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  1. Alpine Dreams

    I want to hear your stories

    The same reason I don't have a job involving lots of interactions with people today - I'm not good at it. It manifests itself in several ways. Sometimes I'm rude. Sometimes I'm aggressive. It drains every ounce of my energy to speak with people so I avoid it. After I am rude or aggressive, I...
  2. Alpine Dreams

    I want to hear your stories

    At 15, my second job was working at the largest car wash in town. I was fired after a few weeks. As I was leaving after being fired, one of the managers pulled me aside and said that I was the most detail-oriented detailer he had seen in his 20 years there. So I started working for myself...
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    ATTN: All Forum Users...

    New layout looks great! I really love the graphic on the top.
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    Cheap in Texas

    My guess would be that in the south we don't have to worry about heated floors and other cold weather protections like that. This winter, I ran the weapers for only 3 nights and we don't even use any anti-freezing agent in the lines I'm 45 minutes from Texas and 45 minutes from the Gulf of...
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    Vaccums and prices.

    This is my perception as well. I see a lot of my customers get frustrated at the beeping every few minutes in my bays. I'm tempted to make my startup price 4 or 5 dollars and give them 10 minutes. The people who want to spray oil out of their beds or clean a greasy piece of equipment may go...
  6. Alpine Dreams

    Pressure tips ??? pressure problems

    I purchased a 1506 tip to try your method after seeing you mention it a few times. I like your concept. Hope my 1506 isn't much different from your 1505.
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    Problem with microfiber towels getting stuck inside Laurel Vending - single column

    Take them out of the bags. You will just be picking them up off the ground later anyways.
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    Vac hose cuff vs swivel

    I was able to bend the round end of the claw end into itself, feed it into the cuff and then use the handle of a screwdriver to make it round again. I tried to repeat this at my cousin's wash and we weren't able to repeat it. I'm not sure if it was because my cuff/claw were brand new at the time...
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    Floss Pick in Coin Mech compartment.

    I've seen a lot of this and I've even tried to duplicate the process myself after reading about it in the archives on this site. It's possible on 4 of my vacuums, but it takes a long time. I don't see it as something that makes me want to change coin acceptors. If someone wants to spend 10...
  10. Alpine Dreams

    Is there a way to...

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    Is there a way to...

    :confused: I get what you're saying, though. After Soapy wrote how he would gauge pressure at the tip, I instantly thought how I would not like that done at my car wash by another operator. I can imagine how they would feel seeing me do that. My family owns 3 of the 6 self serve washes left in...
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    Is there a way to...

    I'll take one this evening when I do my nightly run.
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    Is there a way to...

    You would be correct. I am a manager. I didn't know what would be required to gauge the pressure at the tip for my spreadsheet. I was hoping there would be a similar way to gauge it like the vacuum suction gauges. I agree. I'm not sure I will be proceeding with this metric for my...
  14. Alpine Dreams

    Is there a way to...

    Is there a way to gauge the amount of pressure coming from the tip of a spray gun? I'm aware that there are vacuum cleaner suction gauges. I was wondering if spray guns have a similar gauge for it. I'm a little weird. I have a large spreadsheet comparing all of the self serves in town. It lists...
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