Sap and Pitch Removal Pricing

[Waxman]

How do you price removal of tree sap and pine pitch at your detail shop?

The wet Summer and following hot spell caused ALOT of CARS to be covered and I intend to be properly paid for removal and re-waxing the vehicle.

I was thinking of an hourly shop rate plus the paste wax price.

Input?

Thank you.

 

[DavidM]

This type of job is always somewhat tricky for me to estimate. Sap, tar, line paint, overspray etc can trip us up. What I do is this: Test a couple spots to get an idea of how difficult they will be to remove and what process it will take.
Then I estimate the time to remove all spots and multiply that by our hourly rate (a target rate) and add the cost of a our Wash and Wax service.

These jobs can be very labor intensive and I think I underestimate far too often. I am working on that

David

 

[jfmoran]

I think you got it

These are time intensive and tedious tasks, I definitley would base it on a hourly shop rate and estimate on the higher side. You can always come down on price, but good luck asking for more if you estimate low.