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This goes for most jobs really, not just detailing. Customers rarely want to pay a premium price for premium work. That's why there is so little pride left in craftsmanship these days. The price is the most important factor.
I’m not sure they don’t want to pay. They just cannot afford to pay premium prices. It’s like the tyre trade that I was in, The more people that sell tyres, The less you can earn. I imagine it’s the same now with the amount of detailers around.The pie can only be cut into so many pieces.
@@andhen12 this is bang on…
I’m not a detailer, just a weekend warrior who cleans only my own car to a high level.
But like you said the detail is in the detail.
If they were doing absolutely everything from complete clean and decontamination to claying, polishing, paint correcting and protecting, and at it all day. I don’t think up to £500 is out of order for a professional job, especially if it’s in a unit.
But not all details are equal, in that a regularly maintained vehicle isn’t going to need such in depth attention. So I suppose in summary, vehicles should be quoted on an individual basis, and to what level a customer wants to go.
Just as an indication my unit burn rate with insurances is £204 a day
So I need £204 a day to "break even" on the business and thats BEFORE paying myself or accounting for any products and without taking into account yearly accounting costs (we've just had a £2500 accountant bill for example).
You could maybe take a look through some of my videos and see the kind of work that goes into a £1000+ detail as all the videos are of higher end jobs. Taking 30-50hrs typically
For £500 from me you are getting a roughly 40-50% swirl removal and a 2/3 year ceramic coating. 1-2 days. Important to note you cannot achieve heavy swirl removal in this time scale.
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I Don’t get my machine polishers out for less than £250 Jon
Great question. Our local go to detailer, PPF installer etc charges around £1,000 including VAT for the full wash, decon, cut and finish and full accredited ceramics on paint, interior, wheels, glass and brake callipers.
you know the job is right when they protect your damn calipers lol
I did a similar job on my XK just after I bought it. It took me two days ... say 15 hours.
Assuming £30 an hour = £450 and that doesn't include the cost of detailing products.
I'd do the same job again, rather than pay someone, but for a hard core detail like that I think 400 to 450 is about right.
I paid over £800 for a complete decon on the paint, clay, single stage polish, wheel arches dressed, brake calipers ceramic coated, wheels ceramic coated, and a quality wax on the paint.
Oh, the guy also did the interior, and engine bay too.
3 days.
I was happy to pay that, he did an amazing job.
Good price for a good job.
Perfect timing with this video Jon as I was debating this very question with my family as I am looking into setting up my own detailing business.
I have been detailing bicycles, cars, vans, lawnmowers, etc. since I was a kid and have decided on getting certified in order to attract customers and provide a high quality service.
It's a breath of fresh air to read all the the different comments and thank those contributors greatly for sharing their experiences and knowledge.
I'm charging 400 USD to do a wash decon and one step polish/sealant. Includes vacuum and wipe down on interior and then protect the plastics and leather. Windows and wheels as well. You made me feel better about it when you said you wouldn't do it for less than 300 quid. Thanks!
It really does depend on whether you can get it done in a day or not - if you can it would be about £400, but if it's a day and a half to two days it'll be about £600-800.
You can't ceramic coat (which is what you asked for at the beginning) on top of an AIO, unless it's Mother's CMX 3in1.
The real benefit of Porsche's is that they are nice and easy to polish as their bodywork doesn't have loads of creases.
We talking about taking the car to a shop with all the nice lighting, matching polo shirts, secured premises with insurance.
A mobile chap with a van and all the gear.
Someone who works from their home.
Products and environment help, but it’s mostly down to the person on the tools.
Also depends on my car. Family daily wagon, once a year I’ll pay £350
My little pride and joy, £500
Enhancement detail with coatings and an interior deep clean I charge from £600 upwards and it’s a 12 /15 hour shift 🐻❄️
If the car needs to be done in a day? I'm not pulling out the polisher. I need that service to be protected - it's not done on cars that the owner isn't committing to. If you start cramming steps that would require a multiple day visit into 1 day, you're going to do a poor(er) job, and that will be whats remembered instead of the amount of steps you did.
Remember, once you open that box of doing excessively more than what is paid for, it becomes a precedent. Detailers both professional and hobbyist need to protect their time and work behind the costs. Bigger shops with higher overhead costs need to charge more, but they will have the man power and facilities to do the job faster. When I work on cars at home I'll take the car from Friday to Sunday most times, giving myself a buffer incase I run into trouble or one of the steps becomes more time requiring (shampooing for example where you run into a tough stain etc). I don't charge by the day I charge by the service and condition. I can have 2 cars do a full weekend visit, where one is $250 and one is $600, it's all about what I'm doing and what I'm doing it to.
Spot on.
I thought it was too much, until I did it my own.
I need 2 days for full decon and 1 step polish, plus everything (engine bay cleaning and protecting, trims all over, rims, interior cleaning, inner trim protection, glass cleaning inside out).
My back aches, I see myself doing it only once a year, no more.
Mother in law paid for a deep clean, 3 hours work, cost her £200 in Reading, it didn't even get a protective coat on it.
That's how much time it takes me to prewash, rinse, dry, apply turtle wax ceramic & buff, dry behind the doors and trunk etc and vacuum a little bit...
Damn, I'm not MAKING a lot of money, but I'm sure as shit saving a lot!
Or I could save the same amount and drive around in a shitbox that has no clear coat left in 5 years because I use a drive through car wash...yea I think I'll keep doing it my way lol
Funny. I'm in Reading and that's what I'd charge. 😂
To some people auto detailing is therapeutic, especially on something high end as a Porsche, or an owner of anything who has pride in whatever they drive, detailing those is dreamy.
To me is a stressfull experience with happy ending. I don`t have garage, water or power, everything is real struggle for me. I don`t know why I`m doing it 😄😆
I've had this debate with myself when I was 1st starting out. But for what you mentioned I'd charge around £360 for around 12-13hrs work. But that's me working flat out no breaks, to do a full contact wash wheels etc, chemical decon, claying, single stage correction, ceramic coating/sealant. Price goes up to £420 for a 2 stage correction. But I usually advise 2 days worth of work, as I've tried to do 2 stage details in a day and it's virtually impossible without cutting corners which I hate doing. Any interior bits etc I charge a extra £40 or so. And happy to say I get very good business and I also do loads of work for Italian Car specialists also. So I think if your good at what you do, and your end product shows that, then people will pay. But if your end product doesn't wow the customer then chances are that's where the debate comes in, come payment time. However it is absolute back breaking work most the time. I actually try do no more than 2 cars a week, as I need time to recharge lol
I mean we would all pay a premium if we could watch John clean our car 👍🏻
A corner cutter will charge £150/200.. someone that does a decent job £250/300 , someone that will detail your car with passion like they are doing there own and provide the service you just described i would personally pay £300/400 with a stage one polish… for a stage 2 I’d pay £500… I have personally detailed my own car on the back of watching you videos and advice given and it’s taken me from 8am to 9pm to complete and I was absolutely exhausted after and sore the day after 😅 but the results where outstanding…. The polish I used that I thought had the wow fact was sonax pf… brilliant stuff imo for a novice with excellent results.::
Dude sonax pf is immortal S tier product 🙇♂️
@@victoryensured7137 no you lost me as soon as you said dude..
@@Kangarillapig 🤷♀
I am a weekend warrior, I was asked to detail a Range Rover - non contact wash- contact wash- decontaminated using clay bar- single stage polish (s20 black on a purple pad) the finished with Fusso coat, it took me around 6/ 7 hours and change £300.00
Do people think this is about right
£400-500 seems fair
Interesting video John but I’m 54 and a triple accredited Detailer in Surrey and I do work 8-10 hrs of hard graft most days. So does that make me Superman?😉😂 To be honest, I don’t really do many single day jobs as you eluded to in this video, but I tend to charge about £300 per day plus coating costs, depending on what I am applying. To even consider all you included in a days detail, I would potentially be using an Aio to help with timing efficiency. I rarely do just a basic single stage polish, it’s normally a thorough enhancement or correction, which will take 2-3 days depending on the size of vehicle and the final coating option.
I had a new car and gave it to a detailer nearby for a whole week for a proper polishing and ceramic coating. It cost a pretty penny, i think maybe £600-800 for the job. exterior only as well.
At the time i knew it was a lot. but they did a stellar job on it and the coating lasted years and the car looked fantastic for years too as i maintained it properly.
Now though... I can do the same work myself.. so it's just time/consumables...
But I wouldn't rush a job like a proper detail. I wouldn't want to kill myself trying to rush a whole detail in a day or do 10hrs.
I'd prefer to have the car for a few days and do a good job and pay/charge a little more.
Facts. 👍
For the full monty as you described - £400 max would be fair for a top piece of work IMO but I’d never pay it. I’d much prefer to do it myself and not just for the cost but primarily for my own pleasure, as detailing my car is a labour of love ♥️
I did an interior for someone at work today, after somebody suggested me to them, I agreed to do it to help out, and was interested to see what I could do with the car and could potentially be interested in doing a few little jobs like this if they were worth doing, as you know it’s not easy money.
It’s not just the time it takes to do the job either but the prep for the job, the clean up after and the chemical cost as well, went through almost a full bottle of Gtechniq i2 Tri Clean (obviously wouldn’t use something like this on a regular basis) amongst other things,
Its difficult to price as I don’t think people see to much value in this sort of work especially with your local hand washes not charging too much, certainly isn’t worth doing for peanuts.
Depends what they want , wash and polish(light)enhance, small hatch ::£150 min , customers don't seem to understand the labour aswell
I often say that most (not all) DIYers/enthusiasts/weekend warriors who are passionate about detailing their car will do a far better job than a professional charging low prices simply because the time and care they will spend on it will far outweigh what that pro would spend.
Whilst a pro may have more experience, it simply wouldn’t be a viable business proposption to spend the same time and care on a car as a DIYer who only details their own car and knows it inside out, for the low cost they charge.
However for the pros that DO charge higher prices to fully justify their time and match the time spent by the DIYer, I imagine only a few would pay it, likely reserved for the rich with premium cars.
There is also an onus on the customer to understand and appreicate what is involved in a full detail. Some just think of it as an epensive car wash and full valet so have no clue of all the steps.
Pro has limited time but should really max out what can be done in that time, their process should be really good. Depends though as some pros are amazing but some dont have a clue about detailing and I would not want them near my car. But same for guys at home, some have standards way higher than any pro and they enjoy doing it still but some guys are also not so good.
@@ForensicDetailing Exactly. Definitely depends on the individual doing the job and their standards
You are asking wrong group of people here… 🙂 Everyone on this channel knows how much work, time and effort it takes to do a proper job, so everyone agrees with £300-400+ mark! Again, cause everyone understands the difference between service provided.
Would be interesting to hear from the rest of 97% drivers, who haven’t got a clue about detailing and comparing your service with £7 Auto wash! 😄
In reality this is the real clients! I don’t think you’ll get the same response! 😅
Although it’s interesting to read on how much Pro’s charge and for what service! 🙂
Two coffees and a sausage roll...😂
I am a valeter by trade. I 'HAVE TO' turn at least three cars around per day where I work, at Inchcape Volkswagen of Exeter. It's never possible to really do each job properly, I can't afford to waste time on de-cons, claying and sealant, and it's the vacuuming that takes up about 70% of the time on each car, due to the cheap, nasty, fuzzy carpets found inside the majority of their used stock. I use plenty of dressings and pink 'PDI' polish in order to make each car look good for their display. And I just get paid a flat wage at the end of each month.
On the other hand, when I'm at my house and have the luxury of time, it would usually take me 2 days maximum to fully detail a friend's or neighbour's car. Day 1 would be for the full wash, clay and de-con process in the morning, and then a full interior detail in the afternoon. Day 2 would then be for the entire exterior to make the car as good as I can really make it, and really take my time over it. Both days, I get out of the house as early as I can. Price, £300.
Depends how long for example I spend 3 days on a 928 but needed 7 days for the correction. My mate had checked and he got prices around £1250 for a single stage polish. Do you want to have your car detailed or valeted. But your figure is is about right £400 per day. Never ever underprice your skills. The cheaper the price the less interested the customer is in the car.
James
I charge the same as any other tradesman. I had to pay for courses and to get certs, the same as other trades. So its Materials + Labour. Labour at £20 per hour. If they haggle I give them the option of lesser quality chemicals. I was always told don't sell yourself cheap as the customer will always expect it. I do give a discount of £20 per customer they've recommeded that results in a sale.
If they don't want to pay that rate, let them go to a cheaper street car wash, get swirls, and I will get extra labour when they come to have the swirls and scratches removed.
I usually ask them if when they are at a street £10 car wash how many times they see the water changed or how many times a cloth was dropped and put straight back on the paint work. If they value their car, they usually stop haggling at that point. If they don't value their car, they're probably not the type of customer you want.
As with everything you pay for what you get.
As a customer I would be willing to pay £400 - £450 for 'the works' as I know the effort and skill involved. If the paint needed heavy correction I'd go to £500.
If I had my own garage - I would gladly do all of the work myself over a weekend.
HI 1 stage cost300-350 2 stage is more then 500 because you doing again this same workouts a hard work and expensive
I wish all customers were like you 😊. Thanks for recognizing the work! And yes, 2 stage depending on paint well over 500.
Most people I know wouldn’t want to pay more than £100 quid but then these people are not wanting machine polishing or ceramic coatings. So you can get away with an hand wax, spray sealant etc and other “simpler” to apply products that give a bit of shine and beads and they are happy with that. Also a nice hoover on the inside, plastics cleaned and dressed. Most people I speak to outside of the detailing community don’t even know what clay is or why they have those tiny black dots on the doors so ceramic coatings are not even a thought to them. They just want their 2006 family car smartening up.
Time is money I’ve been doing it since I was 15 years old when a bucket and shammy zip wax lol but how things change after you tube came about I still do it a apart time hobby now and charge £100 and it takes 8 hours that’s good and not even the minimum wage and don’t even cover your materials but when you step back and look what you have done it’s the satisfaction you get new ways and chemicals are far more advanced now so making life easier at the end of the day you put in what you get out
15 years ago when I started doing this professionally I was charging £450 snow foam two bucket wash clay bar and two stage polish then a nice wax or jet seal 109 on wheels exterior trims dressed with tyres
I only did outside though I used to start 6pm - finish and deliver back home and did 40 ish cars through the year
I think the price would depend on whether the detailer is unit based with overheads or mobile, although it’s another discussion entirely whether running a mobile detailing business has less overheads than a unit based one 🤔
I would say your £300 estimate is about right there Jon tho in todays economy I don’t think there’s many that can afford that sort of cost unless as you suggest it’s paid for through overtime.
I know lots of detailers struggle with costings, that’s clear to see daily on Facebook groups, and there’s also the shisters that will charge less to get the work done and it fails because they’ve used AIO products with fillers, I’ve seen offers for this type of work come in as low as £150 in my area which is way too much work for that
I would say $350 for everything but polishing.
The second a machine polisher comes out the price goes up by $350 minimum per polishing stage.
I think it depends on your own personal ability/desire to do the job. Also the condition of the vehicle at the start. I do my car myself and enjoy it, but it’s not a free ride. the cost of the kit and materials mount up. If you have a dirty vehicle, with dull paint, filthy wheels etc, a few hundred pounds would represent good value for money. However, as a routine procedure it would appear expensive to me. (have you ever used or reviewed paint depth gauges?)
Got 'n estimate for glasscoating the outside. That includes a wash/decon and a good polished clearcoat for 1800€ 😵and that was 4 years ago.
So did it myself for a fraction of that price..😊
I only wash my own car but it Takes me three hours to do my wheels first then use Bilt Hamber touchless, rinse then citrus spray the front,bonnet,windscreen and wing mirrors before covering with touchless again for my contact wash. Inc the door jams,boot and bonnet jams. I’m still using Auto Glym Polar seal after the wash and finish with a dry. Back in the day (80’s) I used to wash a car,sometimes dry with a shami leather for £1 when I was still in high school, so I’m guessing for what I do your probably looking at £30 (without doing the costs)
Agree with the £300 mark for a days clean. Also agree I can work a Sat and do 20% of the work for the same😂
Interesting one this but makes a big difference with the condition of the car to start with and how much work is needed,it’s a busy days work that’s a fact
This video has touched my raw nerve, thought i got over it but...
Long story short, i done a family members car recently that hadnt been touched for years.. green on all panels, all door sills but after removing green gunge the roof, bonnet and doors had millions of black dots over it, glue and tar didnt touch it and initially i thought it would need a clay but after multiple interations of korrosol it came off enough to turn a green car back to white..In the end it took me 10 hours get it to a decent level and much that they was over the moon with the job sorting me out they paid me £40 into my wifes account
So from now on im going to ask how much they want to pay first otherwise im going yo be on the same pay level as a 16 year old on minimum wage with the added bonus of supplying all the products
exactly this mate. you cant go and work with no agreed fee. even if its for a friend. 99 times out of a 100 you will be disappointed with the amount you are offered. If you know up front you are getting 40 quid then you can do 3 hours and what they see is what they get.
I feel your pain buddy, I fell into the same trap with a family members “price and joy” Jag that hadn’t been touched in months so was covered in muck. Having just got into detailing at the time I jumped at the chance to put it right so did wheels, pre, snow, contact, chemical decon, clay, sealant, interior and tyre/trim dressings, took me the best part of a full day…. What did I get for it? £30 and a half arsed thank you…. I’m no professional, I have a day job and detail on the side but I take pride in it and do a decent job… lesson learned and nowadays I always ask what people are willing to pay and that dictates what they get from me
@@derekregan6926 and the worst is within a week the interiors trashed again as some people are Animals. I do t even do the wife’s car because she won’t care for it after. That’s goes to a scratch and shine. Like jon said detailing for
Most is not a 40+ easy way to make money.
BMW 3 Series. Last year paid £250 for 7 hours detail. Wash, paint correction and ceramic coating.
I've been valeting and detailing for years in the Uk and Europe I'm 57 Jon and do 4 hours of Judo a week on top the work. a one day enhancement is £295 9h ceramic coats start at £395 small car valet £80 Suv £120 decon £185. If you went to waves at Tesco you would pay £120 for a wash a wax.
Respect m8 I was nakered after 5 minutes
I just stick to full valets john. Its easier and most ppl just dont want to pay . I used to do machine polishing but now focus on a full valet.
It sounds like at least a day's work. Call it £100 for materials and overheads, if you can work 15 days a month and need £3000 income before you pay taxes on it you need at least £200 on top of the £100 costs, total £300, and that is a minimum.
£380 - thats an all day job. 6-8 hours labour at £30/h, chems, polish, pads, travel. £300 if they brought it to me and I could do it indoors. Same as you, wouldn't pay more than 300 for someone else to do it.
Id only do it on a valuable car tho and itd be a once every 2 year at the end of summer job.
Run of the mill car thats 5 years old or more, id only recommend if its getting sold.
Without polishing, and a wax, at 4 hours for a full in and out, i do it for £165. Wheels, pre wash, alkali foam, contact with seals, grills, badges, door shuts and rain channels, engine bay, decon, acidic mineral removal wash, clay towel, spray seal. Seat out wet vac seats and carpet, full wipe down, leather care, uv protect, air freshner. Add £15 for an air con anti bac and freshner.
I charge on that car around £250 depending on the sealant used.
I’m over in NL. I can tell you that for an 8-10 hour job complete with year sealer and interior detail is gonna cost €600
I get $550 USD. Glass coating is extra. 1 step is different than an enhancement for me. Enhancement is maybe 25% improvement quick gloss and get $350-$400. 1 step 60-70% improvement carries a premium. You get what you pay for…
Paid £800 including 1yr ceramic coating and 2 stage polishing, no interior job nor under the bonnet. That was 3 years ago. Hope that helps
I do all of that aside from the clay and polish for friend and family for £60 6 hours work and products and they still roll they’re eyes at the price , people will never value a good detail and what’s involved , for this job to a stranger it would have to 2 days if youre an efficient polisher then maybe a day but unlikely with masking up etc , so a good £400 but try getting someone to pay it , and all of this dependent on wether you have the luxury of getting it inside for a polish is never do that outside in a breeze, the main reason I always backed away from starting a proper business , never cut corners someone especially yourself will notice
I would charge about $300. Because to do it properly and have a good base for wax, you have to get into the detail. So, yeah...to do it well, it will take hours.
It would depend upon the condition of the car. I did a full decon, polish and a 1 year ceramic for £250 ( small car) that was way too cheap my prices now start at around £350 now. Im doing a full decon machine polish AIO for £320 next week. I know the work/time involved so would pay someone well for doing it £350 upwards.
The problem you have is that it’s a race to the bottom cost wise but you’re also paying for the knowledge and experience of the detailer. Upkeep on tools best practices etc
300£ is a decent value.
If a ceramic coating is involved it would be closer to 500.
Ive done a few deep cleans and single stage. £300 to 350.
£300 (edit.... that IMO is the price for the the detailers who have been going years and have vast experiance. Beginners would charge £200ish to attract the customer's) but yes you feel it at the end of the day. 38 and suffering from sciatica 🤣
👋 yes you right I change £170-250 depending on size of car and colour for 1 stage (10h job) I’m just weekend warrior do on my driveway ,not promoting anywhere just coming friends or they friends but people don’t want to pay more. I’m not do lots of cars just if I’m free and weather is ok cooler and partly cloudy 🌤️🤞🙏 is very hard 🤦🏻😰 job… back start playing (sciatica) ,in shoulder have 3 screws . I’m 49 🤷🏻♂️🫣😬
Great video as usual John 👌🏻 👍🏻 Can I please ask where you got your stainless steel shelving from cant seem to find anything like these anywhere when I Google it!!🤔 Regards Dave...👍🏻
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@@ForensicDetailing Cheers m8 very much appreciated 👍🏻
I paid £450 for wash, single stage polish and ceramic coat on a mini. We'll worth it next year ill get machine polish
Its a tough question. Thats why automatic car detailing still exist. Fast, cheap, shine n protected. All job to be done in less than 15 mins😂
Think about it another way. What would you pay you? How much would it cost if you had to pay yourself?
After you've bought the equipment, and products that admittedly you can spread across multiple washes.
But what is your time worth?
Lmaooo you need to get your speed up 1.5 2.5 hrs 65 -85
6.5 8.5 hours 125-185
Coatings start from 250 - 400 depending on size
Insured regulated certified ;) you cant leave money on the table for a while i refused to do cars if they called me a valet eventually i realised i was the one losing out all stages use car pro koch chemie and a lil bit of gtechniq ;) thats my 2 pence if you work your hourly rate but the thing is you need to gain clientel to gain a reputation to be able to up your prices
I'd do it at a 25 to 30 pound an hour to work out the price
Ive been Machine polishing cars for around 10+ years myself now just as a driveway guy but im looking into going fulltime/mobile, and people always try to get me to lower the price, even as far as "just do a quick polish by hand, i just want it shiny"
My opinion - I would rather them pay the price for me to break out a polisher as its much quicker than by hand and less tiresome, but Id like some insight of other peoples opinions on the matter, Do you offer such a service and if so would you charge more to do it by hand or just flat out refuse
If they ask me for a quick wipe with polish then I’ll do it but I’ll tell them that it’s not going to last long and won’t remove defects. I literally mean a wipe with polish too. But I also don’t offer that unless they ask me. Sometimes you’ve just got to do what the customer asks for, within reason of course
@@robertsmith829 Thanks for the Insight Robert👍
@@Matkinson91 no problem mate. I avoid hand polishing though as it’s not worth it imo. Sounds harsh but I only want the customers who are happy to pay for quality, otherwise I don’t do the work for them.
Customers just don't / cant afford the high professional prices of detailing. They'd rather go get a hand car wash and get a cheap job done. One local car wash near me is now offering machine polishing. I dare say they won't deep clean, clay, mask off areas with 3M tape etc..rather wash then machine polish.
Random question. How do your stainless shelves fix to your wall or supplied from please
On his forensic unplugged channel, last video he was cleaning them and said who supplied them
Display pro UK supply them m8
Screw into rule plug
Thankyou for replies
Have a look at the YT channel Every Day Detailing, he does detailing for dealers and mentions on there quite a bit on how much he charges and what corners have to be cut for a certain price. He hasn't posted for a while, which is a pity as it was really interesting. I'd be heppy to pay £400-500 for a full decom and single stage polish.
Yer great channel I've seen the vids.
This question doesn't work for my business! How can you price a detail without seeing the car and knowing what level a customer wants to take it to or what protection they want putting on? I worked out long ago to work only within the motor trade for high end garages who know that whatever they spend with me puts double that price on the vehicle. Private customers are completely unrealistic imho. Proper Trade are happy to invest £500 to get back a £grand. Note the use of the word proper, dont go working for Joes Back Street Autos and expect more than £50 per car.. And yes if you are wondering I do go to main dealers who have their own valet bays and staff to do premium stock. Detailing is a skill. Its not valeting. So dont charge valeting £££.
Price on tier services. But totally agree with what you say. Big difference between old battered car and new dirty one.
10 hours round about 300 it's a good price
Detailer
Charged me £1300 for a single stage machine Polish
5 year ceramic coating and it took 3 days the car was left with him at his unit
A valet service quoted me £380 for up to 6 hours work.
For the full monte from a professional detailer I would expect to pay £800. Not that I would of course cos I do it myself!
For a “car $500 for a 4door truck $700-800
When I got my Caravelle (VW Transporter with 7 seats) I paid a local detailer to do it for me. I was getting quotes of £1200+ for the detail, but paid this guy £850 and he let me help to reduce the cost. Which was a dastardly plan to pick up all the inside tips from the guy so I could do it myself on my own cars going forward.
Realistically though, I couldn't get the Caravelle into my garage (too tall), and so couldn't get the motor out the weather for the ceramic to properly set. That was a big part of the reason too.
Since then though, I have done a few cars myself. I always go to town whenever I get any new car though. Regardless of it's age / value. I did my mums Skoda Fabia when she got that. That was a £500 beater, but it got a full detail, 2 stage polish, headlights restored etc... I just did my mother in laws Boxster. It was a 1999 one. Again, full detail (single stage as it was silver) and ceramic coating. Only for my old man to write it off a couple days later. So did her replacement Boxster (2001 Boxster S this time) too a week later, ha ha. Then helped my old man with his Skoda Karoq.
My 2010 A8 has a ceramic coating on it after a 2 stage, and my 2015 Focus has a spray sealant after a 2 stage too. It was recently single stage polished after a few years since the last polish. And it is looking stunning, and to be honest, it didn't really need the repolish.
I do have a local valeter who sometimes starts my motors for me. For £40 he will wash, decon, clay and hand polish, and give the interior a quick going over. Takes two hours, and does a decent job of prepping it. I usually tell him to skip the hand polish, and dress the engine bay instead. And I can machine polish it after the clay bar.
But yeah, I wouldn't pay much more than that as I like doing the work myself to be honest.
£350 to £500 sounds reasonable to me
8 hours, minimum £25 p.h. + materials, gotta be £250 upwards.
I wouldn’t pay anything personally as I’d rather just do what I do for free but no way is having your car washed worth any sort of money to me. Some people pay ridiculous money to have their car cleaned and I’ve never understood it. Even £50 is too much for me. I can make my car look nice in 2/3 hours and it’s good enough for me. This is just my personal view…
Point noted, however, if as a car owner you have the time to invest in cleaning your car yourself, then I agree, do it but not every car owner will have the time and there are some who can afford to pay alot of money to have their cars look as if they've just driven out of the showroom - it's a matter of personal preference, time and budget.
Thank you for your contribution to the discussion.
@@marlonbhagwandeen6251 Yes I agree. If I didn’t have time, I’d go to a ten pound scratch and shine as my money is worth more to me and I don’t believe a clean car is worth big money. Like you said, personal preference but I am very good with money and spend wisely in every aspect of life.
The guys round here seem to do occasional offers to do all you said bar interior at circa £250.
Depending on the size of the car. Upwards of £600.
100 bucks an hour
Put simply, I do my own car and I’d never pay myself what I’d charge to do the job.
In reality for luxury vehicles you’re not charging your time or for the products. You’re charging for the time your customer saves. Given the likely wealth of these car owners their times likely to be worth more than you think. Charge accordingly.
I charge £30 a hour not including the disposable stuff like pads chems
800 to 900 USD.
Just curious. Do you have a day job Jon or is this channel your full time job?
35£/h around 9 hours ....easy peeze🎉😂 300£ with bank holiday discount 😅😅😅
4 or 5 hundred keep it for 2 days
How many people on here earn £30 per hour? Why do we think detailers should get £30 per hour? It’s about what the market will sustain.
What's your profession John? Im genuinely curious and try to guess.
You tube m8
That's amazing 🤩. UA-caming is your job!
$1750 USD
A full day 8 hour derail will run at least $450. No way a business will succeed long term by averag0 less than $75 an hour factoring in Insurance and equipment. No way someone is doing quality work at 150-200 for all day work.
£400+ for me.
£350 was my guess.
200 220 I'd pay tops
Minimum. $500.
$1000 per day minimum to be honest
We charge £350
£360