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Hi guys I am a new member, I am following this forum for about 1 month now. Finally I decided to join the forum.

I did carpet cleaning for over 10 years for my business, now days I am still doing it part-time. I would like to get back to it full time.

 

Any who, cleaning couches takes me 1.5 to 2.5 hours, if I don't wash it over and over, customers doesn't get satisfied, so I can get more referals. It drys between 5-10 hrs depending on the weather. I charge them any where from $50 to 100 depending on the couch set. I don't give them any savings cause I don't negotiate, the way it works with me is that if the customer refers me a friend then he/she gets one time only discount. I mean when I first started this business, I told a low price for one customer and then she referred her friends and I had to clean for the same low price for the others.

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Galatasaray:  If you have been lurking here for about a month than you have probably realized that I am the only sain one on this board. All the rest are under some sort of medication and most of the are in counselling for one dependencey or another so be careful.  What ever you do don't tell anyone else.Guitar
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Funny Post 

Doug, just using an upholstery tool. I've done so many pieces of upholstery in the last 20yrs that the average sofa 6' takes 20min. chair 10.

Some could take longer depending on soil load, BUT this is the average.
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Originally posted by John L John L wrote:

Funny Post 

Doug, just using an upholstery tool. I've done so many pieces of upholstery in the last 20yrs that the average sofa 6' takes 20min. chair 10.

Some could take longer depending on soil load, BUT this is the average.

 

John just to let you know, If I was cleaning couches for 100 years it will still take me 1.5 to 2.5 hrs. I don't rush on my job, seems to me you are rushing. Come on man, by the time you set up the machine and put water in it takes about 5 to 10 min plus you have to spay the couches with detergent and probably brush it if it has filt and stains most likely. 20min is just a preparation for me.
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Originally posted by doug doug wrote:

Galatasaray:  If you have been lurking here for about a month than you have probably realized that I am the only sain one on this board. All the rest are under some sort of medication and most of the are in counselling for one dependencey or another so be careful.  What ever you do don't tell anyone else.Guitar

Yeah I can see that doug, nightrider is the weird one here

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20min. lightly soiled average. Heavily soiled around 1hr tops. prevac,prespray,dwell,aggitate in bad areas, extract. I have it down pat. Not rushing anything. EXPERT UPHOLSTERY CLEANER.

Some cleaners are better and faster than others.

Galatasaray, from your profile your a beginner. When you learn more tricks of the trade then you will understand what i am saying.

Or maybe your using the wrong cleaning chems!!
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everyone works different....
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Exactly Mr.Steamer, but it looks like some disagree with my posts but hey that's O.K. opinions vary also.

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Galatasaray...

As long as you charge for your time, and do the job you charge for... it's all good...

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Originally posted by John L John L wrote:

20min. lightly soiled average. Heavily soiled around 1hr tops. prevac,prespray,dwell,aggitate in bad areas, extract. I have it down pat. Not rushing anything. EXPERT UPHOLSTERY CLEANER.

Some cleaners are better and faster than others.

Galatasaray, from your profile your a beginner. When you learn more tricks of the trade then you will understand what i am saying.

Or maybe your using the wrong cleaning chems!!

 

Well I am no beginner, I am doing carpet cleaning for over 10 years now. But really man if you can satisfy customers in 20 minutes thats great, I wish I can do that but I can't, if I finish a couch set in 20 minutes, it feels that I have rushed things and I don't deserve the pay, thats how I am. I remember once I was in a rush and I finished cleaning it in an hour and I felt that I didn't deserve the $60 and I asked her for $50. Thats how I am built.
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Originally posted by surroundings surroundings wrote:

Galatasaray...

As long as you charge for your time, and do the job you charge for... it's all good...

Cheers,

Allen

 

Yeah man, I can charge them like up to $100 if I spend my 2-3 hours cleaning it.

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Galatasaray if you did a good job in that hour then take the money, you worked hard for it and if the customer was happy that's all that matters. Then again if you took less then what you quoted you might just get a call back.
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Originally posted by Adwa Adwa wrote:

Galatasaray if you did a good job in that hour then take the money, you worked hard for it and if the customer was happy that's all that matters. Then again if you took less then what you quoted you might just get a call back.

 

Agreed, but that day I felt guilty, then I felt stupid and banged my head couple of times  
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Lesson learned especially when you were $9.95 short at the grocery store that day.
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