Boaters who do not perform regular maintenance on their boats find out quickly that the boats will not survive long on the water. Freshwater does enough damage – let alone the thousands of boat owners who have their boats in saltwater, which can do more damage than freshwater. Keeping the boat clean of barnables, algae, and painted and sealed every few years will extend the life the boat many years.

Some boats are large enough and in warmer climates that they are not removed from the water each Winter, instead, divers swim beneath the boats to clean and do any necessary repairs. You can offer this as a service or stick with standard cleaning and painting of out-of-water boats. Since the process is one of the least desired ones for boat owners, providing a boat cleaning and painting service is one which will almost attract its own clients.

You do not need any special education or experience to clean boats – just the knowledge of the chemicals and specific paints required for the job.

How do I get started?

This is a very inexpensive business to start. You can begin by creating a flier to be placed at marinas or boat clubs. Once you start getting a few clients, offer a referral bonus for referrals for other boat cleaning business or boat painting business.

You can typically earn $20-$40 per hour cleaning boats and the costs of doing business are not very high.

If you are not a certified scuba diver or experienced cleaning boats underwater, you can subcontract this work and outsource underwater boat cleaning. This will allow you to split the income without doing any work on the underwater boat cleaning.

Graffiti removal companies typically use a combination of power washing, sand blasting, and chemical removers to remove graffiti on the external or internal surfaces of a buiness. In your role as a graffiti removal specialist, you will provide these services to anyone who has experienced graffiti on their property. You can also offer to paint or apply special surfaces which make graffiti removal easier in the future.

Fortunately, learning the graffiti removal service is easy and just requires on-the-job training, versus a special education, certification, or technical understanding of graffiti removal. Really, the market is unlimited and in most cities, untapped. There is a large potential for upside growth in this graffiti removal business.

Graffiti removal services can be marketed to all sorts of businesses, government institutions (such as schools, hospitals, and libraries), homeowners, and just about anywhere which has a graffiti problem.

How do I get started?

Most graffiti removal services use a portable power washer and a mixture of paint removing chemicals. Some still use a sandblaster, but due to damage the sandblaster can cause, a lot of graffiti removal companies have stopped using them.

If you are low on startup cash, a portable power washer can be rented at several different equipment rental firms, reducing your total capital expenditure. Most power washers can be hauled on a trailer or even in the bed of a truck, making the portability of the graffiti removal service attractive. This is truly a homebased business where you are not required to maintain an office location.