Professional club and car cleaned

[David in FL]

2 hours ago, jamiesmith900 said:

All the more to have it cleaned while you enjoy a round? No body needs to drive your car. And your normal washes wouldn’t rectify scratches and offer a professional job Not to mention the saving our planet side of things? 

There are dozens of mobile car retailers out there now.  

What you’re describing isn’t new.  If you think you have some kind of competitive advantage that will allow you to penetrate a well saturated market, go for it.  I just haven’t heard anything new from you.

Of course, your local market may be different.  In that case, I’d recommend an in-depth local SWOT analysis to evaluate the feasibility of your venture, rather than asking a bunch of guys, none of whom live in your area.

[jamiesmith900]

6 minutes ago, David in FL said:

There are dozens of mobile car retailers out there now.  

What you’re describing isn’t new.  If you think you have some kind of competitive advantage that will allow you to penetrate a well saturated market, go for it.  I just haven’t heard anything new from you.

Of course, your local market may be different.  In that case, I’d recommend an in-depth local SWOT analysis to evaluate the feasibility of your venture, rather than asking a bunch of guys, none of whom live in your area.

Sorry for that I understand your opinion yes there are lots of car wash guys out there I meant more in specific golf clubs not while you wait scrub washes, every time I go to my club I see lots of nice cars dirty I thought why not while the cars sitting doing nothing offer a exclusive service NOT just a wash but cosmetic paint repairs while you play, i think there are differences areas as we have them in multi storey car parks doing very well in multiple sites. 

Cheers 

[klineka]

16 minutes ago, jamiesmith900 said:

Depends what you’d like doing the best wash would be an Albatross then eagle ,birdie , par for your standard clean. Ranging from £7-£69 plus lots of extras like chips touched up scratches looked at professionally, 4 year guaranteed waxes ceramic etc... 

I'm pretty into detailing so personally I wouldn't trust someone else with a waterless wash, I'd just do it myself with foam cannon and 2 bucket method at my house.

I do have a couple questions

• How could you possibly offer an entire ceramic coating to be done in under 5 hours? (possibly even 4)
  • In order to do a proper ceramic coating, I would expect the vehicle to be washed, then decontaminated both chemically (ironx or similar) and mechanically, (clay bar/nanoskin auto scrub) plus at the very least a full 1 step paint correction process with something like M205 or similar before any ceramic coating would even go on the car. Then the rims and tires would have to be at least washed as well. Even with 2 people that would be difficult to accomplish in 5 hours. If the customer has a large SUV or truck, no chance.
  • Just a waterless wash followed by a ceramic coating would be a horrible idea for most cars in my opinion. The coating will not stick as well, especially since you said your waterless wash solution leaves behind a wax.
• What wax do you use that you can offer a 4 year guarantee on it? I wouldnt offer anything more than 6 months, maybe a year at the absolutely most if youre in an area that is warm year-round and sees minimal rain/snow.

I like the idea of the waterless wash and possibly chips touched up (you'd just have to keep a lot of different paint colors in stock in your work vehicle) but much more than the waterless wash and paint chip repair isnt worth it for you or the customer IMO.

[jamiesmith900]

53 minutes ago, klineka said:

I'm pretty into detailing so personally I wouldn't trust someone else with a waterless wash, I'd just do it myself with foam cannon and 2 bucket method at my house.

I do have a couple questions

• How could you possibly offer an entire ceramic coating to be done in under 5 hours? (possibly even 4)
  • In order to do a proper ceramic coating, I would expect the vehicle to be washed, then decontaminated both chemically (ironx or similar) and mechanically, (clay bar/nanoskin auto scrub) plus at the very least a full 1 step paint correction process with something like M205 or similar before any ceramic coating would even go on the car. Then the rims and tires would have to be at least washed as well. Even with 2 people that would be difficult to accomplish in 5 hours. If the customer has a large SUV or truck, no chance.
  • Just a waterless wash followed by a ceramic coating would be a horrible idea for most cars in my opinion. The coating will not stick as well, especially since you said your waterless wash solution leaves behind a wax.
• What wax do you use that you can offer a 4 year guarantee on it? I wouldnt offer anything more than 6 months, maybe a year at the absolutely most if youre in an area that is warm year-round and sees minimal rain/snow.

I like the idea of the waterless wash and possibly chips touched up (you'd just have to keep a lot of different paint colors in stock in your work vehicle) but much more than the waterless wash and paint chip repair isnt worth it for you or the customer IMO.

Hi there 

like a said in previous, I have 20 years experience with paint and body repair and 100% understand the process on applying ceramic wax, the supplier offers a 4 year gaurentee as do most on a proper ceramic wax not just your cheap super guards, I myself being a paint professional working on high end vehicles thought waterless wash would scratch your paint but after extensive testing it is actually a brilliant product, I also stated the word cosmetic detailing which means no where near the cost of a detailing job of around £600. We would easily be able to apply the waxes properly in a 3-4 hour time window also tested and trialed the wax we use is superb but like you say the wash and touched would also be great 

thanks for your feedback 

[iacas]

Again… @jamiesmith900… have you got enough market research now? You've not even logged on here in about two years until this topic.

If you still play golf, please, post about that.

We haven't spent 14 years building TST so you can use it to conduct market research. Particularly since we're here in the U.S., almost all of us, and you're in the UK.

[Groucho Valentine]

This is like the most first world of first world discussions....

[RussUK]

11 minutes ago, iacas said:

Again… @jamiesmith900… have you got enough market research now? You've not even logged on here in about two years until this topic.

If you still play golf, please, post about that.

We haven't spent 14 years building TST so you can use it to conduct market research. Particularly since we're here in the U.S., almost all of us, and you're in the UK.

Yep, we brits are few and far between and at the price that was quoted, as a tight Yorkshireman, i almost fainted!

Think the idea of having it done during a round is a bit of a tenuous link to golf.

[jamiesmith900]

16 minutes ago, iacas said:

Again… @jamiesmith900… have you got enough market research now? You've not even logged on here in about two years until this topic.

If you still play golf, please, post about that.

We haven't spent 14 years building TST so you can use it to conduct market research. Particularly since we're here in the U.S., almost all of us, and you're in the UK.

Ok thanks