Making extra cash during a tough economy....

[De WALTER]

After reading a thread started by Justin Murphry, I thought I would share.



A couple of weeks ago, a friend and I were at a local Golf Course. After we finished 9 holes my friend made a comment about the golf cart having a bunch of water spots and very light scratches (tree branch type).



The following day I call the Golf Course manager, and scheduled a demo for him. I showed up and did a demo for them and they noticed the difference. Now I`ll be doing 10-15 carts a week @ 75.00 each. Their fleet exists of 88 carts.



Sorry the pictures aren`t too detailed, I had the manager over my back the whole time watching the process.



I used:

Body -

HD UNO (1st pass HD Orange Pad - 2nd pass HD Blue Pad) 1000rpm Dewalt

IPA wipes in between passes

HD Poxy (HD White Pad) Number 2 on my PC

3D Waterless Carwash. Ragtime Microfibers for pre-clean and final wipe



Seat and Trim - 3D L.V.P. to clean seats and trim.

HD Gel to shine up Trim



All together about 30 to 35 mins a cart. This will help me fill in time slots on slow days and cancellations.



Again bear with me it`s my first post with pics:heelclick



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[Jean-Claude]

Nice job dude! Very sharp of you to come up with the pitch. I am heading to play 9 holes in a hour. I will try to get the pro to give me a few and do the same. ;)

[hrrangel]

New to this site I got a ? will you help

[Scottwax]

Good idea! I`ve done golf carts for a few apartment complexes.



My main problem isn`t the economy (Texas is adding jobs!) but the weather. Just been terrible for 14 months now, usually with rain starting Thursday through the weekend. Now that the pattern is shifting to La Nina instead of El Nino it is drying out and my phone won`t stop ringing! :)

[Envious Eric]

thats a great problem to have scott!

[mini1]

Did you tape off all the black plastic or just burn it with the buffer?

[Scottwax]

thats a great problem to have scott!



Well, after 14 months of horrible weather, I deserve it! :rofl

[De WALTER]

Did you tape off all the black plastic or just burn it with the buffer?



In this case no need to, the plastic body cleans so easy if you stay away from the trim ( I think your talking about the trim right, the whole cart is black plastic) you can use a foam applicator to touch up the edges. Do you burn trim?

[De WALTER]

Good idea! I`ve done golf carts for a few apartment complexes.



My main problem isn`t the economy (Texas is adding jobs!) but the weather. Just been terrible for 14 months now, usually with rain starting Thursday through the weekend. Now that the pattern is shifting to La Nina instead of El Nino it is drying out and my phone won`t stop ringing! :)





Thank you Scott, my problem has been the wind, these last couple of weeks but it snowed yesterday at 4000 ft outside Vegas. Snow in May :nono

[Barry Theal]

This is genious. Nice to see the carts are black. LOL What an Idea! Good luck on this adventure.

[WMD-DFW]

Good idea! I`ve done golf carts for a few apartment complexes.



My main problem isn`t the economy (Texas is adding jobs!) but the weather. Just been terrible for 14 months now, usually with rain starting Thursday through the weekend. Now that the pattern is shifting to La Nina instead of El Nino it is drying out and my phone won`t stop ringing! :)



Yea 90days off a 100+ degrees is what they are calling for this summer

[jaynick808]

should also polish out the plexiglass.

good work though and good business idea.

[WRXsubaru2010]

Not a bad idea for extra income, I did a golf cart once and I used M-105, M-205; however, the cart you did looks pretty good...I will probably buy some of that HDUNO to do a boat this weekend??? , have you tried those products on boats?? If they work on golf carts, I assume they will do a good job... Where can i get some of that stuff.

[thedetailer]

Good idea! I`ve done golf carts for a few apartment complexes.



My main problem isn`t the economy (Texas is adding jobs!) but the weather. Just been terrible for 14 months now, usually with rain starting Thursday through the weekend. Now that the pattern is shifting to La Nina instead of El Nino it is drying out and my phone won`t stop ringing! :)



I am from Tulsa...and the weather has been a HUGE problem for me. When it is dry, I have more work than I can handle sometimes BUT people do not want their cars cleaned if it is going to rain...



I have been trying to market a different way...talking about preventative maintenance....instead of clean a pretty....

[vtec92civic]

damn now that is a swell idea LoL. Golf is a big thing out here. Might have to hit up some golf courses.



So you just called the golf course and asked to speak the a manager? You then asked him if he wanted his golf carts detailed?



Awesome!