Automobile Detailing Business Affairs Do you like automobiles? Imagine, if you had a car detailing (car valetting) service, you would get a opportunity to be around cars all the time. And not just any old cars either. People with scruffy old cars tend not to spend money on having them detailed, so what you would usually be dealing with would be the latest models, top of the range and classic or even vintage cars. Does that sound more interesting now? Cleaning cars for a living is not a particularly strenuous career, but you do need an eye for detail. You will get to know the various models and how and where to clean them, but you will probably have to learn those details as you progress. Or you could go and work for someone else for six months in order to get some experience and save some cash to put into your own business once you are set to open one. Experience and some savings will definitely go a long way in helping to convince a bank manager to lend you some start up capital, if yo are a bit short of ready money. It is worth giving this aspect some deep thought before you dash out and buy a rechargeable autovac. So, let us take for granted that you have some money saved and that you have worked for a professional car valetting firm for a time and that you have noted down the names of the best apparatus and that you have learned how to use it. The next step is to decide whether you are going to valet the cars where the owner of the car wants you to do it - ie at his home or outside his office or are you going to make him bring the car to you or will you collect and return it? If you have a lot to valet cars on, all well and good; if you are going to collect and return the vehicles, you will almost certainly require help; and if you clean the car offsite, then you will require a van kitted out with everything you need to do a decent job. If you have to borrow money, why not ask friends and family for a loan or a partnership before going to the bank? Someone may give you a loan, if you give their kid a position. That could work out quite well. If you need to go to a bank, get advice on how to put your proposal in a manner that will show the bank manager that you have learned every aspect of the auto valetting trade and that you mean business. The final step is getting customers. This need not be such a stumbling block. You can offer to detail the cars of your friends and family cheaply if they make some sort of effort to promote your business to their friends and work mates. You can also put a small advert in the local paper with a coupon code offering 10-20% off if used before so-and-so date.
Owen Jones, the writer of this article, writes on many subjects, but is at present concerned with car engine cleaning. If you want some tips on detailing cars come over to our website now at Detailing Car Interiors.