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Mobile valeting companies can improve profit with the right products
03 Aug 2009
Yes product can make a profound difference to your profit. They can do this a few basic ways. Read more...
Product choice can make a profound difference to your profit. It can do this in a few basic ways.
- Time saving products
- Wow factor
- Durability
- True Dilutions
These are the 4 ways products can make a difference to the profit of a car valeting service. There are of cause other methods you can use to improve profit and we at ValetPRO plan to write more articles on this subject to help you on your way.
Time saving car cleaning products
You can realistically claw back an hour of time per day. 5 hours a week of extra time for making profit! On average a mobile valeting business will earn between £15 to £35 per hour, realistically just by making a few changes this could mean an extra income per year of £3600 to £8400. It is best to gauge the changes by first recording how many hours your working income for that period and cost of chemicals. That way you will have a bearing on the improvement. Making changes can take time but you must keep a record of past performance and current performance to see if these changes are making a difference.
ValetPRO products are designed with time saving in mind. Wheel cleaning has always been a time consuming area of car cleaning but ValetPRO can solve these problems with unique and specially designed products to tackle it in a far more effective manor than most products on the market.
Bilberry Safe Wheel Cleaner is a prime example of this. This is a wheel cleaner for maintaining wheels and a quick and easy way to clean wheels. Simply spray Bilberry safe wheel cleaner on and rinse thoroughly with a jet wash. You will find even tight spoked wheels clean easily. A spray on rinse off product will save lots of time and it works. Bilberry safe wheel cleaner has some great reviews from our customers on the internet. Just type in "bilberry safe wheel cleaner" into Google. Sometimes however wheels need a strong acid to clean them. This is where Blue Gel Wheel Cleaner takes over, the gel is sprayable but clings to the wheel surface. This gives the product time to penetrate the baked on grime making it easily rinse away or with light agitation. The gel formula has many benefits over liquid product it will not turn your lungs inside out when you use it (anyone who has used an acid wheel cleaner will understand this). Acid wheel cleaners are only effective while on the wheel liquid product quickly run off the vertical surface and dry out. The Gel tends not to dry out and it's when the acid dries out that they can cause visible problems.
Waxing a car in direct sun light can be hard work. Some products are harder than others but ValetPRO has a solution for this problem too! We have Carnuaba liquid paste wax. Few products are as easy to use in direct sunlight, easy on easy off. But where this product far out-classes the competition is it finish, High gloss wet look finish. A car can be waxed and buffed in 10 minutes! This product can also save valuable time but most importantly there is customer "wow factor".
Citrus Blingcan also be used to wax the exterior. Although it's not a true wax it will deliver a good quality shine and last for 3 to 4 weeks. You can wax a car in 5 minutes. Citrus Bling also has other usages.
Cleaning upholstery can also be time consuming there are various ways of reducing time. First you can pre spray the carpets and upholstery with our Enzyme Odour Eater. By the time you come to clean your carpets the enzyme odour eater will have dealt with many of the problem stains. Enzymes will tackle all organics staining. This means when you use the carpet cleaner most of the stains will have gone.
Carpet cleaner can also make a difference. Some carpet cleaner you can find yourself going over the same area again and again and the draw water does not seem to get any cleaner. Heavy Duty Extraction Cleaner does a great job it's designed to lubricate the grime so it finds it impossible to hold on to the fabric. This simply means that you will only need to pass once and at most several times to remove grime from carpets and upholstery.
Brush Sponge is a great tool too for helping clean many surfaces or simply dressing tyres. But its main use is cleaning leather and plastic surfaces. Due to its soft fine bristles its capable of cleaning the grain of many surfaces which will save time and improve the results.
Give every car the "Wow factor"
We touched on this above but it's possibly the most important factor that creates regular customers. There are lots of ways to wow customers and your product choice will help with this. Finishing or dressing products make the big impact. The wax you choose will do two things, one give a shine, beading effect and durability. The Carnauba Liquid Paste Wax does a great job in the shine department and is equal to most liquid waxes in terms of durability and beading effect. The big customer wow is the finish, it just looks a cut above the rest and customers will comment on it.
Wow factor can enable you to ask more money than your competition for a similar job, simply because a better finish is always worth more. There are many extra bits you can do to improve the finish. Tyre dressing (this is sort of thing is down to personal taste) use citrus bling on wheels to add shine it will also make regular cleaning easier. Protectant on interior plastics and exterior plastics will refesh the surfaces and protect them from fading in the sun. It also make future cleaning easier. If you have regular customers, using a product like this can save you time on your return visit but will also add value to your service.
In short "wow factor" adds value to your service, allows you to charge more and make future cleaning easier.
Each customer expects Durability
Add extra value to your service. A well thought our service that include long term protection to the customer car can be sold for a lot more. Doing job like this will always be more time consuming but the results and customer benefits are worth the extra time and customer expense. ValetPRO are cultivating a service that mobile and static valeting services can sell as part of there business.
ValetPRO have two product that have excellent durability.
Artemis Wax Seal will last up to 6 months with the correct preparation. Weekend cars in garages will last much longer.
Protectant is also an amazing product. Exterior plastics will be protected for 2 months. It is also water based so can be diluted for different finishes and can also be sued for interior plastics and leather.
True dilutions save time and money
Product dilutions can make a big difference in you overall running costs. Most TFR – "Traffic Film Removers" will dilute but many will only dilute 1:4 in a pump sprayer. ValetPRO will not sell you water! Our TFR dilutes 1:15 this means that 5L will make 80L or 25L will make 400L of TFR for use through a pump sprayer. This product works very well even at these dilutions and could be diluted more if the customer wished. It is a non caustic but effective TFR snow foam product. Snow Foam Combo 5l
Correct dilutions will save time and money. Don’t buy water but a good TFR.