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  1. soapy

    Seal coating the lot

    The old type of sealers that worked well had to many VOC to be used now.
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    Seal coating the lot

    Now why would I be tired of winter?
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    'The Prospector" vac clean out bin~~~ ****reviews?****

    I have the regular non sifting style in many of my vacs. I generally like them but recently found a drawback to them. I must have pissed someone off because a person went around to my location and filled all vacuums with shredded paper confetti, about a full trash barrel each. In one of the vacs...
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    Bill Changer freezing up

    I installed a small cube heater in all of my Hamiltons. I run a separate power line into the back of the box.
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    Cobra Hockey Puck Locks Shroud/Ra-Lock

    All my shrouds were made for me by a local metal fab shop using stainless steel pipe.
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    KR- Excessive Shipping Charges

    I just used some of my KR points for free shipping
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    Bad juju, or how a simple problem turns into an expensive disaster

    It is always a different perspective when it is your money as owner on the line. Keep plugging away.
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    Whale a Wash Unique Damage Yesterday (Sunday)!?

    Very poor design. Our building codes do not allow a single wall that is not tied in another wall. I have built 3 concrete block car washes. Bond beams with rebar every 4 feet horizontal and bond beam every 5th course vertical. Various size rebar according to engineer. My last 4 ss bay and 2 auto...
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    Best way to heat overhead trough

    I use Raytheon winter guard wet self regulating heat cable. 25 years no problems. It has extra layer of insulation.
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    UPS Rate increase for heavy boxes

    I thought I heard on a press release that both UPS and Fedx were going up.
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    Unrealistic asking prices

    Remember to include all the hookup fees like water, sewer, building permit, engineered plans for building and lots. In many places this can run hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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    softgloss shuts down at back of bay after applying trifoam.

    The Mercury switches always gave me fits until I switched over to using a pressure pad in place of the hinged setup. Go through and check all the wire connections especially where there are any splices.
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    BEST Triple Foam Wax

    I use Blue Coral. I have tried KR and some other brands but they are not as concentrated and I ended up using more to get the same effect.
  14. soapy

    Cheap tokens

    Pat is correct.on Hoffman selling to American. I usually but 10K per year to get the break in quantity price and the 5%.
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    Cheap tokens

    I think American changer bought out Van Brooke. Ask for a show special around the time of a car wash show and get an extra 5%. Dottie is who I talk to also.
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    All my car wash wants for Christmas is ____________________________

    Fewer car wash criminals for all.
  17. soapy

    Ultimate poly doors.

    You can have a local garage door shop convert over to cables with cams if you can't find belts. I think they are about 1/2 inch belt and a search on the internet should find something similar.
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    Erie synthetic foam brush

    Bristles do look a bit like a corn broom but are soft and will do no damage. Most people today do not even know what a corn broom is.
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    Erie synthetic foam brush

    I finally received some of the Erie aluminum head synthetic foam brush heads part 213801. Kleenrite picture shows something close to Nogs hair but is actually a light brown bristle. NOt as soft as NOgs hair or hogs hair but softer than a nylon brush. Material is somewhere in between. Bristle are...
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    25+???

    I barely hit 25 this year and I am still a newbie. When I need help I turn up the hearing aids of Pat and Randy. Once they get rolling the knowledge just flows, buy them a steak dinner if you want good info.
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