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Guide · updated 17 September 2026

How much does car detailing and valeting cost in Cornwall in 2026?

A detailer handing over a price list to a customer at the workshop counter

We collected the prices published by car valeters and detailers across Cornwall's eight market towns in September 2026. Just three of the forty-nine businesses in this directory publish a price list; the other forty-six ask you to call or message with details of the vehicle before quoting.

BusinessServicePrice
Wheely Clean, TruroHeadlight restoration£40
Wheely Clean, TruroBronze mini valet£50
Spandau Valet, PenzanceBronze valet (car)£50
TMS Garage, TruroAlloy wheel coating (per face)£50
Spandau Valet, PenzanceSilver valet (car)£80
Wheely Clean, TruroSilver full valet£100
Spandau Valet, PenzanceGold valet (car)£135
Wheely Clean, TruroGold valet£160
Spandau Valet, PenzanceCeramic coating (car)£175
Wheely Clean, TruroPlatinum valet£190
TMS Garage, TruroCeramic coating£250
TMS Garage, Truro1-stage enhancement£375
TMS Garage, Truro2-stage enhancement£575

Why the range is so wide

The gap between £40 and £575 mostly separates ordinary valeting from specialist paint-correction and coating work, rather than one business over- or under-charging. Wheely Clean, a mobile valeter working out of Truro and St Agnes, prices a tiered valet structure running from a £50 bronze mini valet to a £190 platinum valet, plus a separate £40 headlight restoration. Spandau Valet, mobile across West Cornwall from Penzance and trading since around 2005, publishes a similar shape: a £50 bronze valet up to a £135 gold valet, with a £175 ceramic coating sitting above the valet tiers. TMS Garage is a different kind of business: a general Truro garage with a dedicated detailing arm, and its price list has no ordinary wash or valet line at all, only a £250 ceramic coating, a £375 one-stage paint enhancement, a £575 two-stage enhancement, and a £50 per-face alloy wheel coating add-on. Treat that £50 figure as an add-on price, not the cost of a full valet there.

What the rest charge

Forty-six of the forty-nine businesses in this directory publish no prices at all, so the make, model and condition of the car are needed before anyone will quote. In Truro: Kleen Machine, Dave's Valeting Service, iShine Valeting, Kernow Mobile Detailing, Squeaky Kleen, Future Clean Car Valeting, Wheal Clean Valeting and Autovalet. In Falmouth & Penryn: N C Valeting Services, Ams Auto Services and Coast2Coast Auto and Marine Valeting. In Newquay: Cornwall Car Care Valeting & Detailing, Chequered Flag Mobile Valeting and Dakota Clean. In Penzance & St Ives: Diamond Sheen, Valet Master and Grime To Shine Car Valeting. In Camborne & Redruth, the largest group: D P Valentine Service, R D Valeting, Motomotion, Duchy Valeting Services, Portreath Valeting Bumper Repair Centre, I Shine Mobile Valeting Service, Autoshine Valeting, Auto Shine Mobile Valeting, Revival Detailing, Proshine Products Services, Cornwall Eco Valeting, Crystal Detail, Gleaming Autos and M M Valeting. In St Austell: Pure Detailing Cornwall, GT Valeting, South Coast Mobile Car Valeting, Paul Whetter Valeting, Smart Wheels, Auto Clean Valeting, Wheelie Clean Cars and Mid-Cornwall Valeting. In Bodmin & Wadebridge: Car Care Centre Bodmin, S W Mobile Valeting Service, Car Valeting Service and Benny's Bubbles. In Bude & Launceston: Executive Car Valeting, Top Hat Services and Pit Stop Car Wash Valet. Have the make, model and current condition of the car ready when you call, since correction and coating quotes in particular depend on how much work the paint needs before any product goes on.