LUXE Auto Spa Detailing exists because its founder couldn’t find a detailer he trusted with his own cars.
The origin
Joseph Restivo — pilot, entrepreneur and lifelong car enthusiast — owned the kind of vehicles that are supposed to be treated carefully: Ferraris, Bentleys, Porsches. He paid for hand washes. He paid for “premium” details. And he kept finding the same things afterwards in direct sunlight: swirl marks, water spots, and paint that looked a little duller each year.
The cause wasn’t laziness. It was water. Municipal water carries minerals, sediment and iron; towels grind them into clear coat; drying leaves the minerals behind as spots that etch in the sun. No amount of care in the technique fixes contaminated water.
So he engineered a fix: a four-stage filtration system — sediment, carbon block, reverse osmosis, deionization — that delivers contaminant-free water to the hose. Around it he built a controlled, repeatable process: foam pre-wash, two-bucket method with grit guards, laundered microfiber for every vehicle, filtered-air drying. That became the LUXE PureWash™, and the system became the Quad-Filter Water System™.
Not a detail. A precision system.
LUXE is not a volume business. Every vehicle — a daily-driven SUV or a weekend exotic — goes through the same documented steps, the same products and the same inspection. We would rather do fewer cars properly than more cars quickly.
Built for enthusiasts. Trusted by everyday drivers.
Most of our clients don’t own exotics. They own cars they care about and want kept properly: families with a new SUV, professionals with a leased sedan they’ll return, retirees with a convertible that lives under the oaks. The process doesn’t change based on the badge.
Our values
- Integrity in every detail. We tell you what your paint needs and what it doesn’t.
- Innovation through science. Water chemistry, paint-thickness measurement and material-specific products — not marketing.
- Passion for perfection. The walk-around under inspection lighting is where our work is judged.
- Education and transparency. We show you the before and after, explain the process and teach you how to keep the result.
Where we are
Our studio is at Hangar 56, Orlando–Apopka Airport (X04), 1321 Apopka Airport Rd, Apopka, FL 32712 — minutes from the Wekiva Parkway. Mobile units with onboard Quad-Filtered water and power serve the Greater Orlando area, and Southwest Florida is served by arrangement. Our sister company, LUXE Aero Spa, details general-aviation aircraft from the same hangar.
The LUXE promise
We are not a car wash. We are a paint-preservation studio. Every vehicle is treated like an exotic, every process is repeatable, and every result is inspected before it goes home.