Dealfable is a hands-on car wash and vehicle care workshop on Williams Esplanade, where we fix the stuff that actually bothers you — the dog smell baked into the seats, the swirls every brush wash left behind, the salt haze that sneaks onto the paint after a coastal week. We work outdoors-hard vehicles every day, so we know what Queensland sun, sea air and family life does to paint and fabric.
We are not the cheapest quote in Cairns and we are not trying to be. What we do instead is spend the hours the job genuinely needs, tell you what will come out and what will not, and hand the car back on the day we promised it.
Every booking starts with a walk-around and photographs so nothing is disputed later. If the job turns out to be smaller than expected, we tell you and knock the price down. If it turns out to be bigger, you get a phone call before we touch anything.
Slides from recent jobs. Every before and after photo on this site was taken by our crew, on a real customer car.
Two flagships cover most of what comes through the door. Both include the preparation work that cheaper quotes skip.
Interior
Seats out, carpets hot-water extracted, every vent and rail brushed, then a full ozone cycle to kill the source of the smell. This is the package that fixes smoke, pets, spilled milk and cars that have sat closed for a season.
Exterior
Paint depth readings, decontamination clay, then two-stage machine polishing under swirl-finder light. Only once the paint is flat do we seal it with a genuine multi-layer ceramic rated for the Queensland sun.
We started as a two-person mobile operation and now run a fixed workshop with a filtered coating bay. The numbers below are pulled straight from our booking records.
You drop the car, we disappear with it for the day and hand it back finished. Here is the sequence, whether you booked an interior reset or a full ceramic coating.
We go over the car with you, note pre-existing damage, photograph the problem areas and agree the scope before any work starts.
Snow foam pre-soak, contact wash, iron fallout removal and clay treatment. Prep is the part that decides how the finished job looks six months later.
Seats out for interiors, machine polishing for paint, or both if you booked the full exterior and interior package.
Wet carpets go through the forced-air drying booth, coatings sit in the filtered bay for the full cure window. We do not rush either step.
Lights on, white-glove check along every panel gap and seam. Anything we missed goes straight back for a second pass before you get the keys.
Fixed prices for standard sedans and SUVs. Larger vehicles and seriously neglected cars get a quick quote over the phone first.
For well-kept daily drivers that just need a reset.
The one we recommend for family cars and lease returns.
Two-stage polish plus a two-layer 5-year ceramic coating.
A mix of interiors, paints and coatings. Same lighting rig every time, so the difference you see is real.
Reviews from people who have actually sat in the car after we finished with it.
Two kelpies and a fortnight of beach trips had baked a smell into that car I genuinely thought was permanent. Dealfable pulled the seats and worked the fabric for five hours. My partner thought I had traded it in.
I have had ceramic put on two cars before and neither lived up to the price. Dealfable showed me the depth readings and the gloss numbers before I paid. Six months on, the black paint still beads water.
The ute came off a mine site with red dust baked into the clear coat. They spent the better part of two days correcting the paint before coating it. The dust no longer sticks and the paint reflects properly.
Four of us run the workshop. Everyone who touches a polishing machine has done the training and everyone who pulls a car seat knows where the airbag wiring sits. There is no rotating cast of casual staff here.
We started in 2014 as a mobile operation servicing the northern beaches, moved into the Williams Esplanade workshop in 2019, and added the filtered coating bay in 2022. The philosophy has not changed: slow down, measure twice, hand it back properly.
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Straight talk from the bay, written for people who want to look after their own car between visits.
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Dish soap, monthly washes, parking under a tree. Most of the advice people follow out here is aimed at someone in a dry inland city, and it makes coastal cars worse.
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Dog smell is three problems stacked on top of each other. Miss the third one and you will be back where you started within a fortnight. Here is how we actually fix it.
Whether it is sand, salt, dog hair or paint that has seen better days, we sort it in a single visit. Send through the details and we will slot you in.
Maintenance reminders for coastal cars, seasonal tips and the occasional slot opening. No spam, and you can unsubscribe with one click whenever it stops being useful.
Send through the make, model and roughly what state it is in. We reply with a firm price and the next available bay, usually within one business day.
We are on Williams Esplanade, a short walk from the Palm Cove beachfront. There is parking out front and a coffee place two doors down while you wait.
Open in Google MapsWe run one car per bay at a time, which means slots fill quickly in the warmer months. Two to three days of notice usually gets you the pick of the week.
No surprise invoice at pickup. If anything changes once we have the car, you get a phone call before we keep going, and you are free to say no.
Odour eliminations come with a ten-day follow-up check. Ceramic coatings come with a written multi-year warranty, provided the maintenance schedule is followed.
Terms of booking are set out in our Terms & Conditions and Refund Policy.