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Do not forget to mention the 2 to 3 minutes it takes to rinse the product at almost no cost at all. This would go to the profitablity of the product. The product would be applied after the car was washed and rinsed so you are not aonly selling application time but also rinse time with the...

BMW currently offers this paint finish on some models. MB will be offering on their new entry level cars marketed to the younger crowds. Hyundai can't make enough of the youth model car that is offering this paint. I also do not care for it as a paint finish.

I was reading a car magazine today and they were talking about the surging demand for new cars with Matt finish paint jobs. They explained that to properly take care of this type of paint it should not be rubbed. It explained that the best way to wash this type of paint is to go the a spray wand...

The car hoods I touched were very silky smooth but it is hard to tell without first feeling it before an application. In Simoniz application they use actual carnuba wax mixed with some other polymers to create a lasting finish. Zep who now owns both Blue Coral and Armor All demonstrated a...

I did some price checking today to see what it might cost to add a hot wax brush system on a 4 bay car wash that has an existing open function on the coin box. A LP system from kleenrite would run $300 per bay not including the tubing from the equipment room to the bay. If you alredy have a...

Applying hot wax by brush would require less product since there would be much less waste compared to the foam curtain in a tunnel. I see people leave the bays all the time with soap still on their car. Yes the wax would have to rinsed off like any other product that is put on that would be part...

While attending the ICA show last week I noticed the latest greatest thing for tunnel washes was the Foaming Hot Wax setups offered by several companies like SImoniz, Blue Coral etc. It is a showy foamy wax that is applied before the last mitter curtail. The wax is applied to the car then...

Can you post pictures of your setup? I could compare it to mine and see if anything is different. On my OHD the soft water pump has 3 large valves. One of the valves is a fresh water that is only turned on during a fresh water rinse cycle or emergency rinse. If this solenoid is not sealing it...

RR is right that you are not really providing anything more with the sheet effect of a hot wax. You can do the same thing with trifaom, rain x etc. It is the visual perception that it creates that is different. On my trifoam application I have colored lights that come on and strobe during the...

The hot carnuba wax application is similar to many other foam sheet units at the show this year. It differs from a Rain X application that is sprayed on. MOst of the new products used a foam generator placed above a long flat sheet of plastic. As the foam hits the plastic it creates a wall of...

I have a tire and wheel prescrub bucket in front of each automatic bay. I use a 15 or 30 gallon bucket with tire cleaner and a small wheel wizard brush on a fiberglass handle. It has a sign by it that says to use only on tires and windsheilds and to limit prep time to 2 minutes. Most people do...

Randy had it right about the STAgraphics, they are the ones who had the face decals. All the suggestions by R bailey have been around a while. I have done all of them except the in bay SS dryer. I was not saying that operators did not get anything from the show but rather most who attended...

Kleenrite has a good video of how to service the cat 310 pump. It shows you exactly what you need and how to do it. In addition to the seal kits be sure to have the cat tool PU33004 spanner wrench for removing the brass valves. You can also go on You tube and see several other companies that...

I did not see any new automatics or SS equipment . The ICA had very little to offer the SS car wash model IMO. They had no classes for the SS side of things. I even talked to one ICA executive who said they were only interested in the Express tunnel model of things right now. I did find one...

Cummins dual pocket for me also.

They always have delivered my pallet orders with a lift gate truck. They set it by the door and I break it down from there.

I have been through the conversion process and also installed new fixtures myself. I would replace each of your current 8 foot fixtures with 1 - T5 2 bulb water tight fixture and do it yourself. If I can install them anyone can. You can buy each fixture for around $100 from Kleenrite or Farm...

I do not provide a sprayer but do provide a bucket n brush and use a small wheel wizard brush. I also use the following signs.

Hamilton Tokenotes... A guy a bought 10 tokenotes from me and is down to his last one and can't get it to work. I go out and say insert it with the black stripe up ( this is the only way they will work). He said " I have never done it that way before and how is he to know that" I point out that...

The business I was referring to was sold in 1993 so things might have changed since then. Another way of covering goodwill would be a contract for consulting fees over a period of time. This would not let you use capital gains however.