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Since I know my competition follows this forum I am not going to say exactly what I use.

Presoak for a double pass about .25 cents per car.

I also use dual tip injectors. I use the Kleenrite version of Blendco system. I use a powder mixed in one barrel and a liquid surfactant/booster from another barrel. I use flow meters to control the flow of each rather than tips in the injectors. I can see how much flow of each chemical I am...

I do not usually use correct powder as my IBA presoak.

There is no one answer for touchless. Every region of the country has different challenges. You might have to try several before you find one that really works for your soils. Blendco is good but expensive if you don't have direct pricing. Different times of the year will also change what...

If you ordered at the show they would give you free shipping on most things.

Installs for me in the past generally go like this. Machine hits your property you need a bank draft to pay for the machine. To remove a old machine and keep it functional for resale runs $5000, if just a tear out they do it for free and keep the old machine for parts that they can resell. 1 to...

I was at the JE adams booth just passing by and heard a operator talking about this same thing. Not sure who the operator was but basically he got the same response as described above. I also know a operator who bought several of these combo units and had nothing but problems. He eventually...

The brush is plenty robust, I think the aluminum handle would break before the tire brush assembly. I thought about a tire brush alone but figured people would just try to use it for free.

Erie brush told me it would cost them $100,000 to recast a new head for a dual brush, Universal said $30,000 to recast, so both showed no interest. Kleenrite and Etowah valley showed interest and might be working on their own version soon. Having the 2 brushes coming off one handle seemed to be...

I played around with it a little today and I think it will be best to just have the foam come out of the hogs hair brush. A sign instructing them to soap up the tire and wheel with the hair side and scrub wheel with wheel brush. I had lots of foam coming out of both but it will be easy to block...

It is coming up for me when I pull up the thread.

I had this idea at the ICA show. This is a rough mockup of a dual head foam brush. One side is regular hogs hair and the other a small tire and wheel brush for extra scrubbing power and to get into tight places on the wheels. To make it I used 1 - 1/2 T , 2- 1/2 threaded nipples, and 1- 1/2 inch...

I have been back from the WCA/ICA show for a couple of days and here are my observations and report. For those running Crypto pay they introduced a new card reader system that will now be able to count quarters deposited in each bay. It also will have a capability to offer certain software to...

The new IBA that uses ultrasonic waves to clean a car without water or soap was pretty interesting. Operational cost of .05 cents per car. OK ..... just pulling your leg

I know of one operator who offered hand applied tire shine after the wash. People would drive around to the entrance and pay $2 to have it applied by on site attendant. Operator claimed it made good money. I just use coin operated after the IBA. They can use free vac token for vac or tire shine.

I think we are trying to go to the steakhouse in circus circus. Pat got delayed on flights and will be a little late. If I hear anything I will post it here

Pat, I might be able to make the Monday dinner. What time and place have you guys decided on? I just got a room at the westgate connected to the convention center for $40 a night.

I have been buying 99 % of my parts and chemicals from Kleenrite for 25 years. They have always been great to work with and always addressed the very few problems I ever had. I get most of the major equipment from the major car wash mfg. They are usually the best priced parts supplier and you...

I just converted a couple of dozen 42 watt cfl bulbs over to 38 watt leds with 5000k color. 35,000 hours bulb life and 4000 lumens per bulb. I took out the ballasts and used a small pigtail light socket. FEIT electric bulbs were $39.95 each at Home Depot. Pig tail $2. These are cob style bulbs...