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    When a potential customer calls you and says that there is vomit or other hazardous waste in their vehicle, do you take the job? What extra precautions do you take and how do you disinfect the area? Do you charge a hazardous waste fee for these type of jobs?
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    I will absolutely refuse to work on a vomit car since I would be adding additional vomit to the equation if I smell it. Good question though. I would certainly entertain an supplemental fee for any biohazard type of stuff.

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    I just had this call a few weeks ago (first vomit call). A wing nut of a lady called because she lost her lunch in her car. After talking with her I knew this is not something I want to even touch with a 10 foot poll. And to make it even more clear cut for me... she was looking for a rediculous deal on it. She wanted lower than what I would do the smallest cleanest interior for.

    Puke is one of those things where i dont need the money that bad.
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    I feel that if a customer does not even want to attempt to clean it up. Then they should pay a premium price for a detailer to do so.
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    Call me savage like a viking!! I've done a few vomit jobs and I just use gloves and cheap towels to clean it up with APC before vacuuming the rest up into my wet dry vac. After the job I suck the wash water out of my bucket into the vac to rinse the vomit out and throw the towels and gloves away. I haven't charged extra for the vomit but it wasn't ten pounds of vomit either. My client tipped me as usual.

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    I have a guy telling me that I have this Subaru to detail where someone had puked out the window and all over the side of the car. I saw the car and the vomit is long gone but the etching remains.

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    I'm with the "I refuse to work on that kind of mess" crew. I've done some pretty nasty stuff, but vomit and fecal matter are two things I will not work with for any reason whatsoever.
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    Not touching it. I would not even do it on my own car! I would send it to a detailer.

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    My philosophy... If I don't want to do it, I never say no..... but what I will do is give a ridiculous price to where they will either say no - or I am getting paid fat for a crappy job - may not like doing it, but I sure am getting compensated for it!
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    Re: Dirty Jobs

    Quote Originally Posted by Shiny Lil Detlr View Post
    I'm with the "I refuse to work on that kind of mess" crew. I've done some pretty nasty stuff, but vomit and fecal matter are two things I will not work with for any reason whatsoever.

    Never had kids?

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