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  1. J

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

    Years ago I had a lady spray herself in the face (I had one swivel on the hose) because she was trying to get the hose untangled. She was not happy. So I put swivels on both ends and the problem was solved.
  2. J

    Foam brush super foamy or watered down?

    Summer time thick foam. Takes longer to rinse off. Winter time runny foam. Don't want the foam to freeze up on the car.
  3. J

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

    15 ft. 1/4 inch wire braid hose with 3/8 inch ends with one end having a hose guard. I use 3/8 inch swivels on both ends.
  4. J

    Coupons for a grand opening handout

    I'm opening up an exterior express next month and am trying to come up with some coupons that I can hand out at the wash. I've had 4-5 other stores in the area that want to hand out our coupons. So if anyone has some good coupons that worked for them I would really appreciate seeing them. I'll...
  5. J

    Price Rise With Cost Rise ?

    Maybe we should have summer pricing and winter pricing? This would help in covering the cost outlay in the winter months. Back in the 1950-60's my Dad would charge .25-.50 more on Friday, Sat. and Sundays to help cover for the additional labor at the full service.
  6. J

    Looking at buying a small one bay self serve Car wash - info / advice please

    Why does the owner want to sell? Has there ever been anything else on the site other than a car wash? Any enviromental issues? Will the city allow you to put for sale a car one at a time on the lot or do you need another permit? Is this a self service bay or an automatic car wash? Get 3 years of...
  7. J

    5 gallon bucket of quarters

    Tell your friend to ask the bank if they would do this. My bank told me I had to do the same thing with the plastic see-thru bags. I told them it was a security risk to me to walk through the parking lot to the bank with see-thru bags. They agreed. They said when I brought the quarters in using...
  8. J

    FRP panels without silicone?

    Two suggestions to ease your mind. One, take a couple of sheets of typing paper Typing Paper? I looked all over my house for that darn typewriter, just can't seem to find it anymore. How about computer paper?
  9. J

    5 gallon bucket of quarters

    To make 22 tons that included the bodies.
  10. J

    5 gallon bucket of quarters

    It will be approximately $3,000.
  11. J

    When a supplier becomes the competition

    This happens in all indusrties. My first business was a gift shop in a major mall owned by a large mall operator in the country. Guess what, they also owned a large chain of gift stores. They built 2 of them in the mall just down from my store. I survived but could have been a lot more...
  12. J

    heat for self serve trough

    If you have a retention tank for your hot water boiler that recirculates, you can tee off of that and run a loop through your trough with a pump and recirculate it back to the heater.
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    When a supplier becomes the competition

    IMO this is one of the main problems in our industry. And we really have many problems. Oversaturation of car washes. It's bad enough when people build washes on top of each other but when distributors either do it or talk someone into building close to another wash, or a maunfacture builds by...
  14. J

    Hydraulic oil leak on wrap

    Back in the 80's we used to soak the cloth with gasoline and then high pressure it off. It worked great but I'm not sure if it can be done now days.
  15. J

    Hot water to SS bays

    This is somewhat off the question but how many of you turned off the water heater altogether last year due to heating cost?
  16. J

    Employee faking injury to get worker's comp

    It would be interesting to see how his limp improves when he has to go to jail.
  17. J

    Soda or Combo Vending Machines

    I asked Jim the same question and he said that I can be able to turn off the refrigeration system when it gets cold, take out the soda/water and put in additional auto accessories during the cold times.
  18. J

    Getting an Ozone Machine

    Email buda. I think Bud still sells ozone machines. Bud can help you out. I bought one years ago and it worked out well. We had a list price of $100.00 plus interior clean charge but if the customer purchased a complete detail (in & out) we would tell them that they could purchase the ozone...
  19. J

    Fragrace machine Problem with Peristaltic Pump

    Check out Graingers maybe they have the tubing you need. I search there for plastic tubing for you but you might need rubber tubing. Good luck. http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/productIndex.shtml?operator=prodIndexRefinementSearch&originalValue=plastic+tubing&L1=Tubing%2C
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    Bill Acceptors

    Lisa you have a great web site. Has many people purchased washcards through the site? How's the blast-o-dry working? Many people using them? I'm still thinking about installing them.
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