Earl Weiss
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Most if not all conveyor operators have had occasion where the customer inspects the vehicle after the wash and finds one or more marks they believe happened in the wash.
Now, it is only natural they did not inspect the vehicle before the wash and it may have been quite a while since they inspected it and the dirt may have hidden the marks.
Those of us in the industry know that certain types of marks are not caused by the conveyor wash process. For example:
A few short marks going across (Side to side) on a small section of the hood, roof or rear deck. No equipment washes only a small portion of the car and the forward motion of the vehicle makes marks directly from side to side impossible.
Another example would be an up and down mark on the small part of a side or front / rear of the car. Once again, nothing does just an isolated part, and the material wheels that do the Vertical surfaces would make horizontal marks along the length.
Similarly a continuous Horizontal mark on a vertical surface would not be made by a wheel spinning at 60 RPM since the offending spot on the wheel would leave intermittent marks as the vehicle moved forward.
So, would a video highlighting how car wash equipment does in fact and does not contact vehicle surfaces help us educate the public who mistakenly believes some mark happened at the wash?
I know, I know, there are some people who will never believe their own eyes, no matter what you show them.
Now, it is only natural they did not inspect the vehicle before the wash and it may have been quite a while since they inspected it and the dirt may have hidden the marks.
Those of us in the industry know that certain types of marks are not caused by the conveyor wash process. For example:
A few short marks going across (Side to side) on a small section of the hood, roof or rear deck. No equipment washes only a small portion of the car and the forward motion of the vehicle makes marks directly from side to side impossible.
Another example would be an up and down mark on the small part of a side or front / rear of the car. Once again, nothing does just an isolated part, and the material wheels that do the Vertical surfaces would make horizontal marks along the length.
Similarly a continuous Horizontal mark on a vertical surface would not be made by a wheel spinning at 60 RPM since the offending spot on the wheel would leave intermittent marks as the vehicle moved forward.
So, would a video highlighting how car wash equipment does in fact and does not contact vehicle surfaces help us educate the public who mistakenly believes some mark happened at the wash?
I know, I know, there are some people who will never believe their own eyes, no matter what you show them.