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  1. soapy

    Ryko Signature Series

    Sounds like you might have some algea clogging the intake. On the front of the system you have the air side with a pressure gauge and the liquid side with a pressure gauge. YOu should run the pressure side higher than the air side. I would start with liquid side being about 20 psi higher and...
  2. soapy

    Looking for a car wash that has a....

    I have 2 washes that my city required from a 5 to 30 foot wide strip of grass along with trees to be planted around the edges of property. I bought Honda lawn mowers 25 years ago and cut all the grass myself since I was not going to the $50 to $100 per week fee that a landscaper charges to mow...
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    Who’s installing Ceramic Coatings?

    I found a guy on you tube Scott HD who does a pretty good job of test all the different ceramic coating from the pro stuff to the basic spray on stuff. He puts many examples on car hood and tests the hoods monthly and shows which ones actually hold up best. It is worth checking out his videos...
  4. soapy

    Pit-y the fool

    EPA has ruled that it is not hazardous when dried. They use a paint filter test. If it were me starting out I would get a Handiclam, which is a clam shell shovel that makes digging pits much easier. I would just do a few scoops each day and keep the pits managalbe. You can put the wet dirt on...
  5. soapy

    Where are you located and what is your start-up price/minutes?

    Idaho $3 for 3 and 1/2 minutes in the bays, $1 4minutes vacs.
  6. soapy

    Courtesy Towel Station & other free offer ideas

    MY prescrub buckets are 15 gallon chemical barrels that I cut the top off. If you use a grit guard in the bottom of the buckets that will keep accumulated grit off the brush between bucket fills. I use wheel wizard brushes and I brand the handle and brush with my wash name so I loose very few...
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    Courtesy Towel Station & other free offer ideas

    I have been doing the free towels for 27 years with good luck. I use stainless steel bins I had custom made for the dry and wet towel collection. Big investment up front but always looks new. I started with Sams club towels and now switched over to the cheap .31 cent microfiber towels from...
  8. soapy

    Batch errors

    mine is tsys also.
  9. soapy

    Batch errors

    I have not had any on my Hamiltons in the last few months. What processor are you using?
  10. soapy

    New Vendor

    31 inches wide by 34.5 inches high. The cost with mars coin and bill acceptor was about $3200 plus freight. A little cheaper than KR had it for.
  11. soapy

    New Vendor

    I am sure it is a Raddatz vendor. I have had a couple of their units at other locations and had good luck with them,
  12. soapy

    Premier Dryers option Air Knife or Elephant Ears

    I had 3 overhead fans that I kept using and added the Mammoth to get the lower portion of the car and front better. I think the flip feature can be controlled by a timer, Plc or a photo eye. I have not added the flip to mine yet
  13. soapy

    New Vendor

    I have a old Shurevend that had given up the ghost and I was tired of putting money into it. Trouble is I built it into the wash and did not want to tear out the wall to remove it. I replaced it with this Quikvend unit form Etowah Valley Equipment. Modified the old door to accept the Quikvend...
  14. soapy

    Anyone Install a conversion for a vacuum to Air Machine & Tire Shine ???

    Woule a braided stainless steel hose help with the theft problem?
  15. soapy

    Premier Dryers option Air Knife or Elephant Ears

    I added the Sonnys Mammoth side dryers at one location a few years back and have been very happy with them. They now have the optional flip feature to help dry the backs of cars as well.
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    Anyone Install a conversion for a vacuum to Air Machine & Tire Shine ???

    I have installed one of the tire shine machines and then I made 3 tire shine conversions my self for other locations. It is pretty easy conversion and you use your existing coin mech and timer. I modified the hose setup to use a coiled hose and mini boom so the hose was not get dragged around on...
  17. soapy

    Anybody ever added a bay on the end?

    My bay for 30K was for a automatic and it took very little time to pay off the expense of adding the bay for my application.
  18. soapy

    Etawah Valley Sales

    I have never had a problem with Jim or his help. They have always taken care of any issues I have ever had.
  19. soapy

    Anybody ever added a bay on the end?

    I added one bay on the end of a existing wash about 12 years ago. I was basically able to just build the 2 front and back walls and one side wall. I had a engineering firm draw up the plans so I could tie the walls into the existing structure. All my bays have a oil trap and a mud trap built...
  20. soapy

    Getting white marks off a red Expedition

    I would get some meguiars or similar polishing compound from your local auto parts store. Scratch X or similar would work. Use a micro fiber towel and a micro fiber towel and polish it out.
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