Interior or Exterior?

**vikingguy** · 02-07-2011, 04:00 PM

Hi all,
Chris from up in Canada, I am just curious as to what percentage of Interior work vs, Exterior work you all do....
As you might have guessed I'm another newbie, so pls forgive what might be a silly question, but after a fair bit of thought, and trying to see what would be my "Standard sort of Customer up here" I am interested to see from some "real world" demand what you guys get?(interior vs exterior ) the way I see it, is people will only pay for a produce/ service they "know for sure" they cannot do themselves...
All I can say is most car interiors that I see are HORRIBLE! LOL....and sadly I'm thinkin most really don't care that much about the exterior, other than wash it every month or 2.....

anyway...cheers!

**dad07** · 02-07-2011, 04:12 PM

A silly question is the one that is unasked! As I do not do this full time right now, most of my customers are more worried about their interior than exterior.As long as the exterior is clean as in washed and waxed they are happy,but the inside they want to be prestine! So I do the best I can to provide that to them!
Hope this helps you some,and good luck !

**vikingguy** · 02-07-2011, 04:35 PM

Hey thanks very much Tim! Thats interesting as it's kinda what I though......cheers!

**A.P.A.D.** · 02-07-2011, 04:46 PM

i hate doing interior cleaning, but it is where i spend alot of time(weird i know). i get in there with brushes and APC scrubbing all the hard to get areas, cleaning the vinyl and plastics making them look new, cleaning the steering wheel, vacuuming between the seats and center console.

keep in mind the driver spends all their time in the driver's seat, so i believe they always appriciate an A+ interior cleaning, spoken or not.

i have never had a customer tell me not to worry about the inside. in fact i had one guy have me only clean the inside of his Infiniti.

hope this helps...kinda started to ramble =)

**Fly bye** · 02-07-2011, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by A.P.A.D.

i hate doing interior cleaning...

**jwellsii** · 02-07-2011, 04:50 PM

Hello and

Chris

99% of our work is both interior & exterior
.5% interior only
.5% exterior only

**Perfections** · 02-07-2011, 05:09 PM

Like mentioned above the "real world" customers just want a clean exterior with wax every now and then but would like for the interiors to be at there best. And willing to pay for this service mainly due to the same reason most pro detailers hate doing interiors, doing interior work sucks. But can make a huge difference in the "Wow" factor, so do it right and you will have long term clients

**dad07** · 02-07-2011, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Perfections

Like mentioned above the "real world" customers just want a clean exterior with wax every now and then but would like for the interiors to be at there best. And willing to pay for this service mainly due to the same reason most pro detailers hate doing interiors, doing interior work sucks. But can make a huge difference in the "Wow" factor, so do it right and you will have long term clients

**vikingguy** · 02-07-2011, 05:33 PM

Wow, thanks everyone! really, very interesting insight, into what could be percieved as "real world market Demand".......thanks again all!

**PAR Detailing** · 02-07-2011, 06:04 PM

Yep I agree with everyone so far. You will do mainly interiors. I have never gotten a "Dont touch the interior I just want the exterior"

I also hate doing certain interiors. Some, like certain Lexus, Infiniti, and the like, are fun to do because they look great when you are finished and clean up really well. Other interiors I would almost rather get my money by taking shots to the nads