When quoting a boat, what do you include?

[Eric@CherryOnTop]

A friend asked me how much I wanted to detail his boat? It's got light oxidation and he wants it waxed before it's shrink wrapped for winter. I know most go by the foot, and I looked at rates in my area and ended up telling him $20/ft. When you guys quote like this, is this just for the hull or do you do interiors as well?

Boat is a 25' Sea Ray cuddy cabin if it helps.

[aplusmarine]

A friend asked me how much I wanted to detail his boat? It's got light oxidation and he wants it waxed before it's shrink wrapped for winter. I know most go by the foot, and I looked at rates in my area and ended up telling him $20/ft. When you guys quote like this, is this just for the hull or do you do interiors as well?

Boat is a 25' Sea Ray cuddy cabin if it helps.

Normally when I quote a boat that size we would include everything. Cushions, metal, hatches etc.

A 25' cuddy cabin, you should be able to finish in a day.

[Mike Phillips]

Sometimes half of my forum work is just remembering where all the gold nuggets are and then dredging them up instead of re-inventing the wheel...


As to your questions... here's a related thread worthy of reading...

Gel Coat Oxidization Removal - How much to charge?


To help this guy out, I asked my good friend Paul aka Sailfish, also the guy that flew to Nebraska to help me with the 1969 AMX Wetsand, Cut and Buff project, (talk about passion), to chime in and he did so in post # 11



Here's Paul machine sanding fresh paint...







Lots of helpful info in the above thread...

[Eric@CherryOnTop]

Thanks Mike for that link. I was searching "boat pricing" so that wasn't coming up.

So I originally quoted $20 a foot and realized that might be more appropriate for a multi step buff out. I changed my price to $14/ft and will go with the Marine31 heavy cut cleaner wax. Doing this job would give me an excuse to buy a rotary!!


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