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I was able to secure my loan 16 years ago by owning the land and using that as collateral ( down-payment ). I also worked part time for a car wash chain ( shout out to Golden Nozzle/F.L. Roberts!!!). I did this while I was operating my detail shop full-time, but I was eager to gain experience...

Most commercial loans require a 25% down payment. Your 'budget' has a pretty wide swing; $300k-2 MM. 25% of 300=$75,000. 25% of $2MM=$500,000. So, the short answer is no; $20k is not enough. Maybe owner-financing is the way to go.

Just clean the floors with a special concrete cleaner. They look good enough like that. Spend your money on some thing that will make you some money instead.

Check your city regulations first. Cities want you to eliminate the possibility of any cross connection, from well to city water. There are a few different ways to do this. This is the first step.

I'm doing this soon as part of my upgrade to a razor IBA. I will let you know…

Here in New England, they get used quite a bit. It's not just the motorcycles that use them. Every customer I show them to thinks they are a great idea. I'm at the wash six days a week and I hear the blowers being run very often. I use it on my own car and it's great.

Sounds like a bad check valve in the high-pressure line.

I wouldn't do anything to it until you are ready to cover it with some thing like extrutech. Nobody's really going to look up there anyway, except you. Spend some money on things that are going to make your money instead.

Also, something to consider is that running HF through your wash World machine will void the warranty. I was looking through my manual and discovered this.

I think by the time you buy the machine, rehab the bay, buy and install a pay station,, and have the whole thing installed wired and plumbed, you're going to be pretty close to the price of a brand new machine. I would run the numbers. Create some cash flow projections. create a scenario for...

If it were me, I'd make the SS bay next to the e.r. the automatic bay and do something else with the other property like rent it out etc. You'd make so much more with the auto that you'd never miss the wand bay I bet. Plus save alot of $$$.

I really don't think The customers are that sensitive to price. I think they are more sensitive to having too little time Offered for the start up price. If you lower your time per coin but keep the price the same, the customer has to hurry like heck or add more money sooner. I think it's...

use a heat gun and a razor blade scraper. The one that the inspection stations use to scrape off the old stickers work well. It's a screwdriver handle with a razor blade mounted at the bottom. Once you get all the stickers scraped off, smear some Gojo jelly type original hand cleaner on the...

I don't think it's legal to charge a different price, cash versus credit. I think a higher minimum spend is OK, but I would check the law. For what it's worth, I think you could easily go to a two dollar start on the bays And increase the vac price too. Too many operators worry about these...

That sounds pretty good. I'm in the process of designing an entry arch before my overhead door opening. I plan to use some stainless steel rail sections from my old machine that I still have.

So was there any mechanical repair done, too, or just a software update?

P.S. Time to raise your price; $2 / 5 min.!!!! Things like repairs and maintenance are getting more expensive.

I use a local welding shop here in Massachusetts. They have a portable welder they use for jobs in the field. They come out, take measurements, make a drawing, then come back and install the new pieces.

I went with the Airlift Doors, Vinyl roll-up, with electric ( not air ) operators. They are not cheap, $8000 ish per door. But I did my homework and this seemed like the best option for me.

On my most recent order I got awesome service and fast delivery. Things seem back on track with Kleen Rite so I'm happy about that.