Hart's Auto Detailing ready for business. Total cost totaled.

[Whitethunder46]

Well guys, I'm officially starting appointments April 1st. I have a few clients lined up, but havent made appointments yet. I haven't really advertised much yet either. (I just have a few nice flyers that I am going to put up.)

I've got everything accounted for:

4 orders from AG for MF's, chemicals, water filter, PC7424 HD, pads, etc. etc.

Sample bottles and 5gal. buckets.

1500 premium bus. cards and flyers.

T-shirts, appointment book, case for keeping client info, label maker, etc. etc.

All machinery including extension cords and hose, toolbox for PC, etc.

Also all the misc. trips to wal-mart, pep boys, target, autozone, meijers, etc. etc.

Basically, every penny I've spent.

Total cost: $1750 +/- $50

Here are the pics of all my stuff for the most part:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/FirstOrder.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/PCCase3.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/SL554086.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/BottlesFull.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/Order3.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/SL554337.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/Order4.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/SL554443.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/SL554410.jpg
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/Bus.jpg

[Jimmie]

Congratulations Greg. Go get em'. Pictures are just beautiful to this Geeker.

[joe.p]

Greg Congrats..Good luck with your business ..

[Driven Auto Detail]

Congrats & good luck with all of it!

[CalgaryDetail]

Gongrats and best of luck, the only think im wonderinf (not to be an ass) is where are all the mf clothes. Even if you dont use them on 1 detail you wil go through tons and tons of mf's. Just a thought... order as bulk as you can as you will use them

Good luck in the future

Mike

[Whitethunder46]

Gongrats and best of luck, the only think im wonderinf (not to be an ass) is where are all the mf clothes. Even if you dont use them on 1 detail you wil go through tons and tons of mf's. Just a thought... order as bulk as you can as you will use them

Good luck in the future

Mike
Not everything is pictured. I have about 6 indigo blues, 2 jr. deluxe, 2 deluxe, 3 guzzlers, 4 deluxe grey Vroom (very nice actually), 12 orange vroom (almost identical to blue indigo), 24 cheap white ones for misc. interior., and about 10 older misc. ones for such.

I also have Micro Restore and wash everything after ever detail.

[Nuke33]

Best of luck looks like your ready to make some cash!

[trl2112]

Looks good! I hope you do well. I just got a flyer in my driveway in a Ziploc bag with a stone in it. He was just driving around the neighborhood throwing them out the window in driveways. $25 basic wash, $50 Full service wash $75 Exterior Detail $99 Exterior\Interior Detail. There is no mention of paint correction he states “hand applied wax includes buffing”. I would assume this means buffing as removal. Just thought I would share.

[Nica]

Best of luck buddy, looks like you got all the right tools to start making some cashola. Hopefully everything will go well and you become as successful as Justin or maybe even better heck the sky is the limit shoot for the sky....well just sharing my thoughts.

Wish you all the best and if you have time we would love to see pictures.

[ehuth1]

Good luck with your buisness !! I've only been working off word of mouth and everyone will agree and say it's the best advertising.

Looks like you have everything but a step ladder?? Get some latex or nitrile gloves for applying tire shines and other solvents. I wear chemical gloves when I wash to keep my hands from drying out and cracking. Just some tips!

[klumzypinoy]

I wish I had all those :D Good luck with the business.

[alban61]

Congratulation and all the best with the official start of your business!!

[Whitethunder46]

Good luck with your buisness !! I've only been working off word of mouth and everyone will agree and say it's the best advertising.

Looks like you have everything but a step ladder?? Get some latex or nitrile gloves for applying tire shines and other solvents. I wear chemical gloves when I wash to keep my hands from drying out and cracking. Just some tips!

I grabbed a cheap pair of those yellow gloves for dishwashing etc., but I'm not to fond of them. Any suggestions of what kind and where to get them? I want something that's quality and easy on/off.

I'm giong to look into a step ladder soon. Until then, I just have a nice Meguiar's brush to do the top of large vehicles.

My gf and I put about 150 of my bus. cards on luxury vehicles the other day. I may be putting flyers in mailboxes, but I'm not sure. I'm heavily relying on WOM. I also only plan on doing 2-3 vehicles a week unless things really get going.

[ehuth1]

I grabbed a cheap pair of those yellow gloves for dishwashing etc., but I'm not to fond of them. Any suggestions of what kind and where to get them? I want something that's quality and easy on/off.

I'm giong to look into a step ladder soon. Until then, I just have a nice Meguiar's brush to do the top of large vehicles.

My gf and I put about 150 of my bus. cards on luxury vehicles the other day. I may be putting flyers in mailboxes, but I'm not sure. I'm heavily relying on WOM. I also only plan on doing 2-3 vehicles a week unless things really get going.

I have the nitrile / clear latex from wally world (only use one at a time) right handed tire shine applier... and my rubber gloves are from Home Depot. They are light blue gloves (household cleaning section) with dark blue section that covers your forearms. The fingers are rough textured, so I just put my hand on the outside of the schmitt and if the schmitt missses say some tar or grime the gloves will take care of it without scratching. Great investment !!

[sparkie]

Congrats, look at all that nice stuff! Hope you are busy as heck!:D
Awesome card!
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a13/carolinaheels42/Bus.jpg