We specialize in enhancing the beauty of boats, ensuring they not only look stunning but also maintain their value and integrity for years to come. We come to you, at your marina, driveway, or storage yard, anywhere within about an hour and a half of London. Every job is backed by a satisfaction guarantee — no exceptions.
Drag the slider across to reveal the before. Real boats from around Southwestern Ontario, no staging.
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Bow deck, dock film and fine scratching polished back to a reflection
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Four Winns H210, faded gel coat wet sanded and polished back to depth
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1985 Chris Craft, forty years of flat maroon brought back to a mirror
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Cockpit carpet and seating, a season of debris deep cleaned out
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Gunwale and hull side, chalky and marked to clean and glossy
Our Process
A defined process, every project
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You Get in Touch
Send the form or call. Tell us where the boat is kept, and the make, model and year. The more you can tell us up front, the better prepared we are when we come out.
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Free In-Person Estimates
We drive out and see the actual boat. No charge, no obligation. Quoting a boat properly over the phone is not possible and we will not pretend otherwise.
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You Get a Straight Answer
We tell you what it genuinely needs, and just as importantly what it does not. If a cheaper package is the right one, that is the one we recommend.
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Booked In
Once you are happy with the plan and the price, we book the date. Often right there on the spot if the schedule allows.
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The Work, Then a Walk Round
We come to your marina, driveway or storage yard fully equipped, do the work, and walk the finished boat with you before we leave.
“Noah and the boys from All Pro Detailing did an amazing job on my boat. Prior to their efforts she was experiencing some heavy oxidation. Their results exceeded my expectation. I would not hesitate to recommend these gentlemen to anyone.”
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Craig Huizenga
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“Noah and his guys did a great job. My 2004 Trophy looks like new. Top side was very chalky but not now. Photos don't do justice! Thanks again.”
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Anne Marie Bechard
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“The amazing detail job on our 1993 Rinker boat definitely brought it back to life. The guys were professional, prepared and did a great job cleaning up!”
Boats We Are Proud Of
Four jobs worth talking about
Dilly Dally II, Great Harbour 47 foot
The one that came down to trust
A boat big enough that people tend to call it a ship rather than a boat. The part Noah is proudest of is not the finish, it is how the job came about: the owner had used a very reputable company before us and took a chance on a younger outfit instead. That is a real risk to take with a boat that size.
It also turned into the exception to our usual rule about the bottom half. Normally the belly of a boat is left alone because it sits in the water and goes yellow again within weeks. On this one we did it anyway, working off a raft to get around the hull.
The best part came afterwards. The owner still sends photos when he takes her up to Tobermory, and so do people who have never met us, because the boat gets recognised. That is the version of marketing you cannot buy.
60 foot Cantius, Sarnia
The biggest project we have taken on
The largest boat we have worked on to date, and it arrived fairly oxidised. At that size the scale of the job changes everything: there is simply more of every surface, more height to work at, and more awkward angles where a hull curves away from you and there is nowhere natural to stand.
It came back to looking new. The owners were, in Noah's words, absolutely blown away, and shocked that it was the same boat.
It is also the clearest example of why we quote in person. Nobody could have told that owner over the phone what that hull needed, how long it would take, or whether it was recoverable at all. You have to stand in front of it.
Prestige 460, Corunna
Four days on a 46 foot yacht
A four day project on a 46 foot luxury yacht, finished the week the owner wanted her for. On a boat this size the work is not one job, it is a sequence of them: the dark hull sides, the topsides, the stainless, the canvas, the glass inside and out, and every compartment and anchor box that a quick wash never reaches.
Dark gel coat is the hardest colour to finish and the most rewarding when it lands. It shows every swirl a compound leaves behind, which is exactly why the dual action stage is not optional on a hull like this one.
Noah walked the whole boat with the owner before leaving, which is how every job ends here. On a four day project you want to be told what was done, not just handed the keys.
28 foot Chaparral, Stoney Point
The one we were asked back for
We had done the interior on this boat a couple of weeks earlier. While we were aboard we pointed out a few things going on with the exterior, and then left it there, because that visit had been booked and paid for as an interior job.
The owner rang back and asked us to come and deal with it. Two days on site: a full detail and machine polish, and a hull that finished up the bluest it had been since it left the factory.
That sequence is the whole argument for looking at a boat in person rather than quoting it down a phone line. Nobody was sold anything on the first visit. The work came second, after the owner had seen for himself that we were right about the gel coat.
Our Work
Boats we've brought back to life
Real boats, real results — recent details from around Southwestern Ontario.
Why Choose Us
Built to make the experience easy
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We Look Before We Quote
We come out and see your boat for free before anyone talks money. On a boat worth six figures, a stranger promising you the world over the phone should not be enough, and we would not expect it to be.
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We Will Talk You Out of Things
If your boat does not need the sanding, we will tell you it does not need the sanding. Selling an owner a package they did not need is how you get one job instead of ten years of them.
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Two Stages, Every Time
Plenty of detailers compound a boat and call it finished. It looks great until the sun drops and the swirl marks appear. We follow every compound with a proper dual action polish so that does not happen to you.
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Boats Only, Fully Mobile
Boats are all we do, and we come to you at the marina, the driveway or the storage yard. Based in London and we travel up to an hour and a half out.
The Owner's Guide
Boat care on the Great Lakes, explained straight
Between Lake Huron's sun and Lake Erie's algae-rich water, boats in Southwestern Ontario age faster than their owners expect. Here is what we've learned detailing them — what actually damages a boat here, what protects it, and when each service makes sense.
Why Great Lakes sun eats gel coat
Gel coat is the glossy outer skin of a fibreglass hull, and UV is its enemy. Long summer days on open water break the surface down into a dull, chalky haze called oxidation — the reason a five-year-old boat can look fifteen. On Lake Huron, where afternoons are long and the horizon is wide open, it happens faster than most owners expect. Oxidation starts as a cosmetic problem, but left season after season it degrades the gel coat itself and drags the boat's value down with it. The fix is mechanical, not magic: a staged compound cuts away the dead layer, a machine polish restores the gloss, and a protective coat slows the clock before it starts again.
Spring commissioning: launch protected
The best detail of the year is the one that happens before the boat touches water. A spring detail on the trailer or in the storage yard undoes winter — the dust, the cover marks, the dulled finish — and puts a fresh layer of protection on before the season's sun and spray get their turn. It is also simply easier: every surface is accessible, nothing is wet, and there is no dock schedule to work around. Here is the part worth knowing, though: our season is generally booked up by the end of February. The boats we are polishing in April were booked over the winter, and we work right through the cold months getting them ready. So if you want a spring detail, the time to ask is well before spring. If you book one detail a year, make it this one, before the first launch of the season.
Winter storage prep, done right
How a boat goes under its cover decides how it comes out. Stored dirty, a summer of grime bonds to the gel coat for five months and waterline stains set permanently. Stored damp, vinyl seats grow the mildew you will meet in May. The right sequence before storage is simple: a thorough wash, a coat of wax so the hull sits protected instead of bare, and a deep interior clean and conditioning so the vinyl goes in dry and treated. It is the highest-value detail of the year because it prevents damage instead of repairing it — spring commissioning on a properly stored boat is a wash and touch-up, not a restoration.
Why protection is only half the job
Wax and sealant do real work: they deepen the shine, shed water, and take the UV hit so the gel coat underneath does not. What they cannot do is fix what is already there. Wax sacrifices itself to the sun and wears down over a season, which is why it goes on at spring launch and often again mid-summer on a boat that lives in the water. The part people get wrong is the order. Wax applied over dull, oxidized gel coat seals in the dullness and buys a season of exactly what you already had, so the compound and polish underneath is most of the value. Fix the surface, then protect it, and the protection is worth paying for.
Water spots that a hose will not touch
Hard water spray dries into mineral spots, and they are not dirt. The water evaporates and leaves the minerals behind, bonded onto the surface, which is why rinsing does nothing and soap does nothing either. They come off chemically, with products made to dissolve exactly that, and the surface is protected afterwards so the next lot of spray beads and sheds instead of drying in place. The part most owners miss is that second step. A sealed surface spots far slower and gives up what does land far more easily, which is why we pair removal with protection every time rather than doing the same work again next season.
Fully mobile: we come to the boat
There is no shop to bring your boat to, and that is the point. We are based in London and we travel about an hour and a half out in any direction, which covers a lot of ground: the slips at Sarnia Bay and Bridgeview, a mooring at Port Stanley or Grand Bend, a driveway in London, a storage yard in Woodstock, and a surprising number of boats living in barns on farms with no address worth quoting. The van carries what the job needs, so you do not hitch a trailer, book a haul-out, or lose a boating weekend. The one honest limit is reach: a boat in its slip cannot be worked below the rub rail, because there is nowhere to stand. Hull sides get done at winter storage when we can walk around it.
What changes the price of a detail
We quote every boat individually, and the honest answer about price is that four things drive it: size, condition, service, and access. A 26-foot cruiser has three times the surface of a 16-foot fishing boat. A hull with years of oxidation needs staged compounding a maintained hull skips. A full detail and a staged gel coat restoration is a different job than a wash and wax. Dockside work with tight slip access takes longer than a boat on a trailer in a driveway. Which is exactly why we do not quote boats over the phone. We come out and look at yours for free, tell you what it genuinely needs and what it does not, and only then give you a number. The price we agree standing in front of the boat is the price you pay.
Detailing is resale value protection
Boats depreciate — but the gap between a maintained hull and a neglected one at trade-in time is real money. The first thing a buyer or dealer sees is the gel coat: deep gloss says the boat was cared for everywhere; chalky oxidation and a permanent scum line say the opposite, and the offer reflects it. Interior vinyl tells the same story, because cracked seats cannot be un-cracked. A detailing habit — protection at spring launch, a proper clean before storage — costs a fraction of what it preserves. That is why we talk about detailing as maintenance rather than cosmetics: the shine is the visible part, but the value protection is the reason it pays for itself.
London, Ontario, and we are a fully mobile service. That combination is what trips people up, so to be clear: the van comes from London and drives to your boat. We cover roughly an hour and a half out from the city in any direction, which takes in Sarnia, the Lake Erie ports, the Huron shore, and a lot of farm sheds and back yards in between.
Do you come to me, or do I bring my boat to you?+
We come to you, fully equipped, at your marina, driveway, or storage yard. There is no haul-out and no drop-off, and you do not need to move the boat anywhere.
How far will you travel?+
About an hour and a half from London is our normal limit, and Sarnia is one of our busiest areas. If you are further out than that, ask anyway. It is a conversation rather than a flat no, it just depends on the job and the time of year.
Do you clean the bottom of the boat?+
Not as part of a standard polish, no. Our polishing packages cover everything from the waterline up: the hull sides up to the rub rail, and the top deck, arch and transom above it. The belly below the waterline sits in the water all season and goes yellow again almost immediately, so putting a finish on it is money badly spent. If you do want the hull sides done properly, the time for that is winter storage when the boat is out and we can get all the way around it.
Can I have just the top half done?+
Yes, and plenty of people do. If the hull sides still look good you can have everything from the rub rail up, and if the topsides are fine you can have just the hull sides down to the waterline. We will tell you honestly which one your boat actually needs when we come out and look.
How long does a detail take?+
It depends entirely on the size of the boat and what it needs, so we would rather tell you after we have seen it than guess now. A regular maintenance wash on a boat in a slip runs about an hour and a half to two hours. Full correction work on a large, heavily oxidized hull is a different scale of job. You get a straight answer on timing at the free quote visit, before anything is booked.
What kinds of boats do you detail?+
Fibreglass boats of every size, from small runabouts up to cruisers and yachts in the sixty foot range. Aluminum boats we will wash and seal, but there is nothing to polish on aluminum, so the honest answer there is protection rather than restoration.
What do you need access to at my location?+
Access to the boat is the main thing. Water and power help, and we will confirm what is available when we book so there are no surprises on the day.
When should I book?+
Earlier than most people expect. We are generally booked up by the end of February for the season ahead, so the boats we are working on in spring were mostly booked over the winter. If you are reading this in autumn, that is a good time to get on the list rather than a strange one.
Should my boat be detailed before winter storage?+
It is the most useful detail of the year and the one people skip. A boat that goes under the cover clean, dry, sealed, and with the vinyl conditioned comes out in spring needing a wash. One that goes under dirty and damp comes out needing a restoration. Winter is also the only practical time to do the hull sides, since the boat is out of the water and reachable.
What happens after I ask for a quote?+
We get in touch, arrange a time, and come out to see the boat in person at no charge. You get an honest assessment of what it needs, and only then a price. Nothing is booked until you have seen the boat walked and heard the plan.
