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The WCA will be holding a car wash tour in the Denver area on August 3rd. It will visit several washes and also the Mark 7 factory. I have been on these types of tours before and have learned a lot from them. They are as instructional as a convention educational session. It is all hands on and I...

Try looking up ring o matic. They make trailer mounted suction sump cleaners that make it much easier. They also make one with a hydraulic clam shell digger that is a little cheaper. Some rental places will rent them to you and you might want to give it a try before you buy one. One of the best...

I always build my washes a little taller than most. I have the equipment room built so that most of the conduits and water pipes are run low on the walls during construction. After the wash is up and running I start to build the second story in my spare time while at the wash. I have built...

I took the etowah valley boxes and added a extra lock bar across front of the locks that etowah valley provides. I had a local metal shop cut and reinforce the slots for the lock bar. The lock bar has to be removed first before any access to the other door locks. I bet Jim could do this for you...

I was reading on autoblog.com tonight that BMW has a new matte finish paint for the 2011 M3. In order to buy the car you have to sign a waiver that says you will never wax, polish or take it through a automatic carwash. Only BMW service centers are allowed to work on it. I hope this is not a...

I would check your front treadle plate switches. If a connection gets wet or the signal to the plc gets interrupted for a split second it will shut down the wash.

I just found another positive incentive. The Energy Policy Act (Epact) has been extended and it offers up to a .60cent per square foot tax advantage for costs associated with updating to new lighting. Your CPA should have the details but it looks like it could ended up being a totally free...

I also live in a cold weather area. The CFL are designed to start at temps to 20 below zero. The LEDS are unaffected by cold.

I recently tried out a new product from detail plus called the clay sponge. You use it just like you would a clay bar on paint. It is only 7.95 and will do 25 to 30 cars. It works as well as a clay bar and is much easier to use and lasts longer.

Check with your electrical utility and see what programs are offered. Today they are putting up some nice looking LED lights above the vac islands. These are the first ones they have put up under the program. The utility also offered 100% financing at 0 % interest over a 5 year period in place...

I had my local electric utility do a lighting audit on some of my locations. They have programs that will replace metal halide lights for more efficient CFLs. They pay 60% of the total cost of the new lights and labor. They also replace all T12 bulbs to the better T8s. In my SS bays I use 2...

Anytime you are threading 2 stainless steel fittings you should use antiseize and go slow. Never use a air gun to tighten a stainless steel bolt and nut.

Do your long flat bars on the grates run across the shortest distance of your pits? This will give you the most strength. ON the pits I have that the flat bars runs the longest distance I also get bending but not on the ones where the grates were cut to cross a shorter distance.

The energizer bunny was arrested last night. He was charged with battery.

On the Jay Leno show tonight he had a segment on dealing with the public and played a cell phone recording left on a answering machine by a customer. It is a pretty funny call by a old man who went on and on about a wash he didn't get. He was parked in front of the wash and would not leave until...

I got 2 more acws converted over to the dixmore displays today. It makes an instant impression and upgrade. In the month since I installed the first one a interesting thing happened. I have 2 IBA exactly alike except for the pay stations. One is a hamilton goldline and one was an older acw 5...

It is a little late but I found some advise on gas odor removal. Use Vinegar or lemone juice mixed with water first to break down the gas smell. The acid in either will work. Extract the solution with an extractor after letting it sit for a few minutes. Next follow with a solution of baking soda...

Red, 2 things. Each state has a minimum height requirement for cars. I once had a kid with a low rider tear his muflers off in a bay that had a 1 1/2 inch high wheel choke. He called the cops and they came over and checked his car height and the height of the wheel choke. It turned out his car...

Dupli color Bed Armor water based system is under $100 for the complete kit and they have a $25 rebate off of that price. In my area they get over $400 for a pickup bed with Line X.