Hello guys my name is Alex. I joined the forum about a week ago and been lurking around getting as much information as I can because in the next few weeks I will start my mobile car washing business. I currently work at a Lowes distribution center on weekends and I am off four days during the week. I'm going to keep my job and see how things go. Hopefully business is good and can soon leave the job there because I can not imagine doing that type of work much longer I have been there for about a year and a half. I saw a quote a while back that made me really want to start this business even more "Build your dreams, or someone will hire you to help build theirs", I want to be the one doing the hiring to help build mine. I'm 19 years of age and I have a good friend "20 years of age", a brother also 20, and one of his coworkers that will be helping out as well. Me and my friend will cover the week days and my brother and his coworker will take over on the weekends. I have some experience washing cars I've always been the one keeping up with the maintenance washes for the cars at my house. I can't stand seeing dirty cars and I've learned so much on my black truck that I bought back in 2010. I've done tons of research on what products to use and what equipment is good to be effective and efficient to finish up cars in little time. I just want to let you guys know what I have done so far and I would greatly appreciate it if you guys could tell me what I'm leaving out.
The name of the mobile car washing business is going to be Texas Shine mobile car wash & detail. I already have my truck being wrapped for advertising, it is a 2010 Black Crew-max Toyota Tundra and will have my equipment in the bed to save money instead of purchasing a detailing trailer. The pressure washer I will be using is an Electric 1800 psi by Clean Force. I used "ExpressDetails" thread for my setup. Thank you for this thread it was really helpful. http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...roper-pressure-washer-set-up-foam-cannon.html.
I have an MTM foam cannon that I just ordered and most of the products I will be using are from chemical guys. I have a compressor, generator, and Rigid wet/dry vacc with blower. I need to find a 100 gallon water tank & pump. If you guys could point me in the direction to a good set up I'd appreciate it. I'm still a little confused on how the water tank and pump work. I still need to make business cards, facebook page, and uniforms so that we can look as professional as possible. I also already have an insurance that covers up to $100,000 in damages, Tax number and have got the OK by the city.
Some other questions I have are how do I set the prices, in other words what are some reasonable prices to start at? I'm mainly just going to start out with exterior and interior cleaning for now because I need to show my partners how to use the porter cable polisher and proper procedure on waxing a car. We are also going to do bikes, boats, and RVs. Also what should I expect during start up and how do I manage my clients? Do I have them make appointments? I'm also a little confused about that so if you guys that have mobile car washing business could chime in so I can kind of get a better understanding on how to keep everything flowing good. That is all the questions I can think of for now but I will come up with some more later
The name of the mobile car washing business is going to be Texas Shine mobile car wash & detail. I already have my truck being wrapped for advertising, it is a 2010 Black Crew-max Toyota Tundra and will have my equipment in the bed to save money instead of purchasing a detailing trailer. The pressure washer I will be using is an Electric 1800 psi by Clean Force. I used "ExpressDetails" thread for my setup. Thank you for this thread it was really helpful. http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum...roper-pressure-washer-set-up-foam-cannon.html.
I have an MTM foam cannon that I just ordered and most of the products I will be using are from chemical guys. I have a compressor, generator, and Rigid wet/dry vacc with blower. I need to find a 100 gallon water tank & pump. If you guys could point me in the direction to a good set up I'd appreciate it. I'm still a little confused on how the water tank and pump work. I still need to make business cards, facebook page, and uniforms so that we can look as professional as possible. I also already have an insurance that covers up to $100,000 in damages, Tax number and have got the OK by the city.
Some other questions I have are how do I set the prices, in other words what are some reasonable prices to start at? I'm mainly just going to start out with exterior and interior cleaning for now because I need to show my partners how to use the porter cable polisher and proper procedure on waxing a car. We are also going to do bikes, boats, and RVs. Also what should I expect during start up and how do I manage my clients? Do I have them make appointments? I'm also a little confused about that so if you guys that have mobile car washing business could chime in so I can kind of get a better understanding on how to keep everything flowing good. That is all the questions I can think of for now but I will come up with some more later
