After a haboob rolls through, your vehicle has caliche dust in places you didn't know it had places. We extract it — vents, seals, door jambs, trunk channels, every crevice.
Dust storm cleanup at Delicate Details in Lubbock, TX is priced on the standard detail tiers, from $195 for Essential. Full Reset & Protect is $350 and Premium Detail (with paint correction) is $695. After a haboob, caliche dust gets extracted from vents, seals, door jambs, and trunk channels, every crevice a storm packs dust into, not just the visible surfaces.
Everyone in Lubbock knows the drill: the wall of dust rolls in off the Caprock, and for days afterward your A/C blows grit, every door slam puffs dust off the seals, and the dash has a fresh film an hour after you wipe it. That's because a dust storm doesn't just coat a vehicle — it pressurizes fine caliche dust into the HVAC intake, door seals, window channels, and every interior seam. Our dust storm cleanup is built for exactly this: compressed-air blowout of the vents and rails, full interior extraction, seal-by-seal cleaning, and a decontamination wash outside so the alkaline dust doesn't sit on your clear coat and etch. It's the difference between wiping the dust you can see and actually getting it out of the vehicle.
Interior extraction, steam, decontamination wash — the same process our vehicle details are known for, adapted to the platform.
Machine polishing for oxidized, sun-faded, and swirled surfaces — brought back under proper lighting.
Professional CarPro coatings for long-term UV, water, and contamination protection — quoted by surface area.
Specialty work is quoted after we see the vehicle — size, condition, and access all matter. Call and we'll talk through it.
After the next storm: Call early — the days after a big blow are our busiest for this exact service, and vehicles are handled in booking order. (806) 855-8042.
Fine caliche particles carried in a haboob are abrasive. When they settle on warm paint, they bond to the surface and can scratch paint during any subsequent wipe-down. The iron fallout from storms also causes rust spotting on clear coat over time. The correct response is a proper decontamination wash — not a wipe-down.
Step one is a foam cannon pre-soak to lift loose dust off the surface before anything touches the paint. Never wipe dry dust off with a cloth — that's how swirl marks happen. Then a proper hand wash, clay bar decontamination to remove bonded particles, and a paint sealant to restore protection.
Yes — if the dust caused swirl marks or fine scratches in the clear coat from improper wiping, machine paint correction removes them. 1-step or 2-step correction restores the paint to pre-storm condition. We inspect under professional lighting to assess the damage before recommending a correction level.
Dust-storm cleanup starts with the selected detail package and actual vehicle condition. If improper wiping created swirls, paint correction starts at $350 for a sedan and is quoted after inspection and a test spot. Call (806) 855-8042 or send photos for a specific recommendation.
Yes — significantly. The hydrophobic surface causes dust to bead up and rinse off with water instead of bonding to the clear coat. It also makes proper post-storm washing faster and safer. A ceramic-coated vehicle handles West Texas haboobs better than an unprotected one.