Self server air dryers

[cleaning up mud]

Has anyone added handheld dryers inbay and does anyone use them?

 

[DiamondWash]

I have installed 3 Air Logic handheld dryers and they get used every day BUT you have to use a quality drying agent or clearcoat for them to be fully effective, too many times I have visited other washes and the owners skimp on the wax or clearcoat function so then the water doesn't move when using the dryer making it worthless to the customer hense never wanting to use them again.

 

[Officer]

We added the Air Shammees and love them.

 

[Damoni88]

Does anyone have the issue of people using them like a blower to blow out trash and leaves from the back of a truck?

 

[Officer]

I’ve never experienced that problem.

 

[MEP001]

Does anyone have the issue of people using them like a blower to blow out trash and leaves from the back of a truck?

I would think if they're going to do that anyway the high pressure spray would be more effective.

 

[OurTown]

Has anyone added handheld dryers inbay and does anyone use them?

We installed a three phase Air Shammee in our busiest bay and it gets used about the same as the foam brush in that bay. We have hour meters on it and each bay's foam brush. The plan is to install them in the other two bays so it's possible that the usage might get spread out some.

 

[OurTown]

Does anyone have the issue of people using them like a blower to blow out trash and leaves from the back of a truck?

I have yet to see that and agree with Mep that they would probably use the wand.

 

[wyatt]

I've had a lot of success with them. The only problems I've run into are if you have booms, the hose can break at the 90 degree angle (only happens 1-2x per year). And also the fact of just adding an extra boom, careless people will tangle them up.

I've seen some car washes not use booms and just pile up extra hose on the ground but IMO it looks better and functions slightly better with the boom.

 

[Damoni88]

I would think if they're going to do that anyway the high pressure spray would be more effective.

Just was asking cause i do have people use the spray wand and if i see them about to do it i will tell them THEY CAN'T.

 

[Earl Weiss]

Does anyone have the issue of people using them like a blower to blow out trash and leaves from the back of a truck?

If they don't use the Blower they will use the HP or the FB as a Broom.

 

[Earl Weiss]

I've had a lot of success with them. The only problems I've run into are if you have booms, the hose can break at the 90 degree angle

Did you add the 90 degree angle to the Boom. We did that and also attach hose via a vac cuff to the boom.

 

[wyatt]

Did you add the 90 degree angle to the Boom. We did that and also attach hose via a vac cuff to the boom.

Can you send me a picture or part number??

 

[Earl Weiss]

2 Inch Stainless Steel Boom Pipe | LU Series | 60.314 | Mosmatic

Mosmatic's 60.314 LU Series Air System Boom Pipe is made with stainless-steel designed with a 90 degree angle and is made with stainless steel.

www.kleen-ritecorp.com

 

[DiamondWash]

$71 for that elbow!!! it would be cheaper to have a welder come out and weld a stainless steel elbow on permanently.

 

[MEP001]

I've seen where someone used a swivel splicer. They're $3.45

Double Vac Cuff - 2" Hose x 2" Hose | Kleen-Rite

Gray 2" plastic double vac cuff helps keep your vacuum hose tangle-free. Get it at the best low price at Kleen-Rite!

www.kleen-ritecorp.com

 

[Earl Weiss]

I've seen where someone used a swivel splicer. They're $3.45

Double Vac Cuff - 2" Hose x 2" Hose | Kleen-Rite

Gray 2" plastic double vac cuff helps keep your vacuum hose tangle-free. Get it at the best low price at Kleen-Rite!

www.kleen-ritecorp.com

Not sure I get that . I use a regular 2" Cuff, not hose to hose. One end - non threaded end goes over the pipe / end of the elbow and the hose screws into the other end like it would normally - except when it gets warm and air is hotter the hose gets soft and comes out easily. A little duct tape solved that. the 90 degree elbow bend so hose is pointing down takes strain off the hose.

 

[MEP001]

The ones I saw it on had a short piece of hose coming out of the unit mounted above the boom, then the swivel, then the hose through the boom was screwed into that and was flexed 90° below the cuff.

 

[Mchas]

My inexpensive solution to the 90 degree hose rubbing problem:

Fernco 2 in. x 2 in. PVC DWV 90-Degree Mechanical Flexible Elbow PQL-200 - The Home Depot

The stainless-steel clamps that come with the Fernco 2 in. x 2 in. PVC DWV 90° Mechanical Flexible Elbow help make installing this fitting easy. Use the fitting with cast iron, steel, plastic, copper and lead piping. Connection type is mechanical.

www.homedepot.com

Buy those and cut the wide parts off each end. Once you do that they will fit snugly over the metal boom (and use one of the provided clamps to secure it. Then you want a swivel cuff to attach the hose so it will rotate freely. For that, you can use this:

Two-Piece Vac Swivel Cuff 2" Hose x 2" Nozzle | Kleen-Rite

Gray plastic two-piece vac swivel cuff helps keep your vacuum hose tangle-free. Get it at the best low price at Kleen-Rite!

www.kleen-ritecorp.com

Then to attach this to the rubber 90 degree elbow, just cut a piece of 2" ABS or PVC pipe and put it between the 90 degree elbow and this swivel cuff, using the clamps to hold it in place.

In other words, like this: boom -> 90 degree elbow -> short piece of ABS/PVC pipe -> swivel cuff -> hose

< $15 per boom and helps a ton.

 

[Bandit]

Has anyone added handheld dryers inbay and does anyone use them?

We just did this week and I will tell you how it goes. I have heard positive reviews on this message board about dryers.