Car-Cleaning Influencers Detailing Their Transformations

From tackling deep-cleaning challenges to restoring top-of-the-line cars to their glory days, these professional car cleaners have the skills, tips and tricks to take the interior and exterior of your vehicle from down and dirty to decadently detailed. Check out these car-cleaning influencers for inspiration to clean out your car or work with them as a brand to promote your products or services.

12 car-cleaning influencers showing how it’s done

Esme 

Esme, known as the “detailing girl,” is a high-end car cleaning and detailing whiz who hails from the Netherlands. She has 126K Instagram followers, and whether she’s cleaning rims for “Wheel Wednesday,” giving the luxury treatment to a Lamborghini’s interior, or getting right under the hood for a critical clean, Esme never misses a spot.

Joe McDonald 

Based out of the United Kingdom, Joe shows people DIY tips and tricks for getting their car or truck professional-level results. As a mid-tier YouTube influencer, Joe, who refers to himself as a “sovereign sponge jockey,” puts vintage car care products to the test, demonstrates how to properly clean and dress tires, and spills on how to successfully tackle an all-too-common car cleaning nightmare – dog hair.

Mitch 

Car enthusiast Mitch, based in Saskatchewan, is an expert on transforming super dirty cars into stunning showpieces — or at least getting them back to the cleanest condition possible. With 3.7 million YouTube subscribers, the Detail Geek makes magic happen — whether he’s giving a “kid trashed” car a major makeover, finding a diamond in the rough by salvaging an abandoned car, or deep-cleaning a garbage-packed, repossessed vehicle purchased at an auction.

Josh 

Josh is committed to cleaning even the most disgustingly dirty cars and trucks he could ever come across. As a micro-influencer on TikTok, Josh does a full interior detail on a car complete with dirt and hair-caked carpets, making leather interior look like new again, and steam-cleaning cloth car seats to perfection, revealing an astounding amount of dirt that even shocks the owner.

Johnny Rainey 

Johnny is all about shock value (the good kind) with his awe-inspiring auto detailing transformations. A mid-tier TikTok influencer, Johnny satisfies his followers with his wide-range of car cleaning abilities, which includes spending eight hours extracting years of dirt from his mom’s van carpets, giving a car its first detail in five years, and detailing a friend’s beautiful sports car.

Hunter Jones 

Hunter is a professional car detailer from Canada who never shies away from a cringe-worthy car cleaning challenge. Hunter shows his 316.9K TikTok followers a behind-the-scenes look at detailing a filthy car’s interior from top-to-bottom and getting cigarette smells and stains out of a smoker’s vehicle.

Nick Ski 

Nick loves detailing cars inside and out. The only thing he enjoys more than getting cars squeaky clean is sharing his favorite products and tools of the trade with his 224.6K TikTok followers. Nick gives advice for making the most of your trip to the self-service car wash, how to use detailing swabs for an extra-efficient interior clean, and getting the grime off of those dirt-magnet floor mats.

M.A.D Detailing

To get some cleaning tips from a pro, head over to M.A.D. Detailing’s YouTube page, where you can see the muddiest, dirtiest cars become sparkling clean. The channel’s most popular video — with more than 5 million views — is a customer’s reaction to his super clean car. 

Pandelis Moschopoulos 

Pan is a Canadian car enthusiast, professional detailer and former auto journalist who wrote for numerous publications. Pan is a YouTube influencer who demonstrates his top picks for wheel cleaning brushes, explains how to clean with a hybrid ceramic wax, and doles out advice on cleaning car wheels with carbon-ceramic brakes. 

Joe 

Joe is a self-professed “obsessive car detailer” out of Staffordshire, England. Joe thrives on sharing his passion for cars and DIY detailing with his 88.9K YouTube subscribers. His helpful content includes giving guidance on entry-level detailing skills, the best product for protecting your car’s trim, and features deep-cleaning details on filthy vehicles.

Chris Magello 

New Jersey native Chris is an auto buff whose love of cars began as a child when he helped his dad repair vehicles. As an adult, Chris is committed to helping people save money by fixing and deep-cleaning their own cars and trucks. As a celebrity influencer on YouTube, Chris shows his followers how to super clean an engine bay, restore dim headlights and achieve a “super clean” car.  

Everyday Detailing

This U.K.-based YouTube channel is dedicated to all-things-detailing. From scrubbing bird poo off the exterior of a Volvo to making a Mercedes shine, Everyday Detailing has some great before and after clips.