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Most of the industry magazines do yearly surveys on this and publish them yearly. Auto Laundry News, Professional car wash and edtail etc.

I do not pretend to think I can create a perfect sign that can be understood by all. I leave that to the RRs of the world.

I have been doing this promo for over 2 years now and it is only about the third call I have had about the vac tokens. I do advertise on the radio about the free vacs and from a follow up conversation with him that is where he heard about the free vac token. Like Paul says if you only have 3...

I got a call yesterday about my vac tokens and free vacs. He left the following message " I am down here at your wash and I just got a automatic wash wash and I can't see how I am supposed to get a free vacuum. Maybe you need to put up some signs that let people know how to get a free vacuum...

If you have a employee have them park in front of the bay and you park in back of the bay so they can't get out. TIme how long they sat in the bay without paying and then when they want to leave say sure, you only have to wait XX time for me like I had to wait for you. It won't get them out of...

Get the 54 watt HO ballasts. Since they are electronic you can use a lower watt bulb in them if you decide. Try to get 5000 to 6000 K on the color.

You can buy a product called "Blend" from KR which is a pure surfactant made by Simoniz and is similar to the Blendco product for around $100.

I saw a little more coverage on this on Fox business today. They expanded by saying that at the current time it will only work on white vehicles since it dries to a opaque color and could not be used on darker cars etc. One trend I see in my area that is nice is that black colored vehicles with...

I was just checking out Autoblog and they had a article on Nissan introducing a new self cleaning paint using nano technology. If it turns out to be marketable what will it do to the car wash industry?

I enjoyed reading Kate Carr's review of the recent ICA show. I did not attend this last one but it sounds like it was pretty much like the previous one. Very little offered for the SS operator. This year they at least had one open meeting for SS operators but it was on the morning of the last...

I just found the second issue of the new SSCWN in my mail box. Looks like a good long read is in order and it has a recap of the ICA show that I missed. Plus it has the new Kleenrite catalog with it just like the old days.

Most wheel damage is done by running into curbs. Curbs leave a rough scratch with many small scratches. A guide rail will not leave a series of scratches in the wheel but may rub off paint etc. in a very smooth manner. Most claims I ever saw when I had rails showed signs of curb rash and not a...

My local Key Bank likes me to bring them cash. They say it saves them money when they do not have to get it from the Feds. If they do start to charge I will take them to my other local bank. Key Bank here takes my quarters in bags in $500 or $1000 dollar increments for no charge.

I have used a scan coin 303 for 20 years and never had a problem with it. It separates coins and is portable.

i was wondering how the show was attended. After the last years show when the ICA basically told SS operators that they were not important anymore by offering nothing for us I decided I would no longer attend. Then going to Chicago just reinforced my decision. So was attendance up or down.

I had a company in Texas make me custom made decals for my coin box face plates for about $25 each. Not to bad to replace them at that.

If you are having flojet problems like this you might be getting water in the air lines. Flojets do not like moisture in the air lines. How long since you drained your air compressor?

I currently have 4 locations and have found the following things help in running multiple sites. As much as I can I try to keep all equipment at each location the same. IBA and SS systems all tend to be the same so that when I train at one site it is applicable to all the other sites as I...

I like the priority mail boxes also. I can send stuff in one of them to my son who is in the Navy all the way to SOuth AMerica for the same rate. I wish companies would use it more often on products.

One additional thing you can try is to unhook the incoming solution line that goes to the flojet pump and then activate the foam brush. You should hear the pump rapidly pumping if the pump is still good. If it does try to pump you have a plugged fluid line between the pump and the solution tank...