Detailing & Autostyling
Detailing & Autostyling
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City driving is brutal on paint. Between winter brine on I-35W, stop-and-go traffic on I-94, and nowhere to wash your car at your apartment, Minneapolis vehicles take a beating. QMD Detailing & Autostyling brings the detail bay to your curb, and handles serious correction and coating at our nearby New Brighton studio.
Minneapolis, MN
Owning a car in Minneapolis means fighting things suburban drivers never think about. Salt and magnesium chloride brine coat the freeways from November through April, eating at your clear coat and undercarriage. Street parking in Uptown, Northeast, and Dinkytown leaves your finish exposed to sap, road film, and the occasional door ding. And when your building has no driveway or hose, keeping a car clean feels impossible. That is exactly the gap QMD was built to close.
QMD Detailing & Autostyling was founded by Robert Delins in the summer of 2024 as a one-man mobile operation out of Minneapolis, so we know these streets and these winters firsthand. In November 2025 we opened a controlled indoor studio in New Brighton, roughly 15 to 20 minutes north of Downtown via I-35W. That gives Minneapolis drivers the best of both worlds: mobile detailing that comes to your home, office, or apartment lot, and a climate-controlled space for the paint correction and ceramic coating work that demands it.
Mobile & In-Shop
Our signature Full Detail is available both ways: we come to you anywhere in Minneapolis, or you visit the New Brighton studio. Mobile is the answer to the city parking problem. If you live in a North Loop loft, an Uptown fourplex, or an apartment near Longfellow with no driveway, we detail your car right where it sits. Inside, we deep clean upholstery, leather, carpets, glass, and the center console to lift out embedded salt, coffee-run spills, and commuter grime. Outside, we hand wash, decontaminate, and protect the finish, stripping away the road film that Grand Rounds cruising and freeway miles leave behind. Prefer to drop off? The studio is a short hop up I-35W.
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Swirl & Scratch Removal
Years of automated car washes, gritty winter road spray, and street parking leave Minneapolis paint dulled with swirl marks, light scratches, and haze. Paint correction fixes that. Using 1-step or 2-step machine polishing under controlled studio lighting, we cut away the defects and restore genuine depth and clarity to your finish. This work is also the essential foundation before any ceramic coating: lock in swirls under a coating and they stay for years. Correction is done exclusively at the New Brighton studio, where consistent lighting lets us see and remove every flaw the freeway put there.
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Gtechniq Certified
A Gtechniq-certified ceramic coating is the strongest defense a Minneapolis car has against road salt, UV, and winter chemical exposure. We offer a 1-year EXO option and multi-year CSL coatings that protect up to roughly nine years. The result is a hydrophobic, chemical- and UV-resistant layer with a deep, glossy finish, so brine sheets off instead of bonding to your paint and slush rinses away with far less effort. Because coating demands a dust-free, temperature-stable environment, every application happens in our controlled indoor New Brighton studio, not in a driveway. It is the single best investment for anyone parking outdoors through a Minnesota winter.
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Ongoing Care
Keeping a car clean in the city is a losing battle without a routine, so we make it easy. Our monthly maintenance plans keep your vehicle protected and looking sharp year-round, which matters most through the long salt season when a single storm can undo a wash. For Minneapolis businesses, our commercial fleet and partnership programs keep delivery vans, service vehicles, and company cars presentable and protected. Whether it is one daily driver or a working fleet crossing the metro, we build a schedule around how and where you drive. Booking and rescheduling are handled online.
Why QMD
We take no shortcuts and back every job with a satisfaction guarantee. Our whole philosophy is simple: we treat your car like our own, which is why our Google reviews sit at a consistent five stars. That standard shows up in the details, from the salt we pull out of your carpet fibers to the swirl-free finish that comes off our polishing bench.
What sets us apart in this market is the combination. Plenty of detailers are mobile-only and cannot do proper correction or coating; plenty of shops make you drop off and never come to you. QMD gives you both: the convenience of mobile service at your Minneapolis address, plus a genuine controlled indoor studio just up I-35W in New Brighton for the work that has to be done right. Founder Robert Delins built the business around that promise, and it is why city drivers keep coming back.
FAQ
Yes. That is exactly why our mobile service exists. We come to your building in Uptown, Northeast, North Loop, or anywhere in the city and detail your car right where it is parked, whether that is a street spot or a lot with no hose or driveway. You do not need to arrange water or power. For ceramic coating and paint correction, we bring the car up to our New Brighton studio, since those services require a controlled indoor environment.
The most effective defense is a ceramic coating applied before winter. Our Gtechniq-certified coatings create a hydrophobic, chemical-resistant barrier so the salt and magnesium chloride brine on I-35W and I-94 sheet off instead of bonding to your clear coat. Pairing a coating with a monthly maintenance plan through the salt season keeps that protection working from the first snow to the spring thaw.
We do. Full Detailing is available mobile, where we come to your Minneapolis home or office, or in-shop at our New Brighton studio, about 15 to 20 minutes north via I-35W. Paint correction and ceramic coating are studio-only, because they need dust-free, temperature-stable, controlled lighting conditions that a driveway simply cannot provide.
The studio at 833 3rd St SW in New Brighton is roughly 15 to 20 minutes from Downtown Minneapolis via I-35W, and closer if you are coming from Northeast. You can book online and drop off for correction or coating work, or skip the drive entirely and choose mobile Full Detailing at your address.
Book online for mobile detailing anywhere in Minneapolis, or schedule paint correction and ceramic coating at our New Brighton studio. Call (612) 454-0813.
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