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    Color Scheme for our Car Wash

    I would definitely go with No. 2. It's bright and will attract attention from the road. Yellow and orange are considered the best marketing colors. Consider your Shell and Texaco stations. And of course, being Cheetah Express, I love the safari theme! We used orange as the base color for...
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    Must buy one of these...

    I checked these out. Looks great; is there a certain model no. that you got? There looks to be several different ones.
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    Arkansas idiot drives trailer in new Razor

    Coach, was there any damage to the Razor?
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    Questions for those with a Washworld Profile

    You're right. Ours is a "curtain" and it's ugly. Do they have a different name for the effect you have?
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    Questions for those with a Washworld Profile

    Your F&F looks 100% better than ours!! I sent this pic to my distributor. Hope you don't mind. Ours comes down in uneven globs. Yours looks great! I asked him to make ours like yours!
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    Best Bug Removal Chemical?

    Also, we're in a very rural area -- more bugs and bird droppings. Had a guy come through who had driven through a swarm of bees that left bodies and honey stuck all over his windshield and front of his car. Our wash took care of it really well and he was very pleased. But as with any of these...
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    Best Bug Removal Chemical?

    We offer it year-round. Don't forget, this is South Texas -- we've got bugs and road-junk all year round, and the top wash is our top seller all year round. 60-65% of our sales are the top wash.
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    Best Bug Removal Chemical?

    We use Chem Quest's D-Bug. It literally melts the bugs. Great product, especially now with all the yellow butterflies, which I've detailed in another subject on this Forum. We offer the Bug Pass on our Middle and Top washes.
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    Swarms of Yellow Butterflies

    Thanx. I have to admit, the numbers have been amazing and yes, we're stocking up on chems. Except my car's a mess and I can't get it into my own wash because the lines are too long! The Profile had some glitches after a week of high numbers -- with belts loosening and skipping, which...
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    Swarms of Yellow Butterflies

    Was your car or truck covered with them when you got back?
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    Swarms of Yellow Butterflies

    We're in South Texas and are currently experiencing swarms of yellow butterflies that plaster themselves to windshields and grills. Since Friday, our single IBA has been averaging in the 90's daily. Since 2:00p.m. today, we've already had 50 go through. As soon as the cars get out of the wash...
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    Single-Stall Laserwash Cost

    IBA is the trade abbreviation for In Bay Automatic which is what you are wanting to build. A PDQ Tandem is the friction machine we originally installed. You will need to do alot more reading to become more familiar with car wash terminology, etc.
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    Single-Stall Laserwash Cost

    Waxman, you're right on target. We spent approx. $780,000 to build our IBA from the ground up w/a PDQ Tandem in 2016 in South Texas.
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    Wacky Customers

    Unfortunately, I didn't write down the date. It was awhile back. They seemed none the worse for wear, because when the truck exited the blower area, they jumped out, grabbed towels from inside the truck, dried themselves off, got back in the truck and it drove away. Our wash is unattended...
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    Wacky Customers

    Watched 3 kids go through our Profile in a pick-up. One driving, the other 2 stripped down to bathing trunks sitting in the bed of the truck. Bet that high-pressure rinse stung a bit! Hope so.
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    WW Profile vs D&S IQ Friction IBAs

    The Profile also has jet/blasters for their wheel washers. They come either way. Ours are the high-pressure spinners and they work great, with no damage claim problems, which sometimes happens with the brushes, which is what we experienced with our Tandem.
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    How many guys have 2 IBA's?

    Our WW Profile can wash duallys; but they need to be perfectly centered within the guides in our bay. We use yellow highway markers.
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    How many guys have 2 IBA's?

    Hi Coach, as you know, we've got a Profile-Max, and we plan to add another bay with a Razor next year. I stand by the WashWorld product due to it's quality and the great service provided by our distributor. I believe having both a Touchless and a Friction will give customers "a choice," and it...
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    Chemquest Soaps and Razors

    We will be when we install our Razor next year, and we currently use ChemQuest with our Profile. Our WW distributor is WashWorld Central TX and they distribute the ChemQuest as well, so that's what we use. It makes things easier that way. It is an excellent product.
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    Washworld XR7

    Where are you located in TX? We hope to install a Razor next year. Let me know how it works for you.
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