Fleet Valeting and Vehicle Preparation Guide
Car valeting is often seen as a non-essential: whereas servicing and maintenance can help to keep your vehicle running efficiently and potentially lower fuel costs, there is no direct financial benefit to fleet valeting. Indeed the prospect of paying for fleet valeting and fleet vehicle preparation can be daunting.
However, while the benefits of fleet valeting may be hard to quantify, it would be difficult to deny that they are very real. Clean cars can promote your business’s image; impress clients; and establish a better working environment for your drivers. If you run a fleet of cars that relies on transporting clients – such as a chauffeur or taxi service – then the importance of fleet valets are obvious. However, even if your fleet of vehicles is involved in sales or a similar field, then clean cars can be used to boost the company’s image. Indeed valeting may even increase the residual value of your vehicles by maintaining the paintwork.
What fleet valeting services are available?
There are several types of fleet valet services available including:
- Garage valet services: Many fleet valeting services carry out their valeting on their own sites where they have access to specialist equipment which may help them get the job done quicker or more thoroughly.
- Mobile fleet valeting: Mobile fleet valeting could save your business time and money because the fleet valeting service comes to you. So, for example, you could arrange to have your vehicles cleaned while on your premises: meaning you have fewer security fears and you don’t lose time transporting your vehicles or waiting while others are attended to.
What does fleet valeting include?
There are numerous types of fleet valeting services available: ranging from mini valets to full services. It all depends on how much you want to spend and what you expect to get from the service. Typically however, a fleet valet will include the following:
- Car washing: Usually the first step of any car valet will be to clean the exterior of the car. Typically this will involve pre-spraying the entire car with clean water to remove contaminants; then washing all of the bodywork with a shampoo and wool wash mitt that will not damage the paintwork. This will then be washed off with clean water, usually with a pressure rinse; or possibly a special rinse that will leave the car looking glossy and able to repel water for a limited period.
- Wheel clean: Special attention is usually applied to the car’s wheels during a valet: usually a gentle wheel cleaner will be used to remove traces of brake dust before a pressure cleaner is applied.
- Exterior glass: The glasswork will usually be cleaned separately, perhaps with the use of a spray cleaner or a glass polish.
- Hand dry: A clean leather or microfibre towel is usually used to remove any remaining water particles from the vehicle’s surface.
- Interior cleaning: The interior cleaning will involve numerous stages including: vacuuming the carpets, mats and boot; vacuuming and brushing any fabric seats and applying moisture to leather seats; cleaning all interior glass with a spray cleaner; dusting all surfaces and cleaning out any ashtrays or bins; applying an interior auto-fresh.
In addition, some fleet valeting companies will offer additional services as part of a “full valet” or “ultimate valet” package: which is usually considerably more expensive. This may include deep cleaning all interior plastics and the dashboard; shampooing and deep cleaning the seats; degreasing the engine bay; applying a traffic film remover to the lower body and door sills; dressing and conditioning all exterior plastics; removing tar spots and tree sap; and waxing the vehicle.
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ALBE Solutions is able to meet the cleaning needs of all types of companies with their range of chemicals, personal hygiene, washroom products, and a range of commercial cleaning machines and associated accessories. We still retain our core business serving fleet operators with a large range of bulk vehicle cleaning and valeting products, including traffic film removers, screenwash, hi-foam, curtain-side cleaners and trailer sanitisers.
Aqua Valet Direct is a complete mobile valeting service dedicated to vehicle care and preservation. We are based in Ashford, Kent and cover areas of Kent and East Sussex. Fully insured and carrying the very latest state-of-the-art valeting equipment including HOT water and electricity ensuring a complete professional valet. With over 20 years experience in the motor industry preparing vehicles to optimise their value you can rest assure your vehicle will be valeted and prepared to a very high standard, ensuring complete satisfaction. At Aqua Valet Direct our motto is we will exceed your expectation first time and every time. Your pride and joy couldn’t be in more caring hands! Exceeding expectations every time - all the time.
Aqua Valeting is based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Our fully mobile van carries ALL the equipment and materials we need to provide you with professional valeting services at any time. We carry water and electricity on board, so there is no need for wires or hoses to run through your premises. All we ask you to supply are the keys. Our fully contracted out service is designed for high volume car preparation, therefore suited to large car dealerships. With our contracted out service we provide both the staff and equipment needed to carry out all your valeting requirements on a day to day basis.
At Archway Valeting we offer a fully mobile valeting service covering the Northamptonshire area. Our self contained vans provide full mobility (independent water and power supply) and enable us to operate at a time and place convenient to you, whether it is at home or place of work. With over 10 years experience of valeting private and commercial vehicles we have built up an extensive customer base. Our success is down to our quality driven, reliable service.
Atomiza sell a wide range of products including trigger sprays, valeting accessories and buffing kits, primarily to trade customers but of course we welcome all enquiries. We have recently introduced a small range of products specifically for the domestic market. For our full range please see our website.
Auto Body Fix offers top quality mobile car body repairs in Southport and surrounding areas on cosmetic vehicle body damage including bumper scuffs, vandal scratches, paint scratch/chips, minor dents and dings, plastic bumper and trim welding and alloy wheel kerb damage. Coming to your home, workplace or other convenient location. In a fully equipped mobile workshop, cosmetic repairs to your vehicle can be repaired in typically 2 to 3 hours.
Based in Lichfield Staffordshire, Auto Detox operates locally and also offers a UK wide service for valeting, paint correction and protection services with an ever expanding client base and positive feedback, so the decision of who to choose to care for your car is quite a simple one! Auto Detox can truly detox your vehicle of even the worst of unsightly defects leaving a spectacular finish as near to perfect as possible that have to be seen to be believed. Any vehicle can benefit from our services ranging from winter protection to a complete machine polish. Your car does not have to be a Porsche or Bentley - all cars trusted to our care receive the same loving care and attention no matter what make, age or cost.
Established in 1998 and based just off the A1 at Scotch Corner, Auto Rae-Chem are ideally located for supplying a wide range of industrial cleaning products such as: vehicle cleaning products, car valeting products, workshop aerosols, floor maintenance products, paper & hygiene products (disinfectant, bleaches, washing-up liquids), Elka waterproofs & hi-visibility clothing, vehicle brushes. Our aim at Auto Rae-Chem is to provide a professional solution to cleaning and hygiene. We can also supply a number of hygiene products including general janitorial products etc. If you would like to know more about our services or products please feel free to contact us.
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