lot washing.....too slow

[danielgpd]

i've been washing this lot here in tennessee now for about six months, just started before that. i'm getting 3.00 a car, which is average around here, dealer supplies chemicals. i hand wash, chamois, and black tires. looking for tiips from people experience on how too speed up the work.right now i do about 10 units per hour but when it come time to black tires i feel like i'm gonna die. has anyone ever done the tire thing or have any tips or maybe know of a sprayer or something similar that mght speed up this process and make it less back breaking. thanks guys

 

[See-It-Clean]

How many cars are on the lot and how often do you do em?

 

[jetstream1]

I used to wash the post trucks by hand with the waterless wash back in the day
clean inside floors/windows then tire shine 100s a night ran a crew of 6
next they will want you to check the oil...did you offer a spot free spray and go..sounds like you are doing the lot porters job.....

 

[Barry M]

i've been washing this lot here in tennessee now for about six months, just started before that. i'm getting 3.00 a car, which is average around here, dealer supplies chemicals. i hand wash, chamois, and black tires. looking for tiips from people experience on how too speed up the work.right now i do about 10 units per hour but when it come time to black tires i feel like i'm gonna die. has anyone ever done the tire thing or have any tips or maybe know of a sprayer or something similar that mght speed up this process and make it less back breaking. thanks guys

Doesn't sound like you are washing cars, more like detailing them. There is no fast way to do them by hand with soap. You just need to charge more or fire them.

I do a lot but its nothing but spraying them off with water. No soaping or even touching the cars. I do around 150 cars in 3 hours by myself. That's what car lot washing is in this industry, like I said you are being more like a mobile detailing shop and $3 per car is way too cheap I bet that dealership loves you.

This is were you need to know your numbers to make it in this business. Anything less than $50 an hour is a loss. I was doing a smaller lot last year and no matter how fast or efficient I was I just couldn't make enough after my expenses, just wasn't worth it. So I fired them but I continue to do the lot I have now because its profitable.

 

[danielgpd]

re-jetstream1

i've been thinking about thee spot free rinse but i'm more on the detailing side of the business and only run a rightlook coldwater unit with 2500psi @3.5 gpm could this still work with my set up, if so can you give me more info on what chemicals i would need because i've tried this before and it seems like when i just spray with water and then wipe it looks like crap.

 

[Larry L.]

In the search bar type in DI water,RO water,spot free,they are years of info there.

 

[DAFF]

Are the cars new or used??? I would rather wash 100 new cars thean 25 used. The $$ is in the speed you can get through the vehicle. Seems to me you are spending too much time on one vehicle. For us on new vehicles we will rinse them 95% of the time. Spending our time in a high quality wash every two-three weeks. Who wants a new black car/truck that has be processed 10-25xs before it even left the lot. The tire sprits is a no no too. This stuff will make the tires brown in time and attract dust break dust and look super ugly in time.

Re work your #'s. Making the wash time more spaying and less detailing. For this week alone we have detailed and washed over 1200 vehiles and we still have Friday's work load. Another 250-300 to go.

DAFF