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Tunnel wash · open seven days

Wash twice a month or more? Join. Otherwise please don't.

A single wash is $14 and the membership is $29, so it pays for itself on the third visit and not before. If you wash your car once a month you are better off paying as you go, and we will tell you that at the barrier rather than after twelve months of direct debits.

Unlimited Express

$29/month
  • As many washes as you like, one car
  • Read by number plate — no card, no fob
  • Cancel online any time, no notice period
  • Pays for itself from the third wash
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Single washes

Express

$14 · about 4 minutes
  • Pre-soak, soft cloth wash, spot-free rinse
  • Wheels and lower panels
  • Power dry
  • The one most people need most weeks
Where we are

Deluxe

$22 · about 6 minutes
  • Everything in Express
  • Underbody flush — the winter salt one
  • Wheel cleaner and tyre dressing
  • Foam conditioner over the paint
Where we are

The Works

$32 · about 8 minutes
  • Everything in Deluxe
  • Ceramic-infused sealant, roughly a month of beading
  • Glass treatment
  • Free vacuum bay for as long as you need it
Where we are
Vacuum bays are free with any wash and free to members, all day, every day. Nobody is timed and nobody is moved on.
The membership, and whether you should
Unlimited Express — $29 a month. Break-even at three washes, so worth it from about fortnightly
Unlimited Deluxe — $45 a month. Break-even at two and a bit washes if you were buying Deluxe anyway
A second car — $18 a month on top. Cheaper than two plans and the commonest thing we get asked
One car per plan — Read by plate at the barrier. Tell us if you change the car and we move it the same day
Cancelling — Online, any time, no notice and no fee. It stops at the end of the month you have paid for
Don't join if — You wash once a month or less. Singles are cheaper for you, and we would rather have you back than have you resent us
Where the water goes
A hose on a driveway — Uses far more water than a tunnel does per car, most of it running straight down the road
What is in that runoff — Brake dust, oil, road salt and detergent — heading for a storm drain and then a river
Where ours goes — Into an interceptor and then the foul sewer, which is what our discharge permit requires
What we reuse — [Put your own measured figure here] of the water is filtered and used again on the pre-soak
Why the filtering matters to your paint — Reused water is filtered for grit first. Grit in the water is what puts marks in a finish, not the cloth itself
Replace the bracketed figure with the number from your own equipment before you publish. A measured claim is worth ten adjectives, and an invented one is worth less than nothing.

What the tunnel does, and what it can't

Soft cloth, washed daily

The cloth is rinsed continuously and replaced on a schedule. Dirty cloth is what damages paint, so ours doesn't get to be.

Touch-free option

Chemical and high pressure only, no contact at all. Slower to book, gentler on a soft or freshly painted finish.

Underbody flush

In the Deluxe and the Works. The single most useful thing you can do for a car that lives through salted winters.

Not a scratch remover

A wash cleans; it cannot polish out swirls or a keyed panel. That is a detailer's day, and we'll name one.

Not for everything

Roof boxes, bike racks, loose trims, aftermarket aerials and open pickup beds have to come off or stay out.

Bird lime and tar

Come off in the wash if they're fresh. Baked on for a fortnight they need chemical work by hand — ask at the kiosk.

When to come, if you'd rather not queue
The worst time in the calendar — The first dry Saturday after a wet week. Everybody has the same idea at the same hour
The best times — Weekday mornings before ten, and any evening after seven
Rain the next day — Come anyway on a sealant wash — beading works hardest when the weather is worst
Freezing weather — We stay open, but we will not wash below about -4°C. Doors freeze shut and that helps nobody

Membership questions, fleets and anything else

Trade and fleet accounts are invoiced monthly and priced per vehicle. Tell us how many and how often and we'll come back with a number.

Where we are

The site

3 Culvert Way, Southgate

Monday
08:00 – 19:00
Tuesday
08:00 – 19:00
Wednesday
08:00 – 19:00
Thursday
08:00 – 19:00
Friday
08:00 – 19:00
Saturday
08:00 – 18:00
Sunday
09:00 – 17:00
Last car into the tunnel fifteen minutes before closing. The vacuum bays stay lit and open until we lock the gate.
© Rinse Car Wash — join only if the maths says so

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