Anyone work mobile?
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Hi, I just joined and wanted to introduce myself. I’m interested in learning and working mainly on bumpers and small panel repair. I’ve been reading the forum for a couple months and decided to join. I’m about to order a Standox toner set and a Fuji Q4 and I will volunteer at a shop 1-2 days a week starting soon, so I’m hoping that’s a good start.
Is anyone here working mobile or focused on small repairs for either retail or wholesale accounts?
This is a great place and looking I’m forward to getting to know everyone!
Tom
Welcome to the site :cheers :cheers
Welcome to the site.
I know some guys who work/have done mobile work. In our area there aren’t many any more. Up here the only real demand is in the spring/summer mostly on used car lots and the odd rental car. Not as much for retail.
Up until I got the shop about 8 years ago I used to be mobile. Work was primarily dealers which was ok in the sense that it was reasonably consistent but as the pressures on them grew to make use of every square inch of yard space I found I was being squeezed out.
Downsides were that it was impossible to work in the rain, couldn’t use 2K products at all and you could spend a lot of time, unproductive, travelling. Having the shop I’ve kept most of my trade customer base and been able to develop much more retail work, plus, importantly, productivity has improved out of sight and I can employ others.
In the shop we still focus mainly on small repairs and do no panel beating at all, just paint. There is a good market for it and the bigger panel shops actually refer work to us now, especially small repairs that they couldn’t be bothered doing. It does take quite some time to build up a big enough retail customer base so we do use radio advertising to help this along
I’d never go back to it.
[quote=”NFT5″ post=32105]Up until I got the shop about 8 years ago I used to be mobile. Work was primarily dealers which was ok in the sense that it was reasonably consistent but as the pressures on them grew to make use of every square inch of yard space I found I was being squeezed out.
Downsides were that it was impossible to work in the rain, couldn’t use 2K products at all and you could spend a lot of time, unproductive, travelling. Having the shop I’ve kept most of my trade customer base and been able to develop much more retail work, plus, importantly, productivity has improved out of sight and I can employ others.
In the shop we still focus mainly on small repairs and do no panel beating at all, just paint. There is a good market for it and the bigger panel shops actually refer work to us now, especially small repairs that they couldn’t be bothered doing. It does take quite some time to build up a big enough retail customer base so we do use radio advertising to help this along
I’d never go back to it.[/quote]
this is the kinda shop i’m trying to set up, all light work, fast, small repairs.
Thanks a lot guys for the welcomes and all the feedback, I really appreciate it!
Worked mobile in the Seattle area for almost 3 years; year round successfully. Used PPG base and clear. Kinda expensive but it work great for the application without any added drama. If you have any questions I probably have the answer.
Welcome, pretty new myself
Hello, been doing the mobile paint thing for 10 years now. I am based in Orlando Florida area. Currently using diamont and could not be happier. Have been lucky enough to have one of the largest Toyota dealers in the area as one of my customers for over 9 of those years, they sell 200+ used cars a month. the money is good and I have plenty of flexibility.
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