Auto detailing: An easy small business to start!

Do you enjoy cars and making your car look as great as it can be? Then Auto Detailing may be an excellent, high demand small business venture for you to explore! If you do it right and consider the suggestions I have for you here, you can make opening a small business in auto detailing go ballistic!

Look! There are over 62 million automobiles in America. It's estimated there are over 600 million autos in the world. People everywhere are crazy about their cars and always want them to look as good as they can be. A lot does depend on where you live of course, because the metro areas would produce more detailing jobs than the suburbs or out in the countryside.

Right in your own neighborhood. As always, I encourage people to start small. Start where you live, and when successful, work your way outward. Get the word out with your friends and neighbors! You might not think that you know enough about autodetailing to do a respectable job on someones car, but hey, if you enjoy cars, you probably know more than you think. And auto detailing is not at all hard to learn. And you can earnas you learn!

Try this. You're a pretty friendly person with lots of friends, right? Get some business cards and hand them out liberally to your friends, neighbors, co-workers, churchbrothers and sisters, whoever, where ever. On the card includethat you will wash or detail their car, $30-$50 for ahand-wash, $80-$150 and up for a auto detailing.

• Find a favorite, local auto body supply distributor to buy all or most of your supplies from. If you can, find one that specializes in auto detailing and can answer your many questions about car care.

• Offer to customers or start out with a mobile service rather than trying to rent a shop. Actually, a mobile service is best because customers prefer it when you can come right to their home or place of business. And it's generally much more economical, low budget for you because you have no auto detailing shop to rent, less insurance needed too.

• Wash outside of car, including wheels, rims, and wheel wells using dish washing cleanser. Ajax cleanser works excellent for dirty/greasy wheels.

• Dry outside of car immediately after washing with non-scratching towels. Old cotton tee shirts or cotton baby diapers are excellent for both drying and cleaning, but drying with chamois is best to prevent water spots.

• Clean windows, mirrors, and ash tray.

• Dress tires and trim.

• Wipe door jams with damp cloth.

• Vacuum and clean inside of car and trunk, dust and clean dash with good cleaning agent.

• Wash and clean interior and exterior as for a car wash above.

• Detail logos and trim to remove dirt, grease, and built-up wax. Use spray bottle with water containing a little detergent to wash out dirt and grime from hard to get at places and corners almost impossible to get at with a rag.

• Clay the paint. Use claying to remove contaminant build-up from the air and road and also smooth the paint. Claying is often preferred over the use of polishing compound because claying will remove contaminants without removing a lot of paint as in polishing.

• Machine buffing of exterior paint to remove most scratches and old, dulled paint. First wash car thoroughly with a car wash soap. Then buff using a rotary variable buffer/polisher with four ply buffing pads for the best versatility and easiest use in corners and on angled surfaces.

• Machine polish lightly exterior to remove any swirl marks left from machine buffing. This will produce a nice shine.

• Hand application of wax. For a deep, wet-look shine, use a good synthetic polymer wax, for both a great shine and the best durability.

• Clean and dress interior vinyl and leather using Pinnacle Leather Cleaner/Conditioner, one-step process.

• Shampoo upholstery, seats, carpet, and floor mats using a power shampooer and a good shampoo. Cigarette smoke is difficult to get out, penetrating past the fabric, all the way to the upholstery padding, and into other areas of the car interior, such as the vents. Cigarette odors are very hard to get out, but you can try using an all natural neutralizer bomb to get rid of most of it

• Detail clean dash, including gauges, knobs, and vents. First clean dash, steering wheel, etc. with warm water and a soft towel and allow to dry. Some then prefer using protectant like Armour All because it leaves such a beautiful shine.

And I hope you find that it's profitable for you too!

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