Car Valeting

MiNxYyY · 26 Apr 2010 at 13:42

Anyone work for a company who specialise in car valeting?

Have been offered a full time job doing car valeting and was wondering what its like?

I know its more advanced than just washing the car inside and out so id like to know a little more about it.

scorchisio · 26 Apr 2010 at 13:44

it involves detailed internal cleaning, vacuuming, brushing sweeping, buffing up the dashboard etc. You can charge a fair bit more to dog owners if the car is full of hair, however a lot of valets will not touch a car thats covered in dog hair. (it can ruin your equipment etc and its a right pain to tidy up)

MiNxYyY · 26 Apr 2010 at 13:46

Is it a good business to get into?

arknor · 26 Apr 2010 at 13:46

its not one of those firms that operate out of a multi-story carpark is it?

Greebo · 26 Apr 2010 at 13:46

Don't work for one but use a company. To be honest it looks like really hard work and I imagine you are under intense pressure to get it done in a certain time.

For the £25 they charge us, wash and polish outside, carpets vacuumed and washed, interior all clean, I imagine the guy who actually does it gets paid very little above minimum wage. They supply all the equipment and cleaning materials and come to our premises!

I wouldn't do it for the £25 we pay them!

arknor · 26 Apr 2010 at 13:48

To be honest it looks like really hard work

probably go home with back ache every night

gatzi · 26 Apr 2010 at 13:52

In my experience they do a bloody thorough job

All inside vacuumed and polished and outside is polished/buffed and even the wheels were done immaculately

Seems like very hard work! As they say above they do it very quickly and probably for not much cash

Cosimo · 26 Apr 2010 at 13:56

Have you tried asking in Motors?

Jambo · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:07

MiNxYyY said:
Is it a good business to get into?

Yes but extremely hard work according to my mobile car valeter.

Kenai · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:08

Call it detailing and you can charge 5 times as much.

log1K · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:11

Detailing includes 5 times as much work though!

deuse · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:11

MiNxYyY said:
Is it a good business to get into?

Take a look at Paul dalton's work

I get around · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:15

Valeting is fairly simple.
Detailing is where the insanity starts.

paradigm · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:29

Greebo said:
For the £25 they charge us, wash and polish outside

So, they don't seal or wax?

I'd rather they didn't bother then.

MiNxYyY · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:29

Well ive just spoke to them and they have told me i would be based at Audi.

Half 7 - 5 mon - thurs, half 7 - half 2 friday and 8 - 12 on a saturday.

£7.56 basic rate, saturday goes to £8.10

So il give it a go

paradigm · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:30

Not a bad rate of pay I guess, but 07:30-17:00? No thanks.

MiNxYyY · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:32

paradigm said:
Not a bad rate of pay I guess, but 07:30-17:00? No thanks.

whats wrong with those hours?

last few jobs ive applied for were offering half 9 - 6ish everyday.. stuff that, id rather start and finish early

paradigm · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:35

MiNxYyY said:
whats wrong with those hours?

last few jobs ive applied for were offering half 9 - 6ish everyday.. stuff that, id rather start and finish early

But you WON'T be finishing early, you will be finishing at 5, yet starting early.

FWIW, I work 07:30-15:30 or 08:00-16:00. 7.5 hrs a day (30 minute lunch) 37.5 hrs a week (well technically only 36.5 but that's because we get to leave an hour early on Fridays).

MiNxYyY · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:38

Hmm , i could do with the extra hours anyway

bledd · 26 Apr 2010 at 14:57

My hands / back kill after just washing my own car