Don't build your laundry business on your home washer.

$500 a week is 213 pounds of laundry. At home, that's 18 loads and six evenings. On a laundromat floor, it's one afternoon — and the machines aren't yours to replace when they break.

We're Rebecca and Nicholas Gomez.

We're Rebecca and Nicholas Gomez. We own Super Kleen Laundry in Lake City, Michigan — self-serve, wash-dry-fold, delivery, and commercial accounts. Every number on this page comes off our own floor.

At $2.35 a pound, $500 a week is 213 pounds of laundry. Here's where that lands.

On your home washer: 18 loads. Over 32 hours of machine cycle time. About six evenings a week. That's three times a normal household's laundry volume on top of your own — a washer built for ten years of family use has about two and a half years left at that pace. When it quits, your business and your family's clothes stop the same day.

The same 213 pounds on a laundromat floor: four 50-pound washers running at once, a little over an hour of machine time, three and a half hours of folding. One afternoon. No machine to repair, no capex, and the wash costs you around fourteen cents a pound.

The difference isn't effort. It's what limits you.

At home, the machines are your bottleneck. On a commercial floor, your hands are — and hands can be hired.

What you'll learn

How to approach a laundromat owner — what to offer, what a fair wholesale rate looks like, and what makes an owner say yes. Written by one.

What to charge, and why your minimum matters more than your per-pound rate

Your first ten customers, and which sources are worth your time

Your first ten customers, and which sources are worth your time. A finish standard that makes people come back, because a one-time order is close to a wash.

Get the free playbook

The three questions everyone asks:

"Don't I need my own machines to look professional?"

The opposite. Commercial accounts — Airbnb managers, salons, restaurants — won't hand their linens to someone washing in a basement. A commercial facility is what makes you credible.

"Why would a laundromat owner let me use their machines?"

Because their machines sit idle midweek and you're generating revenue with no marketing cost attached. We're an owner. We'll tell you exactly how to ask, and what to say when they hesitate.

"How much time does this actually take?"

Around four hours a week at $500. Most of it is folding, and folding is the same work no matter whose machines you use.

213 lbs

What $500 a week actually is

6 Evenings

Doing it on your home washer

4 Hours

Doing it on a laundromat floor

Inside the playbook

Everything you need to start — without buying a single machine

How to approach a laundromat owner — what to say, what to offer, and what makes an owner say yes. Written by one.
What to charge — your per-pound rate, and the minimum that matters more than the rate does
What it actually costs you — wash, dry, detergent, bags, and the labor minutes that don't scale with weight
Your first ten customers — where they really come from, ranked by what works
A finish standard that brings people back, because a one-time order is barely worth doing

Plus a weekly schedule that's one four-hour session instead of six evenings — because where you wash decides how much of your life this takes.