  3. 03
    Bilt Hamber Auto-Wheel and Surfex-HD held in the DRIP'D wash bay

    Wheels

    Bilt Hamber Auto-Wheel

    Iron fallout pulled out of the wheel face with zero acid and zero alkaline. The cheap places use acid. That is why alloys pit.

  4. 04
    Bilt Hamber Surfex-HD all purpose cleaner

    Shuts and engine bay

    Bilt Hamber Surfex-HD

    The all purpose cleaner for door shuts, sills and engine bays, the parts most washes never open.

  5. 05
    The DRIP'D wash bay lit under hex lighting

    The contact wash

    Two buckets, clean mitts

    Only now does anything touch the paint, and only once the grit is gone.

  6. 06
    Bilt Hamber Trace-Less glass cleaner held in the DRIP'D wash bay

    Glass

    Bilt Hamber Trace-Less

    No smears, no residue, nothing left behind.

  7. 07
    Koch Chemie ProtectorWax and Plast Star held in the DRIP'D wash bay

    Protection

    Koch Chemie ProtectorWax

    A premium wax sealant on the paint for protection and hydrophobic properties lasting up to two months.

Services

Four jobs. Everything each one covers.

Pick the job that fits the car. We confirm the price with you before anything is booked in, and it does not change once it is agreed.

  • The Wash

    2 hours

    The full safe process, outside only.

    • Touchless pre-wash and second foam
    • Wheels decontaminated, no acid
    • Door shuts and sills
    • Glass inside and out
    • Wax sealant and tyre dressing

    Price on enquiry

    Book
  • Wash and Interior

    4 hoursStart here

    Everything above, plus the inside put right.

    • The full exterior wash
    • Vacuum throughout, boot included
    • Plastics, trim and console cleaned
    • Interior glass
    • Wax sealant and tyre dressing

    Price on enquiry

    Book
  • Deep Interior

    5 hours

    For cars that have carried kids, dogs or a previous owner.

    • Seats and carpets wet extracted
    • Leather and alcantara cleaned and conditioned
    • Every plastic surface treated
    • Vents, seals and shuts
    • Finished with a non greasy trim dressing

    Price on enquiry

    Book
  • Decontamination and Protection

    6 hours

    The one to book before winter, or the week you buy the car.

    • The full safe wash first
    • Iron fallout and tar removed from the paint
    • Wheels treated front and back
    • Glass sealed
    • Wax sealant laid down properly

    Price on enquiry

    Book

Add-ons

  • Engine bay
  • Pet hair removal
  • Headlining
  • Wheels off

Why we look at the car first

No two cars arrive in the same condition. A car cleaned every fortnight and one that has not been touched in a year are not the same job, and size, pet hair, tar, sap and heavy soiling all change how long it takes. So we see the car, or a few photos of it, before we give you a firm price for the work. You get that figure before anything is booked in, and it does not change afterwards.

The shelf

You can judge a detailer by what they buy.

Two brands do everything in the bay. Neither of them is the cheap option, and neither of them is a compound or a polish.

  • Koch Chemie

    Foam, protection, interior, leather

    The pH neutral foam, the wax sealant that goes on every car, and a separate product for each surface inside the cabin, leather and alcantara included.

    • Gsf
    • ProtectorWax
    • Plast Star
    • Pol Star
    • Mzr
    • Guf
    • Ts
  • Bilt Hamber

    Pre-wash, wheels, glass, degreaser

    Four of the five exterior stages. Auto-Wheel removes iron fallout with no acid and no alkali, which is the harder and more expensive way to do it.

    • Touch-Less
    • Auto-Wheel
    • Surfex-HD
    • Trace-Less

“Each product has a purpose. To give the best finish and most optimal performance for each and every surface, safely.”

Shane, DRIP’D

The studio

A proper unit, not a driveway.

The shutter comes down, the lights go on, and nobody is rushing your car to get to the next one.

Two bays
Dedicated, with the best equipment on hand
Hex lit
Flat, even light so nothing gets missed
Wath Road
A unit on an estate, not a driveway
Look round the studio
The DRIP'D unit on Wath Road with the roller shutter open and the bays lit violet

The bay

Shutter up, lights on

The front of the DRIP'D unit at dusk with a black Mercedes parked outside

Wath Road, Mexborough

Why we work this way

Correction is the cure for bad washing.

Wash a car properly every time and it never gets to the point where it needs polishing out. We would rather be the reason you never need it.

Book

Pick a day. Drop the car in.

No deposit, no account, no phone call needed. Two questions about the car and you are done.

Protection on every wash. Dedicated bays.

Starts at

The Wash

about 2 hours. Price confirmed before you book.

  • Wax sealant included on every wash
  • Wheels done without acid
  • A dedicated bay for your car