$10.00 hand car wash/detailers

[ShineTimeDetail]

I'll be in St Louis soon. I'll hit you up for that $17 wash. I'll make it a cool $20 if you get all the bugs off

Lmao I have a killer bug cleaner I spray on every car too! Man I guess I spend a whole lot more than .60 I spend about .65c lol

[Jomax]

I am doing an exterior wash for $17 per car. 2- extra for tire shine and 3 extra for a spray wax. With one guy we can wash the entire exterior in 15 minutes that includes towel dry, windows, and tire shine. There is a process.

-I spend $17 on acid cleaner- dilute it around 5:1
-I buy a 5 gallon bucket of non acid cleaner for $55- Dilute it 4:1($0.10c per car)
-My soap is $10 per gallon and I use 2 cap fulls which will wash about 4 cars using the 2 bucket method.(I believe this is correct- Lets say $.005c per car
-My tire shine is $90 per 5 gal bucket. I can do around 20 cars on one 26 bottle or tire shine with the right sprayer. ($0.25c per car)

I under stand my price is basically double but you need to learn to use less product. With an employee working for $8 per hour cash- that comes out to be around 9.60 per 4 cars. So I am making $58. Doesn't sound to bad to me. And if that guy charging 10 for a wash can get $30 per hours he still isn't doing to bad. Of course those guys charging $10 per hour don't have ins. nor hardly claim any of that money.

Which soap do you use to need only two caps?is it an Rinseless wash?




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[ShineTimeDetail]

Nope....so the price goes up a little more. I use a hot water pressure washer for the wheels and can wash 26 cars with 2 gallons of diesel.

[ShineTimeDetail]

But these guys doing 10 washes are using traditional washes

[Jomax]

Nope....so the price goes up a little more. I use a hot water pressure washer for the wheels and can wash 26 cars with 2 gallons of diesel.

Please pm me where you bought a Diesel pressure washer!!


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[Bates Detailing]

$10 Wash - not a detail at all..... while we are in TN we charge roughly 25 to 35 for our most basic / quantity packages - which takes 30 minutes to an hour a car and we use roughly $3 in products (our basic). $10 a car is more than likely a go out of business type deal..... we are under 2 years old and make 400 a day on average - and I hope to laugh at these numbers soon! To make this with washes means 40 + cars a day! Forget that lol! The cycle of a detailer is very similar for most - Charge little to build clientele, then charge norm to keep clientele, then charge what you are worth to gain higher class clientele. We went through this cycle quicker than most IMO and this is why we are able to book 2 weeks ahead and book an average of 400 a day in revenue. With more guys Im sure I can book 700 to 800 a day easily (and it will happen soon ). $10 a car is either go out of business deal or stuck at barely making rent deal IMO.

[ShineTimeDetail]

Please pm me where you bought a Diesel pressure washer!!


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All hot water pressure washers are diesel.

[Tony L]

Yea, i would like to know which car wash you use also. 2 caps per 4 cars?

[ShineTimeDetail]

Chem guys wash m wax

[Mike Phillips]

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Thanks Vegas Transplant for you response, glad to have enlighted been reading a E book titled ( Amazon.com: Start Your Own Automobile Detailing Business (9781932531411): Eileen Figure Sandlin: Books )
alot of helpful info

I haven't read this book yet and I don't recognize the name?

In the e-book does the author share their background?