Mobile Auto Detailing - Beginning Out On A Budget1560337
Mobile detailing is a little different than mobile car washing in that you are spending a lot much more time on every automobile, and you are making a lot more money on each car you clean. In mobile car washing you may end up performing 5-ten vehicles per hour with a crew of two-3, whereas, with mobile auto detailing you might work alone, no employees (an added advantage) and invest 1.five 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 business and do it part time, but didn't want to invest very much cash in the equipment to get started. They had some gear, a transportable generator, vacuum, and very small water tank, about 35-gallons. They were concerned about what type of pump to purchase for the washing component of their auto detailing
"I was searching at a pump called Delavan PowerFlo 12Volt. Would this size pump work for the size tank I have? It's a small utility pump I discovered. Not certain how well it would do. Once I get going I would not mind obtaining a bigger tank and upgrading my setup to optimize for the customers once I get established."
Small pumps like the one they talked about might not be the very best option due to the low-volume, plus low stress. This specific brand of pump is fine, and decent quality, and ideal for some uses, but maybe not for washing a number of vehicles and performing it quickly. Why you may wonder?
Well, if you have low-volume you will need higher pressure. If you have greater volume you can get away with lower stress but you will deplete your tank too rapidly, see that issue. It may be much better to find a plastic 55-gallon drum and hook it to a Walmart electric pressure washer or one you find at Home Depot since you currently have a generator. Generators put out 110, not 12-volts you see.
If you have a generator, why bother going with a 12-volt system which you'd have to run off the car battery? You could start out little as you recommend, nevertheless, for the price of a 12-volt pump you could probably buy 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 100-gallon loaf tank.
Even if you start out on a shoe string which is perfectly acceptable whilst you are just getting your feet wet, you still need to strategically think ahead and leave your options open. Please consider all this and believe on it.
