Wax On Wax Off provides thorough, efficient, and professional auto detailing and ceramic coating services in the Hanover, PA area. Owned and operated by Tug Bankert, we offer high-end detailing at affordable prices. To learn more about the business, read about how the business got its start in Tug's own words.

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When I was a teenager, I loved detailing my first car. It was a 1985 Dodge Charger. It was a deep maroon red. I loved it…4-cylinder, carbureted, and slow as molasses. I didn't really know how to detail it properly, but my love for the car is what fueled me to clean it. I used Pledge on the exterior paint. It was hard to work with, but man did it give it a hard-as-nails finish. From my perspective, it was the first version of a ceramic coating. A deep, glossy finish that lasted for months and beaded like mad. 

Over the next 15 years, I worked for dealerships and private detailing companies honing my skills. Detailing cars for local small dealerships was how my business started. I quit the dealership cleanup department and opened my own detail shop. I started out doing only cars for dealers. Now, I almost never touch a dealer car. This has allowed me to greatly increase my quality and profit so I can continue to raise the standard higher each year. 

Working for a dealership was frustrating because they were only looking to save money in the cleanup department and not actually make money. This meant we used inferior products and equipment. There had to be a better, more efficient way to clean a car inside and out. I wanted to see how good I could be, so I set off to start my own shop. 

Now that I have had a long detailing career (since 1999), I can look back and understand why I started this business. Detailing a car is easy. It takes effort and time, but anyone can do it. My thought was that maybe there are people out there, like me, who own cars but want them to look their best, so maybe they’d be willing to pay me to make it look better than they could have expected.

I wanted to make as many cars stand as tall as possible and get paid to do so. If I can find others who share the same pride in their vehicle that I do, then I will be successful. You don't have to keep your vehicle spotless 24/7, you just have to have enough pride in it to hate it being filthy. 

The best service we offer is a ceramic coating. A coating provides preservation, reduced cleaning intervals, and ease of cleaning. This option is actually our least expensive option. What you pay upfront for a coating will cost less over time than wax, sealant, or interior protectant. 

I have a restoration style detail process. This simply means that I don't like cleaning the interior or exterior without putting some sort of protectant on it, whether it be a short-term protectant or a long-term protectant like a ceramic coating.