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Car Wash Fundraiser ACK!
Sharp10r
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So, I've been tasked to make a car wash work as a fundraiser. Here's what I need to know:
how do you wash a car? I remember doing my part as a kid raising funds but now I need to make sure my youth do it properly.
Also,
What kind of soaps/spounges etc. do I need and which should I avoid if any?
Thanks.
how do you wash a car? I remember doing my part as a kid raising funds but now I need to make sure my youth do it properly.
Also,
What kind of soaps/spounges etc. do I need and which should I avoid if any?
Thanks.
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On that note, I'd get some clean sponges / rags / etc. and some soap you can buy in bulk. With sponges and rags, just make sure the kids don't drop them on the ground then try to clean a car. The dirt will scratch paint.
Most of this is just my opinion, though. I'm not exactly an autophile in that regard.
SO hows this work:
1. Hose car down
2. Soap sponge down car
3. Hose rinse
4. Rag down
Now I need to know which supplies to get and not to get (to avoid scratching and stuff).
You can get lots of sponges (The Advance Auto Parts by me had a 2 for 1 special recently) and big buckets of the cheapest most reliable looking car wash. (Please do not use other soaps i.e. Dawn, or the like, they will strip out all of the oils and mkae your customers :x later on)
So yeah, Rinse it down real good.
Take your sponge and soapy water, and scrub scrub scrub, (if you really want to impress have two buckets, one for top half, and one for bottom half of the car since it is way dirtier)
Then rinse really good, and depending on how much you charge you may have some good clean towels to semi-dry it off.
Change the bucket of soap and rinse out the sponges every once in a while. It will get dirt and crap that can lead to a sandpaper type of situation as you are scrubbing.
Hope this helps.
I guess the big thing is just be ready for if something does scratch up the paint or some guy falsely claims you messed up his car when you guys didn't. I'm not sure if a waiver is needed or insurance in advance but it sounds good.
But I think the idea is that kids are part of this fundraiser.
I can't disagree enough with the advice that people are just doing it to give money and the wash is inconsequential. Driving around in a car with missed dirty spots on it makes a person look like a retard and doing a piss poor job of something because it was just for charity is nothing more than a good way to make less at your future fundraisers.