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  1. J

    Need to find a wheel & tire cleaner

    I use Kaady's TWB. It works great.
  2. J

    Cleaning bay walls

    I've used some stuff in the past from Arcadia but I think it's HF so I stopped using it. The stuff worked great though. Just to dangerous.
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    Credit card or Bill acceptors

    Earl I changed over to Coinco's new acceptor and it has been working great for nearly a year. No more break downs when the acceptor gets wet and no bill stringing problems at all. I was just having to much problems with my Mars units not working when they got wet.
  4. J

    Switchover

    Bubbles are you having any problems getting $1 coins from the bank to fill your changers? I've wanted to do this too but I've heard from some that it's hard to get a steady/consistant stream of $1 coins from their banks.
  5. J

    Label Source for Meter Box

    I had mine custom designed by D & S and they still look good after 6 yrs.
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    Credit card or Bill acceptors

    I installed 2 bill acceptor boxes in 2 bays from Jim at Etawah several years ago for around $650 per box and they have worked out great. I installed them up against my old D & S small coin boxes. I secured and wired both the coin and bill boxes together. There was 2 reasons I wanted to have a...
  7. J

    Signage? Less is more?

    I did the same thing a while back. I made sure that my instructional signs were bilingual. After 32 years in the business I posted for the first time caution signs about the floor may be slippery or icy when wet and high pressure guns, use at there own risk. Also that the bubble brushes do...
  8. J

    Credit card or Bill acceptors

    I also have both in my bays and I have to agree that the bill acceptors get used more often. But your car wash location might also dictate which to have for safety. With the bill acceptors you can add Bonus Time and not have to worry about getting charge by the credit card companies for giving...
  9. J

    Tri Foam For Self Serve Bays

    I have tri foam units (D & S) and if I had to do it over I would have added dryers in the bays. I already have credit cards and bill/bonus time acceptors and they work great. Before adding tri foam I would add either credit cards, bill acceptors in bays with bonus time or dryers in bays.
  10. J

    Cold snap thinking about closing

    Just make sure that you pour a lot of salt all over the bays and property. No matter how well your underground heat is working water will freeze. You don't want someone slipping for the few bucks you'll receive.
  11. J

    Desperate Times Call for Depserate measures

    I used to do that in the 70-80's. I had a $2.95 exterior only sign we use to put out by the road on overcast days. We would have 20-40 cars buy it but I always wondered how many would have come in anyway at the regular $6.95 full service price. Today if I tried it the "code enforcement" guy for...
  12. J

    Help-DRB tunnel watch won't turn on

    Thanks Bob for the reply. We seem to think it was the memory slot not working. We put the ram into another slot and it started working.
  13. J

    Help-DRB tunnel watch won't turn on

    This morning we turn on the DRB all it does is keep beeping. The monitor won't turn on either. Any suggestions?
  14. J

    stringing alert-central fl-27

    You guys need to check http://www.etowahvalleyequip.com/ for Jims stringer adapter.
  15. J

    Industry Grade Card

    Tommy and Kenny at Digicapture gets an AAA+ rating. These guys have helped me not only with my cameras but mostly with my computer problems so many times I can't even count over the years. He's not a company but I have to add Earl for spending the time to help answer questions and give advise on...
  16. J

    WCA Report

    For me the number one reason I do not go to the shows every year is the cost to get in. I think the shows should not charge to get into the floor exhibits. They can charge for the morning meetings or because the cost of association membership is high enough as it is maybe they can offer free...
  17. J

    another stupid question from Jimmy

    Check where you screw in the swivel. It may have a small crack.
  18. J

    What size High Pressue Hose do you use in the bay?

    I put a 3 ft. spiral plastic wrap around the curve of the hose where it drags along the ground.
  19. J

    What size High Pressue Hose do you use in the bay?

    Last month I had another lady that was holding the gun in her hand when she deposited her money. The hose had a break by the gun so she threw the gun so she wouldn't get wet. The gun came back and busted her in the mouth and hit her Escalade. The car was alright but she needed new bridgework for...
  20. J

    Price Rise With Cost Rise ?

    Bill I agree with you but I do have to say that since I put in the LED coin boxes(1990's) with last coin alert I believe that my income per bay started dropping and the complaints rose. There are many reasons why but I do think the boxes didn't help.
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