Blacklight Automotive Detailing (210) 279‑3889
Appointment-only mobile detail · Austin, TX

A private studio
at your address.

We bring the water, the power, and thirty‑two steps of concours preparation to your driveway, garage, or office block. You stay where you are. The car earns the hours.

Scroll

Blacklight Detailing was founded on a simple refusal: that the finest cars in Central Texas should never sit on a wash rack, never be handed to a stranger at a franchise bay, never be rinsed under fluorescent light. We are a one‑van, two‑hand operation. The van is built like a small studio — demineralized water, 220V inverter, professional lighting, and a cabinet of Austrian polishes you have probably never heard of. We pull in. We work for half a day. We leave no evidence but the finish.

The Owner

Four packages.
Simple, flat pricing by vehicle size.

One

Basic Wash

Exterior only · any vehicle size

A thorough hand wash of the full exterior — paint, glass, wheels, and trim. Fast, clean, and done right. No interior work on this visit. Any vehicle, any size — motorcycles, coupes, sedans, trucks, vans. One price fits all.

Any Vehicle
$50

Three

Midsize

Interior & exterior · crossovers & trucks

Everything in the Coupe/Sedan package, sized for crossovers, pickup trucks, and mid-range SUVs. More surface, more time, same attention to detail.

Crossover / Truck
$200

Four

XL

Interior & exterior · 3-row SUVs & vans

Full interior and exterior detail for large vehicles — 3-row SUVs, full-size vans, and extended-cab trucks. We cover every seat row, every surface.

3-Row SUV / Van
$250

Ceramic coating,
add it to any visit.

Bonds to the clear coat at the molecular level — water, UV, and contaminants bead off the surface for years, not weeks.

Add-on Service
$100

Ceramic Coating

Applied after any wash package · paint & glass

  • Bonds to the clear coat at the molecular level
  • Repels water, UV, and environmental contaminants
  • Years of protection — not weeks
  • Paint and glass coverage included

How an afternoon with us actually looks.

Scroll through →

  1. Mobile detailer arriving with full setup

    I.

    Arrival, 9:00 am

    We pull up the drive in an unmarked black Transit. Generator, water, and lighting come from the van — nothing runs off the house. A tarp goes down if the drive is gravel.

  2. Hand wash with the two-bucket method

    II.

    The Wash

    Two buckets, grit guards, a pH‑neutral soap, a lambswool mitt per panel. Clay bar follows, lifting what the wash cannot. No pressure stripes, no brushes, never a chamois.

  3. Detailed interior cleaning by hand

    III.

    Interior, brush by brush

    Vacuum first, then seam brushes on every crevice, a solvent‑free leather cleaner, and a conditioner worked in by hand. We do not spray Armor All on the dash. Ever.

  4. Finished vehicle handover, keys staged on a microfiber

    IV.

    The Finish

    We pull the tarps, stage the keys on a microfiber, and walk you through what we touched. Payment is a tap. A handwritten card goes in the driver’s pocket.

If a finished surface
falls short of the standard
you booked, we return.

At no charge, until it meets it. The pledge is printed on the care dossier we leave on your seat, signed by hand, and honored for the calendar year.

The Owner

Fresh off the van.

Every vehicle detailed by hand, Central Texas.

Full exterior detail by Blacklight Detailing
Full exterior detail
Paint and gloss finish on a detailed vehicle
Paint & gloss finish
Detailed wheel close-up
Wheel detail
Refreshed vehicle interior
Interior refresh
Hand-washed exterior with mirror finish
Exterior wash & shine
Ceramic coating application in progress
Ceramic coating
Detail close-up under low light
Show-ready finish
Sport bike after a detail
Sport bike detail

What clients say

“Booked the Coupe/Sedan package on a Saturday morning. He pulled up to my Kyle driveway at 9, was finished by noon, and my Civic looked like it just rolled off the lot. Worth every dollar.”

— J. Marquez · Kyle · 2019 Honda Civic

“Two car seats, a dog that sheds, and a husband who eats in the car. He got every Cheerio out from under the back seats and the leather looks brand new again. Already booked him for next month.”

— S. Ramos · San Marcos · 2021 Toyota Highlander

“Got the XL with ceramic on my F-150 before a road trip down to the coast. Bugs and salt rinsed off the next morning with a hose. That coating is no joke. He even hit the bed of the truck.”

— D. Holcombe · Pflugerville · 2022 Ford F-150

Mobile detailing
across Central Texas.

From south Austin to New Braunfels, we come to your driveway with water, power, lighting, and the full studio onboard. No travel fee inside our service area.

Don't see your city? We also serve Pflugerville, Cedar Park, Hutto, Wimberley, Driftwood, and most of the Hill Country within 50 miles of Austin. Call to confirm — there's no travel fee.

Call to book (210) 279‑3889

Everything you would have asked on the phone.

Do you offer mobile detailing? Can you come to me?
Yes — we are a fully mobile detailing studio. We come to your driveway, garage, or office anywhere in Austin, Kyle, Buda, San Marcos, New Braunfels, South Austin, Shady Hollow, Manchaca, Bluff Springs, and the surrounding Hill Country. We bring water, 220V power, lighting, and the full studio onboard. You stay where you are.
Do you serve my city in Central Texas?
If you're within about 50 miles of Austin, yes. Our regular service area includes Austin, Kyle, Buda, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Pflugerville, South Austin, Shady Hollow, Manchaca, Bluff Springs, Cedar Park, Hutto, Wimberley, and Driftwood. There's no travel fee inside that radius. Outside it? Call and we'll talk.
How long does a visit take?
A Basic Wash runs about an hour. Coupe/Sedan and Midsize details run two to three hours. The XL package runs three to four hours. We block the time, keep one address per slot, and never shortcut to move to the next appointment.
What if it rains the day of my appointment?
If the forecast turns wet overnight we reach out by 7 a.m. with two options: reschedule to the next open morning, or move the work under your garage if one is available. No deposit is held and no reschedule fee.
How far do you travel? Is there a travel fee?
Anywhere within about 50 miles of Austin — Kyle, Buda, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Pflugerville, and the surrounding Hill Country. No travel fee for visits inside that range.
Is ceramic coating worth it?
For any vehicle you plan to keep more than a year, yes. The coating bonds to your clear coat at the molecular level — water beads off, UV stops fading the paint, and bird droppings, tree sap, and Texas pollen rinse off with a hose instead of a scrub. We add it to any wash for $100, paint and glass included.
How do I pay? Do you require a deposit?
Payment the day of, at the finish — tap, card, cash, Venmo, or Zelle. No deposit, no booking fee. If something comes up and you need to reschedule, just give us a heads-up the day before so we can fill the slot.
Do you detail fleets, or multiple vehicles at one address?
Yes. We quote fleet work per‑vehicle with a discount after the third car and we can schedule a full day at a single address — driveway, office, or dealership lot. Write us with the details and we'll put together a proposal inside the day.

We respond within the hour,
every hour we are not under a car.