Mobile Auto Detailing - Starting Out On A Budget5054949
Mobile detailing is a small different than mobile vehicle washing in that you are spending a lot more time on each automobile, and you are making a lot more cash on each car you clean. In mobile car washing you might end up doing five-10 vehicles per hour with a crew of two-three, whereas, with mobile auto detailing you may work alone, no employees (an added advantage) and invest 1.5 or much more hours cleaning a single automobile. Let's talk.
You see, not lengthy ago an individual asked me about equipment, as they wanted to begin this company and do it component time, but didn't want to invest very much money in the gear to get started. They had some gear, a portable generator, vacuum, and extremely small water tank, about 35-gallons. They had been concerned about what type of pump to purchase for the washing component of their auto detailing
"I was looking at a pump known as Delavan PowerFlo 12Volt. Would this size pump work for the size tank I have? It's a small utility pump I found. Not sure how nicely it would do. As soon as I get going I wouldn't mind obtaining a bigger tank and upgrading my setup to optimize for the customers once I get established."
Little pumps like the one they talked about might not be the best choice due to the low-volume, plus low pressure. This particular brand of pump is fine, and decent high quality, and perfect for some utilizes, but maybe not for washing a quantity of vehicles and doing it quickly. Why you might wonder?
Well, if you have low-volume you'll require higher stress. If you have higher volume you can get away with lower pressure but you will deplete your tank too quickly, see that issue. It may be better to discover a plastic 55-gallon drum and hook it to a Walmart electric stress washer or 1 you discover at House Depot since you currently have a generator. Generators place out 110, not 12-volts you see.
If you have a generator, why bother going with a 12-volt method which you'd have to run off the car battery? You could start out little as you suggest, nevertheless, for the price of a 12-volt pump you could probably purchase a cheapo Chinese produced stress washer and then when you upgrade later you could get a full-blown 5hp Honda stress washer with a 1500 PSI pump and get a one hundred-gallon loaf tank.
Even if you start out on a shoe string which is perfectly acceptable while you are just obtaining your feet wet, you still need to strategically think ahead and leave your options open. Please think about all this and think on it.
