The Importance of Preventive Maintenance An Ounce of Prevention Equals a Pound of Cure “Up time” of a car wash and car wash equipment plays a key role in acquiring and keeping customers as well as minimizing expenses. Regular Preventive Maintenance (PM) plays a key role in the up time of any self serve, automatic […]
Through careful planning, you can improve your business during slow months It’s inevitable. Weather drives car wash demand and the summer months are slow in many parts of the country. Regardless of whether it’s during the summer, or some other time of year, there are seasonal changes in demand at most car wash facilities. The […]
June Product Spotlight – Blendco Wall Brite Wall Cleaner Blendco’s new Wall Brite Formula is a super strong acid blend designed to clean glazed ceramic tile, painted and protected brick and cinder block and FRP walls and surfaces. Compare to advertise non-HF wall cleaners Priced economically and available in 6 gallon pails and 30 gallon […]
How to Prepare Your Wash for the Winter Preparing Your Wash for Winter Operations: Fall is in the air. YIKES! Just yesterday it was hot! We all had good intentions this year…get out in front of the cold blast, but other things came up. Car wash operators are notorious for forgetting the nagging winter issues […]
A Lesson on Spot Free Water using Reverse Osmosis The separation of dissolved solids and water using Reverse Osmosis membranes is a pressure driven temperature dependent process. The membrane material is designed to be as permeable to water as possible, while maintaining the ability to reject dissolved solids. Reverse Osmosis systems utilize semi-permeable membrane elements […]
Part 1 – Preventative Car Wash Maintenance for Winter As an operator of a car wash, planning for winter can be overwhelming because of the many issues that need to be addressed. The best way to tackle all the items is to develop a plan of attack. Many operators “claim” they have a winter preparations […]
How do you get the driest car ever? Do you use more chemical? Change chemical? Move the dryers closer to the last liquid arch or closer? The ultimate answer may be a story of less is more. Everyone knows that a drying agent is the key to drying a car in a tunnel or an […]
It is mid-August, our first snow in Colorado is just 60+ days away! With WINTER on its way, now is the time to make sure your wash is ready to maximize the wash season. With this change in weather comes a need to have your car wash doors and bay heaters or boilers running in […]
HOW TO EVALUATE YOUR WASH QUALITY: In our opinion, every supplier of chemicals should provide a written evaluation report that tells you what your chemical usage, costs, strengths and cost percentages are for your wash? So ask yourself this question … do they? Many chemical companies simply install their detergents and tell you — you […]
One of the most significant expenses of operating any car wash, whether you own a self serve, automatic or tunnel car wash, is water. There are several key things that an operator can do to minimize water waste. For tunnels, reclaim systems can offer a significant impact to water usage. Reclaimed water can be […]