Johnny Detail · Practical vehicle care
Complete vehicle-specific detailing guides for cars, motorcycles, ATVs, boats, RVs and Sea-Doo personal watercraft, with step-by-step procedures, preparation, troubleshooting and maintenance.
Choose your vehicle and work through a complete care workflow, from the first inspection to drying, protection and maintenance. Each guide keeps the detailed tools, techniques, safety checks, optional procedures and troubleshooting in one place.
How to use these guides
- Identify your vehicle’s finish and check its exact manufacturer instructions before selecting products.
- Read the preparation and safety notes, then use the chapter links to reach the work that applies.
- Mark applicable steps as you work. Progress stays on this device after interaction; optional stages need not be completed.
- Choose correction only when condition requires it, and select either an appropriate wax/sealant or ceramic protection path.
- Finish with the inspection and maintenance notes. Print the full article when a paper checklist is more useful.
Automotive and off-road
55 care steps · Six complete chapters
Auto detailing guide
Prepare, wash, clean and protect your vehicle with complete wheel, exterior, interior, paint-correction, waxing and ceramic-coating checklists.
Wheels and tires · Exterior washing and decontamination · Interior cleaning and odor-source removal
55 care steps · Six complete chapters
Motorcycle detailing guide
Detail a motorcycle from its wheels and bodywork to the seat, controls and storage, with finish-specific correction and protection that keeps brakes and riding surfaces clean.
Wheels and tires · Exterior washing and decontamination · Seat, controls and storage care
55 care steps · Six complete chapters
ATV detailing guide
Remove trail mud, clean wheels and plastics, care for the seat and controls, and protect appropriate finishes while safeguarding bearings, brakes and air intakes.
Wheels and tires · Exterior washing and decontamination · Seat, controls and storage care
Marine and recreational vehicles
28 care steps · Six complete chapters
Boat detailing guide
Follow every marine checklist for salt removal, hull and gelcoat care, safe deck cleaning, upholstery, polished hardware, compartments, bilge and electronics.
Pre-wash inspection and salt removal · Hull, gelcoat and finish protection · Deck, non-skid and topsides
36 care steps · Six complete chapters
RV detailing guide
Work through the complete RV workflow: inspection, roof and exterior washing, slide-outs and awnings, surface protection, and a thorough room-by-room interior detail.
Plan the complete RV workflow · Pre-detail inspection and preparation · Exterior washing and cleaning
28 care steps · Six complete chapters
Sea-Doo detailing guide
Care for a Sea-Doo personal watercraft with model-aware salt removal, hull and deck cleaning, seat care, hardware inspection and protected storage and engine-compartment procedures.
Pre-wash inspection and salt removal · Hull, gelcoat and finish protection · Deck, non-skid and topsides
A complete workflow, matched to the vehicle
Cars, motorcycles and ATVs share safe washing principles but need different care around seats, brakes, plastics and exposed mechanical components. Boats and Sea-Doo personal watercraft require salt control and material-aware marine cleaning. RVs need additional roof-access, seal, slide-out, awning and room-by-room interior procedures.
These guides are educational workflows rather than promises that every procedure belongs in a service package. Manufacturer instructions, product labels, condition and safe access determine the work. Professional workflow notes remain available within each guide for technicians who need planning and training detail.