This is The Detail, our most-booked service, and the one we recommend when someone calls and says the cart has not had real attention since they bought it. It is a top-to-bottom reset: everything the exterior wash covers, plus the interior work that a hose and a Saturday morning cannot do.
The center of it is the seat extraction. We spray the vinyl with cleaner, agitate the seams where mildew starts, then pull everything out with a heated extractor. The water that comes out of a Charleston cart's seats is usually gray going on black, even on carts that look clean. That grime is what you have been sitting on, and it is also what feeds the mildew smell that shows up every August.
While the seats dry we work the rest: dash and console, cup holders (which on most carts are their own ecosystem), floor scrub, chrome and trim polish, and an undercarriage rinse to flush the salt out of the frame rails where corrosion actually starts. Tire dressing goes on last so nothing slings onto clean paint.
Who this is for
The cart that gets used all summer and parked all winter. The rental property cart between guest seasons. The cart you just bought used and want reset to a known-clean baseline before your family piles in.
If the paint has gone chalky and white carts look dusty even after a wash, you are past what The Detail fixes. Read the oxidation removal page, or just send us a photo and we will tell you which one you need.
How long it takes
Two to three hours in your driveway. You need to be there at the start for the walk-around, then we are self-sufficient: water, power, and everything else rides in the van.
What it costs
$189 for a 4-passenger cart. Six-passenger carts add $40. Heavy mildew or a cart that has clearly skipped a few years adds $50 to $100, and we confirm that with you at inspection before starting, never after.
Fair questions
How is this different from The Rinse?
The Rinse is the exterior maintenance wash: hand wash, wheels, windshield, quick interior wipe down, about an hour. The Detail adds the extraction, the full interior, chrome polish, the undercarriage flush, and tire dressing. If the cart has gone more than a season without service, start here.
Will the seats be wet when you leave?
Slightly damp at the seams, dry to the touch within a couple of hours in Charleston weather. The extractor pulls most of the moisture back out, which is the point of using it instead of soaking the foam.
Do you work on gas carts or just electric?
Both. Gas or electric, Club Car, E-Z-GO, ICON, Evolution, Yamaha, and most street-legal LSVs. The only difference on a gas cart is that we keep water out of the engine bay and wipe it down by hand instead.
How often should I book this?
For a cart that lives outside near the water, two or three times a year, with rinses in between. That cadence keeps salt and mildew from ever compounding, which is cheaper than letting them.