Your car is under there somewhere.

Dog and cat hair works itself into carpet fibres and a normal vacuum won't lift it. We use rubber blades and a pet-hair tool to pull it out by hand. Budget extra time if you have a shedding breed.

Degrease and wipe down the engine bay, then dress the plastics. Sensitive components are covered first. Makes leaks easier to spot and looks sharp if you're selling.

Cloudy yellow headlights are oxidised plastic, not dirt. We sand them back through several grades, polish, and seal. Light output improves noticeably. Priced per pair.

For smoke, pets, spilled milk, gym bags. An ozone generator breaks down the molecules causing the smell rather than covering them. Not an air freshener - the car needs to sit sealed for a few hours.

A synthetic layer over the paint that beads water and makes the next wash easier. Not the same as ceramic coating: cheaper, simpler, lasts about six months instead of years.

Alberta road salt sits in the underbody seams and eats metal from the inside. A pressurised flush of the underside, wheel wells and frame rails. Worth doing twice between November and March.