So I talked to a guy today about DETAILING!!!

I know of a mobile detailer who mostly washes cars. He charges 30 per car and does 10 a day ! So thats 300 per day at 1,500 per week not bad!

My customer says he is done in half an hour and works like a maniac!
 
buddhadog said:
I know of a mobile detailer who mostly washes cars. He charges 30 per car and does 10 a day ! So thats 300 per day at 1,500 per week not bad!

My customer says he is done in half an hour and works like a maniac!
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It is doable man..... the one an hour that I am referring to one my fleets also include an interior vacuum, which get pretty bad cause they are military recruiters cars and hawl potentials around in them all day. Getting the right process down and routine makes a big difference. After doing 31 RV's in 2 days last week, I think I can knock out a hundred cars an hour now lol!!!!
 
LOL! I'm in Nashville as well. Good to see others around with the same insanity.
 
Well I live in Ohio,so I am not detailing right now. I am also a Full Mobile Service. I have what I call a "Mini Detail for cars. It's around $150 plus tax. This is a NO Buff detail. Wash, clay, hand wax, (Souveran) vac, and heated shampoo extraction. Steam clean door jams, panels, cup holders etc. When the buffer and Menzerna or Megs comes out my price soars. This is my 12 year in business and 25 plus years training and learning what it takes to restort a vehicle to a SHOWROOM SHINE! No pun intended. Price varies on where you are & also what you provide.
 
Showroom Shine said:
Well I live in Ohio,so I am not detailing right now. I am also a Full Mobile Service. I have what I call a "Mini Detail for cars. It's around $150 plus tax. This is a NO Buff detail. Wash, clay, hand wax, (Souveran) vac, and heated shampoo extraction. Steam clean door jams, panels, cup holders etc. When the buffer and Menzerna or Megs comes out my price soars. This is my 12 year in business and 25 plus years training and learning what it takes to restort a vehicle to a SHOWROOM SHINE! No pun intended. Price varies on where you are & also what you provide.
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Yeah - sounds like a lot of people can make more money without even picking up a polisher.... I guess since I have polished with a rotary 100 times more than waxing by hand it seems to be the more comfortable route for me and couldn't imagine charging some of the prices I've seen for just a hand wax. I've used aeroglaze on aircraft by hand - but never thought it turned out nearly as good as using the makita and a polish. So i can totally understand if that is how you have done it for 25 years and have mastered the hand wax - - - - - just not something I've personally been able to get near the quality as busting out the machines.

TWEEDERTWEEK said:
No. I'm actually trying to buy a house right now.
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Good luck man! Nows a great time..... are u originally from here? If not PM me and I'll toss you some where and where nots to live..... I detailed a mini van for a couple that came up here after the flood because of the amount of work for the owner (construction worker). They bought the house after only looking at it online and liking what they saw price wise - they ended up in a bad neighborhood and didn't realize it! They said their cars had been broken into on different occasions and hated the fact that they bought the house. I felt really bad for them!!!!
 
It is crazy how so much of your business is who you know and the connections you have. I once got a web design gig before I really knew what I was doing, but I taught myself and everything turned out ok. Someone more experienced than me would have probably laughed at my "skill level", but everything turned out all right and the client was happy. It seems like it is the same way in every profession to some extent. There is always the "expert" on the outside wondering how some "moron" got such a sweet job. I think we just have to learn how to be humble when we are the "expert" and thankful when we are the "moron."

That is why I appreciate B & B's comment on teaching the less skilled individual and I might have to get B & B to teach me how to use the makita rotary if I ever get more jobs and progress past the DA. :cheers:
 
B&B Tennessee said:
Yeah - sounds like a lot of people can make more money without even picking up a polisher.... I guess since I have polished with a rotary 100 times more than waxing by hand it seems to be the more comfortable route for me and couldn't imagine charging some of the prices I've seen for just a hand wax. I've used aeroglaze on aircraft by hand - but never thought it turned out nearly as good as using the makita and a polish. So i can totally understand if that is how you have done it for 25 years and have mastered the hand wax - - - - - just not something I've personally been able to get near the quality as busting out the machines.
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I'm the same way. I actually think a hand wax is more of a pain in the ass. Especially with all the great one step products there are out there now. I have packages where I have to hand wax as a final a step. But, when it comes to JUST hand waxing without any polishing what so ever....not my thing. I think it's actually easier to just machine polish instead.

I usually don't mind hand waxing after a machine polish, cause it's so much easier when the paint has been smoothed out. But, that's just me I guess. :buffing:
 
Yeah, born and raised. I'm more than likely going to be in the Murfreesboro area.
 
wrxwagon said:
It is crazy how so much of your business is who you know and the connections you have. I once got a web design gig before I really knew what I was doing, but I taught myself and everything turned out ok. Someone more experienced than me would have probably laughed at my "skill level", but everything turned out all right and the client was happy. It seems like it is the same way in every profession to some extent. There is always the "expert" on the outside wondering how some "moron" got such a sweet job. I think we just have to learn how to be humble when we are the "expert" and thankful when we are the "moron."

That is why I appreciate B & B's comment on teaching the less skilled individual and I might have to get B & B to teach me how to use the makita rotary if I ever get more jobs and progress past the DA. :cheers:
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Anytime man! Always down for helping out someway or the other!
 
B&B Tennessee said:
Nice - I was born and raised..... then discharged.... then came back lol! Where did you grow up?!?!?!?
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Smyrna. I'm actually in Murfreesboro now, but in a apartment. Just got married in November so now the house hunt is on... I mean the garage hunt is on.
 
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