Any suggestions other than HWE, to complicated to use HWE?
They are in need of cleaning and that concerns me with low moisture cleaning.

I just bought a US Products upholstery scrubber. Got some bonnets to go with it. Using the bonnets and fiber plus pads to clean stairs and furniture. It was a little costly, but it looks to be built to last. With 2 people, one cleaning the non fabric parts of the chairs the other encaping the fabric, we cleaned a 400 seat lecture hall in an hour and a half

Hey Steve,
How did you quote cleaning the seats? Did you clean all of the seat or just the fabric? How big were they? Could you get $2.00 per seat or do you think that would be too high? I just don't have a clue how to quote seats. I have the same equipment with the bonnets that you have to clean them and I have a steam cleaner for the gum and gook. I just don't hunt for any of that work right now. I took a job once to clean restaurant seats and I regretted it at the price I quoted. Anyone else's input would be appreciated as well. There are a load of seats to clean out there and I think they aren't done because folks are hesitant to bid the job, get it and regret it.
Thanks!
Tom
Austin, Texas

I clean residential\office chairs for $9.00 each. The auditorium chairs, probably would have bid about $2.00 to $2.50 each, but had to clean them for the university where I supervise the cleaning crew. Get paid a salary there.

Steve Frasier
Drew and Steve's Floor Care
www.drewand steve.net

Have not quoted yet, not even sure I want the job, would have been nice during Jan. Feb Or March, but this time of year I am sure it will be a pain in the butt.
If I did quote it would need to be in the $7.00 to $8.00 range to make it worth while, also it would be late night til early morning work, just what we don't need.

Here's a suggestion. Look them all over. Some will be worse than others. Pick several, say 6 or so, including some that will be easy, some will be difficult, all in the same row, next to each other. Try the spray and Fiber Plus pads trick, and see how well it cleans, - or not, and how fast the 6 can be done.

This will give you an idea of how well the rest can be done this way- or if another method will need to be used. Then, depending on how well it does- or not, it would be worth your while to buy one for yourself if the idea works, and this one job would pay for the machine.

Doing the 6 will allow you to figure out what to charge for the rest, and an idea of how long the job would take.

Gary

Gary seems to have the best idea....going in there and cleaning 6 for free just to give you a heads up would only take a half hour or so from pulling up to leaving, and with encap'ing them, your just brushing the cleaning agent in with the FP pad and walking....see how they turn out and then decide....could be a worthwhile job!

or not lol, no way to know unless ya try though.

thanx --- Derek.

I got to thinking about this, and think you should chaarge a fee for the test of 6 seats or whatever, instead of doing them for free, say $5.00 each for instance, just in case the manager is like the one below, where he NEVER paid for work, just got "tests" done for free from many cleaners.