Emerald AutoDetailing
Emerald Auto Detailing equipment set up beside a black Mercedes in a Fredericksburg driveway

Fredericksburg · Stafford · Spotsylvania

We detail your car in your own driveway

A full interior and exterior detail takes three to four hours, and you never leave the house. We bring our own water, our own power, and everything else. You keep your morning.

From $200Full interior & exterior
3–4 hrsOne vehicle at a time
0Hookups needed from you
Since 2024Backed by Emerald Auto

Pricing

One price. The whole car.

No packages to decode and no upsell when we get there. Every detail below is the full service, inside and out. Price is set by the size of the vehicle, nothing else.

Sedan & coupe

$200
  • Full interior detail
  • Full exterior wash & dress
  • Roughly 3 to 3½ hours

SUV & crossover

$250
  • Full interior detail
  • Full exterior wash & dress
  • Roughly 3½ to 4½ hours

Truck & large SUV

$300
  • Full interior detail
  • Full exterior wash & dress
  • Roughly 4 to 4½ hours

Interior only or exterior only? We can do either — call and we'll price it for your vehicle. Heavy pet hair adds about an hour of work and $50 to the price; we'll tell you before we start, never after.

Also available

Paint correction and coating work is quoted per vehicle, because condition matters more than size. Send a couple of photos or call and we'll give you a straight number.

Ceramic coating

Call for detailsComplete exterior

A durable protective layer over the whole exterior. Water beads off, dirt has less to grip, and washing gets easier for years rather than weeks.

Polishing & scratch removal

Call for detailsSurface scratches & swirls

Machine polishing to lift the fine scratches and swirl marks that dull a finish — usually the ones left behind by an automatic car wash.

Headlight restoration

$74.99Both headlights

Clouded, yellowed lenses sanded back and sealed clear again. It sharpens how the whole car looks and you see further at night.

What's included

Everything, every time

There is one service and this is it. The list below is what your detailer works through on every single vehicle, in this order — interior first, always finished before any water comes out.

Inside

  • Vacuum from headliner to carpet, every zone
  • Under the seats, seat rails and seat seams
  • Trunk, spare well and side cubbies
  • Deep wipe-down of every surface, seams and buttons included
  • All interior glass, dried streak-free
  • Dressing for faded plastic, vinyl and leather
  • Steam cleaning where a stain needs it
  • Mats cleaned separately and returned dry

Outside

  • Pre-soak and foam, top to bottom
  • Wheels and tires brushed — face, barrel and lug holes
  • Bug and tar removal from the front end
  • Second foam, then hand-brushed panel by panel
  • Rinsed from the roof down, gaps and badges included
  • Hand dried before the sun can spot it
  • Door jambs and sills wiped out
  • Tire shine applied last, on a dry tire
Inside the Emerald Auto Detailing van: water tank, inverter generator, vacuums and equipment stowed in place

The van

We arrive self-contained

A hundred gallons of filtered water, our own generator, two vacuums, a steamer and a pressure washer — all of it lives in the van and every piece has its own spot. Nothing plugs into your house, nothing connects to your spigot, and there's no trail of equipment left across your drive.

The kit was chosen with noise in mind. We run an inverter generator rather than the open-frame contractor type, and it gets switched off the moment we're not drawing power from it — which is most of the appointment. In a neighbourhood where your neighbour might be on a call or taking an afternoon nap, that matters.

Chosen to be quiet in a residential street

Your appointment

What the day actually looks like

Most people have never had someone detail a car at their house before, and the honest question is what it involves. Here is the whole thing, start to finish. You will hear from us three times without ever having to chase us.

1

We arrive

Your detailer parks on the street or at the end of the drive, opens up the van and sets up. Nothing runs off your house — we carry our own water and power. The generator only runs when something needs it, and goes off in between.

“We're here and getting set up.”
2

Interior first

Trash and your belongings come out and go somewhere safe — never mixed together. Then the vacuum, working every zone from the headliner down, and the full wipe-down of every panel, seam and button.

3

We check in before any water comes out

The inside is finished and the equipment is packed away before the wash starts. That's the natural point to raise anything — a stain that needs a second look, a question about the wheels.

“Inside is done, starting the wash now.”
4

The exterior

Foam, wheels, bugs, a second foam, then every panel brushed by hand before it's rinsed from the roof down. Dried by hand right away, because a car left to air dry is a car covered in water spots.

5

We walk the car with you

Before anything is packed up, we go round the vehicle together and you tell us if you're happy. Your belongings go back in last. Anything you're not sure about gets fixed while we're still standing there.

6

We're gone

Trash leaves with us. Pay by card through a link, or hand your detailer a check — whichever you prefer.

“All finished and heading out. Thank you.”

Recent work

Real cars, real driveways

Every vehicle we touch gets photographed before and after. These are ours — no stock photography anywhere on this page.

Dirty carpet and footwell before detailing
BeforeRails and footwells are the first thing an owner checks. So it's the first thing we go after.
Lexus GX covered in foam during the exterior wash
In progressSecond foam on a Lexus GX, before every panel gets brushed by hand.
The same Lexus GX washed, dried and finished
AfterSame GX, hand dried. Tire shine goes on last, once the tire is dry.
A white Cadillac Escalade after a full detail
AfterEscalade finished on site. Large SUVs run about four and a half hours.

Fleet & commercial

We come to your yard

If your trucks live in one lot, we can work through them on a standing schedule — weekly, monthly or quarterly — without a single vehicle leaving the property or a driver losing an afternoon.

Work trucks, service vans, company cars and dealership inventory. Volume pricing depends on the size of the fleet and how often you want us out.

Talk about a fleet schedule

The Emerald Auto Detailing van set up alongside a row of work trucks in a commercial lot

Where we go

Service area

We travel to you anywhere within about thirty minutes of Fredericksburg. If you're just outside the list, call and ask — we'll tell you straight whether we can make it work.

  • Fredericksburg
  • Celebrate at Virginia Heritage
  • Falmouth
  • Stafford
  • Embrey Mill
  • Garrisonville
  • Aquia Harbour
  • Spotsylvania
  • Massaponax
  • Chancellorsville
  • Hartwood
  • King George

Book

Pick a time that suits you

Choose a slot below and we'll confirm it with you personally before the day. Prefer to talk it through first? Call — you'll get the owner, not a call centre.

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Call or text (540) 905-2938
Email detailing@emeraldauto.com
Hours Mon–Sat, 9am–6pm

Questions

Before you book

Do I need to be home?

Not for the work itself — plenty of customers leave the keys and go about their day. We do like to walk the car with you at the end if you're around, because that's when anything gets put right on the spot. If you're out, we'll send photos instead.

Do you need my water or an outlet?

No. The van carries a hundred gallons of filtered water and its own generator. All we need is somewhere to park near the vehicle. Nothing gets plugged into your house and your water bill doesn't move.

How long will it take?

Three to three and a half hours for a sedan, up to four and a half for a truck or large SUV. Heavy pet hair adds about half an hour. We book one vehicle at a time so nobody gets rushed, and if a car is running long you'll hear from us before the time is up, not after.

Is it noisy? My neighbours are close.

Less than you'd expect, and it was a deliberate choice. We use an inverter generator rather than the open-frame kind you hear on construction sites, and it's switched off whenever we're not actually drawing power — which covers most of the appointment, since the interior work is the longest part and needs very little. The loudest stretch is the vacuum and the wash, and that's under an hour of the visit.

What if it rains?

We'll call you the day before if the forecast looks bad and move you to the next slot that works. There's no charge for a weather reschedule.

How do I pay?

Card through a secure payment link we send you, or cash or a check handed to your detailer on the day. Payment is due when the work is finished, not up front.

Can you do more than one car at the same house?

Yes, and it's common — we'll usually do the second vehicle on a following day so neither one gets short-changed. Tell us when you book and we'll set both up at once.