Tahmid Rashid — Founder, CA Detailing

Tahmid Rashid is the founder of CA Detailing Ltd, the UK retailer stocking over 50 detailing brands from its Hitchin, Hertfordshire base. He has been detailing his own cars since 2017 and has personally tested, used and assessed every brand the business stocks. CA Detailing publishes original technical content — including the Panel Impact Ratio (PIR) framework for snow-foam evaluation and multi-week durability tracking on ceramic shampoos — drawn directly from Tahmid's hands-on testing.

Founders of CA Detailing Ltd, left to right: Sabbir Milad, Tahmid Rashid, Samir Hayath
The founders of CA Detailing Ltd. Left to right: Sabbir Milad, Tahmid Rashid, Samir Hayath.

Background

Tahmid founded Carbon Accents in 2019, an e-commerce business specialising in aftermarket carbon fibre body components for performance cars — a business he continues to run alongside CA Detailing. Two years later, in May 2021, he co-founded CA Detailing Ltd (Companies House 13384934) with cousins Sabbir Milad and Samir Hayath. Five years on, the business stocks over 50 detailing brands across 600+ SKUs and holds a 4.96 / 5.0 verified rating from hundreds of Judge.me reviews.

The thread connecting both businesses is the same: cars Tahmid personally drives, owns and uses every day, sold to enthusiasts who care about doing the job properly.

Technical expertise

Tahmid's hands-on focus is on the pre-wash stage of detailing — the area where most paintwork damage actually occurs, and where most enthusiasts get it wrong. Specific areas of technical depth:

  • Pressure-washer system design. Hose selection, connector compatibility across Karcher, Nilfisk, Stihl and Bosch fittings, flow-rate matching, and the relationship between PSI, litres-per-minute and foam dwell behaviour on real paintwork.
  • Pre-wash chemistry and technique. The Panel Impact Ratio (PIR) framework — measuring what percentage of contaminants a pre-wash actually lifts before contact-wash — was developed by Tahmid through controlled side-by-side testing of every snow foam, citrus pre-wash and APC product CA Detailing stocks.
  • Product selection and curation. Every brand on the CA Detailing shelf has been tested by Tahmid before being stocked. The site's editorial recommendations are written from direct first-hand experience, not supplier-supplied copy.

He has personally detailed over 100 cars across his own collection, family and friends' vehicles, and customer cars through CA Detailing.

Training and credentials

Formal training Tahmid has completed:

  • Koch Chemie technical training — German chemistry house covering paint correction, coatings and interior chemistry
  • Accredited Detailers programme
  • Kovax — Japanese abrasives, paint correction and finishing

Further accreditations are scheduled for 2026.

The garage

Tahmid drives the cars he writes about. Every product recommendation on CA Detailing has been used on his own paintwork before reaching the shelf.

Year Car Notes
2017 BMW E93 (3-Series convertible) First detailing project. Where the obsession started.
2019 BMW F20 M135i Daily driver during Carbon Accents' early years.
2023 Mercedes-Benz C-Class (W205)
2024 — present BMW G87 M2 Current daily driver.

Outside CA Detailing

Tahmid continues to run Carbon Accents (founded 2019), supplying aftermarket carbon fibre body components for performance vehicles. The dual focus — bodywork and finish — informs how CA Detailing approaches product curation: a coating, polish or pre-wash has to work on the paint of cars enthusiasts actually drive hard.

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