Lucente Wash

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4 bays · open 24 hours

Your wand.
Your standards.

Ten settings. Presoak, tire and engine cleaner, high-pressure soap, triple foam, foaming conditioner, foam brush, wax, ceramic wax and spot-free rinse.

The dial

Ten settings, and what each one is for

Work it in this order.

Hit the foam brush with high-pressure rinse for five seconds before it touches your paint. We rinse them on every walkthrough. Rinse it again anyway.

  1. 01

    Presoak

    Let it sit thirty seconds. It does more than pressure does.

  2. 02

    Tire & engine cleaner

    Before the body, so the run-off rinses away.

  3. 03

    High-pressure soap

    Top to bottom. Gravity is free.

  4. 04

    Triple foam

    Three-colour conditioning foam.

  5. 05

    Foaming conditioner

    Softens what the soap loosened.

  6. 06

    Foam brush

    Rinse it first. See the note below.

  7. 07

    High-pressure rinse

    Sheet the soap off before it dries.

  8. 08

    Wax

    Gloss and beading.

  9. 09

    Ceramic wax

    The same top layer the Splendore gets.

  10. 10

    Spot-free rinse

    Deionized. Finish on this or it dries spotted.

Pricing

You pay for the minutes you use

$3.00 starts the bay. $0.75 a minute after that.

$3.00To start the bay
4 minutesMinutes included
$0.75Per additional minute

Cash and card, same price. No surcharge, no different time. Card, tap and Apple Pay at every bay.

Air dryers coming soon. Self-serve memberships, bay minutes on a plan and a loyalty program are coming by 2027.

Clearance

What fits in here

Four wide bays, no conveyor and no track — and 10′4″ of clearance. An express tunnel gives you seven or eight feet.

10′4″ clearance

  • Full-size and dually pickups
  • Work vans and cargo vans
  • Single-axle trailers
  • Lifted trucks, roof racks and ladder racks
  • Camper shells, canvas tops and convertibles
  • Motorcycles, mowers and quads

Measure anything tall before you pull in — racks, cargo boxes and camper shells are what catch people out.

1 bay

Drying Bay

Pull through. Towel it down, do the jambs, dress the tires, go.

8 stalls

Eight free vacuum minutes, every day
Even at 2am.

On a club plan they are yours daily, no purchase needed. Buy any wash instead and the same eight minutes are yours for two days.

Get the Wash Cadence app on October 15Your plan, your vacuum minutes and every receipt in one place. Get on the list and your first Splendore is free.
Free wash when we launch

One number, two doors:

  • MembersEight free minutes every day. Resets at midnight. No purchase needed.
  • Everyone elseEight free minutes with any wash. Good for 48 hours — 72 below freezing.
  • After your free minutes$0.50 a minute.

Minutes tick down and can be split across visits inside the window. Nothing banks or rolls over.

No app, no purchase: $2.00 starts a vacuum for 4 minutes, then $0.50 a minute.

Straight answers

About the self-serve bays

How does the pricing work?

$3.00 starts the bay and gives you 4 minutes, then $0.75 a minute.

What can I wash in here?

Anything under 10′4″. That covers full-size and dually pickups, work and cargo vans, single-axle trailers, lifted trucks, ladder racks, camper shells, canvas tops, motorcycles, mowers and quads. An express tunnel clears seven or eight feet, so plenty of what we take will not go through one. Measure anything tall before you pull in.

When are the air dryers coming?

Soon. Until then the drying bay is a pull-through so you can towel down without holding up a wash bay.

Is the foam brush safe on paint?

Rinse it on high pressure for five seconds before it touches the car. That clears whatever the last driver left in the bristles. We rinse them on every walkthrough; you should rinse them again.

What is spot-free rinse and do I need it?

Deionized water with the minerals stripped out, so the car can air-dry without spotting. Always finish on it. It is the difference between a washed car and a car with water marks all over it.

Can I bring my own soap and mitt?

Plenty of people do — they use the bay for the pressure and the rinse and do the contact work themselves. That is fine.

How do I pay?

Cash, card, tap, chip, Apple Pay and Google Pay.

What if the bay does not work?

Call the number posted in the bay. If it took your money and did not deliver, we refund it.

Open 24 hours at 450 W Waterloo

2 automatic bays, 4 self-serve bays, a drying bay and 8 vacuums. Nothing touches your paint, and we never close.