Pre-Soak: What’s In Your Wash
Business: Pronto Wash Eco AutoSPA
Type: Detailing and carwash business using what is commonly referred to as a “waterless” cleaning product
Owner(s): Jim Fitzpatrick and Jeremy Maul
Location: Irvine, CA
Year opened: 2007
Equipment/chemicals: Chemicals: Pronto Wash Miracle Lotion. Equipment: A proprietary and patent-pending mobile detail unit warehouses necessary tools and chemicals to wash.
Pricing: Starts at $29 for a Luxury Eco Hand Wash to $199 for a Maintenance & Prevention Detail.
Menu includes: Express hand washing, all the way up to full details. Many add-on services, like fabric protection, are included.
Unique features: Pronto Wash cleans a car with only one pint of water. This business model allows carwash and detail services to be delivered in places traditionally restricted or discouraged. The serv- ice meets or exceeds standards and ordinances.
Staff:
4-12 persons for mall locations; 2-3 for offices; and 2 for mobile jobs.
Also of note: Pronto Wash Eco AutoSPA identifies locations where it can deliver the benefit of convenience, such as shopping
malls, offices, airports, etc., and also sites where luxury cars aggregate. In Southern California, the company is capitalizing on the drought via water conservation efforts, and also eyeing new NPDES (national pollutant discharge elimination sys- tem) permits that regulate pollution from entering storm drains
