I hate it

I don't do upholstery !

Healthy debate is always fun!!!

Dan:  I am not sure if thet is a good thing for you.  Don't be lured to the dark side.

Dan: We tell people to take their cars to the car detailing places. But when we do a auto we do carpets and seats only useally if is a clients car. We have gone to car lots $75 to $100 takes about 1/2 and hr. per car. We do more airplanes, boats and rv's cars are a waste of time.

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58.95 for a couch
46.95 for loveseat
30.00 recliner

Haven't changed these prices for probably 10 years but some think it's
too high . So I say well it's your decision, but we do clean 100% of the
fabric and it is time consuming to do quality work.

At these rates I am below my 75.00 per hour goal so I really don't care to
push upholstery unless the consumer is willing to pay the price. I doubt if
they get a competitor to come in behind me to save a dollar. They just
don't have them done. IMO

Nice prices doug. Too much comp in my area for them high prices. You would starve here.

I don't hate cleaning upholstery, and here's why...I generally make $100+ per hour and my clients are happy with my work.  First, you do need to be efficient and skilled, then your pricing must reflect the cost of doing business.  It should take you  1-11/2 hours to clean a sofa, loveseat and chair.  While you can shave off a few minutes on the sides and back, the only way to get a whole lot faster is to reduce the quality of the job.  So, either offer a lower quality service and deal with the complaints, or charge more.  Depending on fabric content and construction, a skilled uph. cleaner should be getting around $13 to $17 a linear foot.  Yeah, there are plenty of guys where I am that say they'll do a sofa, loveseat and chair for $60 bucks or whatever...who cares...charge what you need to to make a healthy profit, offer your clients an excellent service - and you'll begin to enjoy cleaning the stuff too.  Good luck!   By the way, yes, occasionally on a synthetic, lightly soiled, no loose back cushion (herculon type) sofa one can get good results in 20-30 minutes cleaning time with no wasted motions, but after specializing in uph cleaning for 21 years...I agree, it is pushing the time thing a bit, cause while you may be covering every square inch of fabric, the amount of soil extracted is reduced as the speed of the tool is increased.  Thats just plain physics.

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