Two brothers, one borrowed pickup, eleven vans later

Mobile Shine started in a Heights driveway in 2017. Today our crew details cars, trucks and fleets across greater Houston, still with the same neighborly approach.

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Detailer holding a soapy sponge beside a car

Why we started coming to you

Andre was detailing cars at a dealership on the Katy Freeway. Luis was managing a restaurant. Both kept hearing the same thing from friends: they wanted a clean car, but nobody had a free Saturday to sit in a car wash line in August.

So they filled a water tank, loaded a borrowed pickup, and started detailing cars in driveways around the Heights on weekends. Word traveled from one driveway to the next. Within a year there was a waiting list, and within two years there was a van with our name on it.

We have grown a lot since, but the core idea hasn't changed. Make it easy. Do careful work. Show up on time. Be the kind of crew your neighbors are happy to see parked out front.

2017
Andre and Luis Delgado start washing cars in the Heights from a borrowed pickup and a 35-gallon tank.
2019
First real van, first ceramic coating certification and our 1,000th customer.
2021
Fleet programs launch after a Katy HVAC company asks us to wash 12 vans at 5 am.
2024
Washington Ave shop opens for PPF installs. Nextdoor Neighborhood Fave two years running.
2026
Eleven vans, 34 team members and more than 18,000 vehicles detailed across Houston.

Vehicles detailed since 2017: 18,420+
Fully equipped mobile vans: 11
Houston-area ZIP codes served: 62
Average from 1,284 reviews: 4.9

What we promise every customer

Four simple rules printed inside every van door.

Treat every car like a neighbor's
Because it usually is. Most of our work comes from people who saw us two doors down.
Show up when we said we would
Two-hour arrival windows, a 30-minute heads-up text, and a 96% on-time rate last year.
Explain, then quote
We show you what we see on the walkaround and never add work you didn't approve.
Leave the driveway cleaner
Runoff mats, biodegradable soaps and filtered water we bring ourselves.

The people in the vans

Full-time, trained in-house for six weeks before their first solo visit, and proud of the work.

Andre Delgado
Co-founder, coatings lead
IDA certified detailer and the reason our vans carry paint depth gauges.
Luis Delgado
Co-founder, operations
Plans every route so Katy customers never pay a trip fee.
Marcus Bell
Fleet account manager
Runs programs for 40+ Houston businesses and dealerships.
Tomás Rivera
Senior detailer, interiors
Nine years of pet hair, spilled milk and smoke odor victories.