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I did an entire automatic bay done with Line X. One of the worst mistakes I ever made. I sprayed it white and it is hard to clean and for some reason will grow moss and algea at a fast rate. I would not recommend that anyone do this.

I have a friend with a Ford Edge and he really likes it. If you can get the Edge with the new ecoboost turbo engine I think you would have great gas mileage and lots of power.

I just updated my last wash with some fixtures I got from Kleenrite. I tried a 4 foot 2 light waterproof fixture using T5s from Kleenrite as well as the 8 foot- 4 bulb units. 2 of the 8 foot T5 fixtures will light up a SS bay like a operating room. If you go with 4 of the 4 foot T5s I am sure...

Why wait until May. The national convenience store convention is in Febuary and most of the car wash companies are in attendance. I am thinking of going just to get out of all this snow and cold.

I have painted some IBA bays in the past with paint that turned out OK. The most important thing is to get the block sealed with a block sealer before paint ever sees it. The block should cure for at least 28 days to let all the moisture get out of the mortar and block. I used a swimming pool...

Do you have a exposed metal roof now with no insulation? On my IBAs with metal roofs I sprayed them with 4 to 6 inches of expanding foam insulation. Then they were painted with a heavy duty white mobile home roof paint.

You can buy a tester for glycol to see what freeze point it has. It is just like the ethyl glycol units that test your car antifreeze. Just be sure you get one for the type of glycol you are using. The testers are usually under $20. RV antifreeze is usually a 50/50 mixture good to -50 F.

I just use a plastic siphon pump and transfer it to 5 or 15 gallon containers that are easy to lift.

I have tried several different brands of electric door openers over the years. All of them that get mounted in the bay are subject to early failure even if they are so called carwash door openers. The best way to use a electric opener is to mount it remotely in an adjacent equipment room. This...

Tonight on a show called Behind the Counter on CNbc a segment was dedicated to the Mr clean Car Wash franchise. It painted a rosie picture of getting into the car wash or dry cleaning business based on using P&G franchise system. They claimed that operating expenses for a carwash is only 6% of...

There are time delay amplifiers availible for the carlo galvazzi photo eyes that Ryko uses. I have added these in the past to eliminate door problems. I would start with one of them and see if it takes care of the problem. It is a plug and play replacment for the regular amplifier. It has an...

Model is called EGJ. I installed 4 of them this year and so far they have worked without a problem.

Putting the operators in the equipment room is the best way to go. By the coupler you should have a bearing plate on each side to support it. I have one location that has been running this way for 17 years with very few problems. If you can't put them in the equipment room and need an electric...

I have had this happen to me in years past. I now carry a spare fan. In a pinch I have adapted similar heater type of fans to work. The fan has to provide enough vacuum to trigger a vacuum switch up by the burner. Most heating supply houses will carry a variety of fans that turn at a similar...

I still have one of the Ryko Monarchs and it has a electric solenoid dump valve. I have never had a problem with it in 8 yeas of use. It opens up after each wash and drains the manifolds after the wash portion of the wash. I have not looked at them in a long but I would guess that they are a...

I was also discussing better ways for weep systems with Randy over the weekend. I have one location that has a closed loop system for weep. All the SS bays drained back to a small tank in the equipment room that had a pump and water heater to heat the water. It had systems built in that would...

Randy is the way to go. great service and he never over sells you stuff you don't need.

Have they ever worked correctly or is this a brand new installation? Wiring the doors is probably the most complicated part of wiring the ryko system. I would guess that it is not wired correctly if it is a brand new install. Make sure the exit photo eye is working correctly. If it is not...

I use steamers and extractors and I love both but I think a extractor would come before my steamers.

I guess it is a touchless automatic. What brand? A touchless auto will normally use between 50 to 100 gallons of water per wash depending on brand and features. I think 75 is a good average number. Industry averages say 1000 to 1500 auto washes per month average. If it was average at about 1250...