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Detail shop. The SS bays converted to detail bays would be a little tight on space but doable. Does not leave a lot of room for detail equipment in each bay. I would try to keep at least 3 of the SS bays working and start with 3 detail bays . You can always convert more over if you need to...

Clean the photo eyes with some acid and them wipe them off with water. Make sure a cover has not slipped between the path of the photo eyes.

I also use Randy from here on the forum. He also takes care of hamilton stuff.

Companies have always wanted a site draft as sson as the equipment arrives at the site. Most of the time for me I do not have to pay for the labor to install and the final 10% at time of delivery. Each distributor and manufacturer will handle it different.

RRlalena.com has them in bulk. Just got a flyer in the mail from them.

I have read on a couple of car forums that people can no longer get supplies of Mr. Clean home carwash. I think they may have discontinued the product. Has anyone else heard of this? I could no longer find it listed on the Mr. Clean website.

The newspaper did offer 1 free month of advertising but I have declined their offer.

A small newspaper I advertise with made up a ad stating I would give away free carwashes for the month of March. I was never contacted about the ad and never gave any approval for the ad. You can only imagine the problems this caused. The newspaper printed a retraction the following week stating...

I use Zaino AIO wax for a premium hand applied wax. You can only get it over the internet. I like the fact that my customers can't walk into any parts store and buy the same thing. It gives it a premium status when compared to waxes availible at WalMart etc.

I checked with my utility company today and they will pay 50% of the cost to upgrade the lights at my washes. This includes labor cost to replace or retrofit the lights. LEDs are one of the options that I will have. If I did not want the 50% option they will fianance the whole thing at 0% and...

I had to put some of those aluminum sheets down when some of mine were new to get a good reading off the floor.

I have been using the digital thermostats for years on my boilers. Ranco is one brand I use. I get mine at Johnstone supply. They have held up very well.

I did read a article on using newspapers and they say the new inks can bleed onto the glass if you use them.

I was at a carwash show once and tip manufacturer told me that for every 25% increase in water volume you use your impact or impingment as they called it doubles. So essentially a 2506 tip would have to run at 2000 psi to have the same impingment as a 2508 tip running at 1000 psi. I run 1508...

I use what I think is pretty standard in the detail industry for cleaning windows. I use micro fiber towels to clean the windows. I buy several different colors of towels. I pick one color to use on windows only. These towels are never washed with other colored towels used for waxes, interiors...

It is common for the light to blink on the ultrasonic inputs. If you put your ear up close to them you will hear them clicking as they send out signals. All of my Rykos do this and it has no effect on their operation that I have seen.

I installed a GE simon alarm system at my washes. Cost is between $200 to 300 depending on options. You program it to call whateber number you want.

The high impact pump uses more water at a lower pressure but gives a higher impingment on the surface of the car. High impact is the rotary style grundfos pump. The hihg impact pump is also better suited to use with reclaim systems. Where less water per wash is desired the Cat pump is used for...

If you have to buy new lights I would go with some T5 fixtures. I have 2 5 bulb units in the detail bay that I use to buff cars in and they put out a lot of light and are about the cheapest to operate that you can get.

If your wire connections were corroded that could lead to a higher amp draw. I have also seen small particles get lodged in the pump that will cause it to draw excess amps. I have seen several of these pumps start to come apart and small peices of plastic float around inside the pump and jamb it up.