A former Deliveroo rider who taught himself to code by watching YouTube videos is cleaning up with his app-based “waterless” car wash.

Users book a cleaner who arrives by bike to clean their vehicles with a water-saving mist-wash which uses less than 1 per cent of the average 200 litres of a standard wash.

Will Mapstone, 24, teamed up with friend and City finance worker Christian Steele, 24, to launch WashDoctors which has serviced nearly 4,000 cars since last March.

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Written by Jack Peat 

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"A new app-based car washing service has been launched in London which could transform the way car owners get their motors washed.​"

"A few of us Queen’s Park parents were recently talking about the state of our cars, and needless to say, most of us would rather eat over-cooked Brussel sprouts than offer someone a lift in our car without at least a days notice!" 

"A clean car can be a dirty business. Now-ubiquitous cheap hand car washes have been linked to cases of modern slavery, wage theft, coercion and environmental destruction. But you can be part of the solution..."

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Wash Doctors is "certainly an ethical step up if you’re looking to clean up your car washing act."

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Good Business was founded by Giles Gibbons and Steve Hilton in 1996, back when they were working for Saatchi and Saatchi. They saw the power of brands to change the world for the better – an idea so big that they felt it had to catch on.

"We can’t get enough of all this sunshine (or rain), but with hose pipe bans recently declared across the UK, let’s talk about water… and the inevitable tree sap that sticks to our cars every summer!

Wash Doctors, a SW London start-up, have revolutionised car valeting with their on-demand, waterless car wash that comes to you. Now available in Kensington & Chelsea, you may have even noticed the Wash Doctors red jackets on a road near you!"

Steve is the CEO and co-founder of Social Chain and an award-winning entrepreneur, speaker, vlogger, investor and public figure. 

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"Today I headed down to London to be interviewed by the times for a special award, locate a London HQ for the Social Chain Group and give some mentoring advice to a new startup." 

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Posted by Clare​

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"Wash Doctors – fab new app is well worth a try!" 

"Downloading the app, registering and choosing my car wash option was an absolute breeze – 5 minutes max!...By the time I got back an hour and a bit later the Wash Doctor was just finishing off the clean. I was amazed at the speed of their response."