He will probably go broke as fuel polishing is a treatment to a symptom
of a tank that needs cleaning, as polishing the fluid in a dirty tank
doesnt remove the problem but only the symptoms. Since his 'polishing'
service wont solve the problem but only temporarily remove the
symptoms, the 'call back' and customer complaints are going be costly.
Recirculation polishing will only reduce the 'background' particles
from the fluid and wont do anything for the source of the particles
that are growing/agglomerating on the tank walls, etc. ... that will
immediately be available to recontaminate and issue particles to the
fluid. What he needs to better consider is a tank 'cleaning' service
.... where polishing is used to remediate what the cleaning doesnt
remove.

Commercial filter polishing is a learned 'art form' and will require a
bit of lab equipment to verify/validate the removal - otherwise like
posted above, its may be quite costly to serve all the 'call-back', and
unhappy customers.








In article , Gordon
wrote:

My neighbor, who is a bit of an entrepreneur, had dirty fuel problems
in a cruising sailboat. When he tried to find a service to polish his
fuel, there wasn't one.
So his idea is to start such a service. Finding a serviceable old
bowpicker or such with deck space for barrels, hoses, spill gear, etc
and traveling marina to marina with pre publicity to service all those
pleasure boats that feel they may have a need.
So, is this feasible? Enough customers for a reasonable income? What
would customers be willing to pay? Bill by minimum charge and then by
the gallon or poundage on top of that?

If you feel this is spam don't bother answering. Just plonk me! It's
not spam, it's just looking for help to maybe set up a service you may
someday want.
Thanks
Gordon