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  1. MEP001

    Good Tire / Engine cleaner from Kleen-Rite

    You're going to be disappointed in the performance. It definitely has a strong green color though.
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    I intend to raise my self serve prices this year....

    They're so heavy that they knock the Slugbuster III's gate open and they end up in my safes without giving credit. Do I blame you or Parker?
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    I intend to raise my self serve prices this year....

    I just took off the coin cups. Also solves the problem.
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    Foam brush holders

    I used to prefer a single vertical, but I'm getting tired of finding the brush hanging across the mat clamps. I need to move the booms, at which point I'll change to J-hooks. Klean Wall makes quick work of the stains - you'll get them no matter how you hang the brush, you'll just get one with...
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    vac nozzles

    I've used the swivel nut cuff, and even if you cut off the extra length of the claw nozzle below the ring that snaps into the cuff, it rubs on the hose and doesn't swivel easily, and it's fairly easy to pull the claw nozzle out of the cuff. If you don't cut the claw nozzle at all, it goes so...
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    I intend to raise my self serve prices this year....

    You forgot to promote dollar coins.
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    Crytopay card reader placement

    I've seen the same thing done with a sheet of plastic. It would be easy to cut a groove in the backside for the wires.
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    Reconditioned Automatic

    It's probably more like buying an iPhone and trying to get it fixed somewhere other than an Apple store. They have actually coded into the phone for it to quit working if it detects an aftermarket home button. Apple is constantly suing stores that repair their products.
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    Dosatron for SS foam brush

    50 PSI is plenty. One location I deal with has them on foam brush, tire cleaner, and presoak, and they do okay but the water pressure is too low. Flow is not an issue as they can handle 14 GPM. That should run at least 20 bays at once on foam brush. FWIW these are DEMA Mix-Rite units which I...
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    Laundromat general questions

    I've seen the same thing, evidently dollar coins are still getting through my Slugbusters (Done with them, btw) and someone got one from the changer instead of a quarter. He didn't recognize it as US currency and asked me if it would work. He wasn't from my usual demographic, he was a white...
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    Reconditioned Automatic

    As long as the guy is reputable and preferably backs the refurbished unit up with some kind of warranty. There was a guy here in town who was buying used Laser 4000s, for like $2000, doing minimal weld repair on the frame (or in some cases just spraying them with Krylon), then reselling them as...
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    Laundromat general questions

    I hadn't considered that mainly because I'm not at all familiar with the acceptors laundry equipment uses. I also wouldn't want to dispense only tokens from a changer because people really don't want to have unused tokens left over. I could do the bill breaker/bill-to-token combo a local car...
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    Laundromat general questions

    I've been looking at some of the brands of machines online and none of them I've seen have a bill acceptor or any room to add one. I don't think I would if I could, nor would I out in a machine that wants $15 to start. In my experience, it's always the bigger washers that stand empty while...
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    Laundromat general questions

    Again, I have no interest in your dollar coin agenda. Please take your diatribe elsewhere.
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    Dried paint on leather headrest...

    What kind of paint?
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    Laundromat general questions

    I'm not interested in your anti-credit, pro "waterproof dollar coin" agenda. I meant we'll provide every opportunity for customers to use credit, possibly offer rewards, depending on what's available. No ATM, either The plan is to minimize cash on the premises at night to prevent burglary...
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    Laundromat general questions

    I agree 100%. Same with laundromats not maintaining a changer. It just says to customers that the owner doesn't care. Many years ago I was an attendant at a car wash with another less than a mile down the road. The other had a really bad reputation that was made worse by the fact that they...
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    D&S 5000 programming

    Once you enter the code, press right arrow until you see the choice of default or custom wash. Like Dan-Ark said, it'll probably go to default after it's been powered down, but it should save all the settings. Just set it to Custom and right-arrow to Exit.
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    Pump problem

    It would be washed out under the valve o-rings (Probably not since the o-rings are intact) or where the packings seat. You haven't removed the packings, sometimes you can just pull them out by hand, but if they're corroded in you need the extractor...
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    Switch to DAN ?

    I looked into creating a backup of the entire D.A.N. unit once, not long after we installed the system. My plan was to buy an identical unit and clone the hard drive. The computer hardware was (and still is) an ordinary mini-format PC in a case meant for mounting and at the time cost around...
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