Bigger jobs
Boat & RV Detailing
Hulls, decks, vinyl and oxidation — at your storage lot, your driveway or the launch.
- Starts at
- $500
- Time on site
- Half a day to two days, by length
What’s included
- Full wash top to bottom, including under the gunwales and behind the seating
- Waterline stain worked off the hull
- Non-skid decking scrubbed out
- Vinyl seating cleaned and conditioned
- Rails, hardware and trim cleaned
- Interior cabin or living space vacuumed and wiped down
- Glass and windshield cleaned inside and out
- Canvas, covers and bimini wiped down where fitted
- Trailer frame and wheels washed off where the boat sits on one
Priced by length
- Wash, decks, seating, vinyl cleaned and dressed, hull cleaned.
- The same, on a bigger boat with more seating and more surface.
- Quoted after photos. Too much varies above 24 feet to post a number.
The order it happens in
- We come to where it is storedBoats and RVs are the one thing nobody wants to move to get cleaned. We work at the storage lot, in the driveway or at the launch, which means the job happens without you hitching a trailer or booking a slot at a marina first. Most of this work happens around Lake Arthur and Moraine, so the drive is usually shorter than the one you were going to make.
- Wash down, top to bottomA full wash including the parts nobody reaches — under the gunwales, behind the seating, the transom, the rails and the hardware. On an RV that means the roof line, the awning channel and the road film down the sides that a pressure washer alone will not shift.
- The waterlineThe stain at the waterline is the job on most boats. It is a chemical stain rather than dirt, so it comes off with the right product and enough time on it, not with pressure. Anybody who tells you a pressure washer fixes a waterline is about to damage your gelcoat.
- Hull and topsidesOnce the waterline is off, the rest of the hull is worked over so the finish is even. A boat cleaned only at the waterline reads as a boat with a clean band down the side and a dull hull above it, which is not what you paid for.
- Decking and non-skidNon-skid holds dirt in every one of the thousands of small ridges that make it non-skid, and it does not come clean by wiping. It is scrubbed out, which is the slowest part of a deck and the part you notice barefoot for the rest of the season.
- Vinyl and seatingEvery seat cleaned and then conditioned. Conditioning is the part people skip and the reason vinyl cracks: it dries out over a winter in storage, and once it splits at the seams the seat is a replacement rather than a clean.
- Cabin, glass and hardwareInterior space vacuumed and wiped down, glass and windshield done inside and out, rails and hardware cleaned. On an RV this is the same interior work as a vehicle detail, in more square feet — and the same add-ons apply, so an odor treatment or a shampoo and extraction can go on the same visit rather than becoming a second trip.
- Oxidation, when the gelcoat has chalkedChalky, dull gelcoat is not dirt — the surface itself has broken down in the sun, and it has to be compounded back to a fresh layer. It is priced as its own line because it genuinely is a separate job, and on a neglected hull it can take longer than everything above it put together.
Worth booking if
- End of season, before it goes into storage
- Start of season, before it goes back in Lake Arthur
- An RV coming out of a winter under a tarp
- A boat you are listing for sale
- A hull that has gone chalky and dull on the topsides
- Vinyl seating that has not been conditioned in a couple of seasons
- A first outing with people on board you would rather not apologise to
- A pontoon that lives on a lift and still comes back green at the waterline
- An RV going to a rally or a show, where the roof line is what people see
Price by vehicle
Priced by length, not by guesswork
Priced by length
Up to 18 ft
Wash, decks, seating, vinyl cleaned and dressed, hull cleaned.
$500
18 – 24 ft
The same, on a bigger boat with more seating and more surface.
$700
24 ft and over
Quoted after photos. Too much varies above 24 feet to post a number.
Quoted from photos
Oxidation / hull compound
Added to any boat or RV service where the gelcoat has chalked.
+$300
What people say
Rated 5.0 by the people who booked us
5.0 stars from 11 Google reviews. Every one of them left by somebody who had the work done in their own driveway.
5.0 stars · 11 Google reviews
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FAQ
Boat & RV Detailing questions
Where do you detail boats and RVs?
Wherever it is parked. Your driveway, the storage lot, the yard beside the barn. You do not need to tow it anywhere. Most of this work happens around Portersville and the Moraine and Lake Arthur end of the county.
Do you do RVs as well as boats?
Yes. Both are priced by length rather than by vehicle size, because that is what actually determines how long the job takes. The work is the same shape either way: a full wash top to bottom including the parts nobody reaches, the waterline or the road film worked off, and the vinyl cleaned and conditioned so it stays flexible through a winter in storage.
How do I know if the gelcoat is oxidised?
Run a hand over the hull. If it comes back with a chalky white film on it, that is oxidation — the gelcoat surface has broken down in the sun. Washing does not fix it because it is not dirt, it is the surface itself, and it has to be compounded back to a fresh layer. That is why it is priced as its own line rather than folded into the wash: it genuinely is a separate job and it takes hours.
Why is a boat over 24 feet quote-only?
Because at that length there is no honest single price. The difference between a clean pontoon and a neglected cruiser is thousands of square feet of surface and a completely different amount of work. Send photos through the booking page and you will get a real number back instead of a guess.
What do you need from me on the day?
A parking spot with a few feet of room on each side of the vehicle, and the keys. We bring our own water and power, so you do not need to run a hose or an extension cord. If you are not going to be home, leave the keys somewhere we can find them and text us where.
How do I pay?
Payment is due when the work is finished, not when you book. We will confirm the exact total with you before we start, and it will match the number the booking page gave you unless you add something on the day.
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