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Anybody else having trouble reaching Kleen Rite Corp.? Tried the 800 #. Busy signal. Saw notice on their website: " 800 # down. Please use 717 #. Busy on 717 also! Need soap! Need parts! ( yes I waited too long thinking a few days from order to delivery ). Wrong I was!

My HP rinse on my automatic combines city water, well water and r.o. reject. I throttle the valves and adjust the floats so that primarily well water is used, secondarily city water and the r.o. reject supplements the other 2 while r.o. reject tank has water in it.

you guys are nuts. this wash doesn't look that bad. you're making all types of assumptions, so here's a few more: the wash was busy and not cleaned up in a few days. big deal. debris in the corner of the automatic bay? i get that from a busy afternoon! i cleaned up on tuesday and found...

But why would you lease when you could buy and own?

Owning a car wash is alot of hard work and countless hours invested. Maybe the highest grossing 3-5% of car washes would work as leases, but most smaller washes like mine require a reward at the finish line and not just an 'attaboy' from all my satisfied customers.

The real estate is a significant asset. I can't imagine a month going by where I didn't increase my own investment in my business by paying the principle portion of my car wash mortgage. Without this steady, incremental increase in assets, the car wash business, for me personally, would not be...

it's not what i thought it was; you invoice customers each month. not for me.

has anyone tried the crypto pay fleet card setup??? pros / cons?

A 2 second pause is nothing! add it in there, move on and start washing cars without a headache.

I am very sorry for your loss, Jim. Dave

I have been thinking about using crevice tools on my vacs. They are what we use in our detail shop so why not?

Simoniz "Brake Away" or Autowash Maintenance "Rim Job" ( dumb name ). Both are awesome spray on / rinse off non hf wheel cleaners.

all the presoaks are corrosive. no, i've never had a problem. i use 3 pumps per 5 gal pail of water for hand washing, so it's fairly dilute.

yes. i fill a 55 half way with hot water, add powder and foam additive and stir and then fill the rest of the way while stirring.

changing out the prox wire is where i'd go instead of changing any software. look at the simple stuff first. proxes and cables are common sources of trouble with travel / rotate errors on many automatics.

Merry Christmas!! I'd like to wish everyone a 2017 of full stackers, light trash barrels, wet bays and dry feet!!!!!!!!!

i'd troubleshoot by: 1. check chemical level in source ( 5 gal pail etc) 2. check foot valve 3. check level in mixing tank. 4. check filter screen in mixing tank outlet. 5. check for flow before chem solenoid / yellow 6. check flow after chem solenoid / yellow

I was turned on to powders by Soapy and Randy years ago and this one tip has saved me thousands on chemical costs! I use Simoniz Correct powder, 50lb box, with 1/3 of a 5 gallon pail ( 1.66 gal) of Simoniz foam additive. This one soap is my In Bay Automatic presoak ( both passes ), HP wash on...

I installed a light socket with an incandescent light bulb inside my Hamilton ACW. The cashier has a hard time pulling bills in when it gets cold outside. By plugging the light in inside the cashier, it keeps it warm enough to keep it working properly. Maybe this method would work for the air...

It seems ok now after testing a few cars in a row. I did notice the pressure lower than normal on my HP wax pass, but I fiddled around, changed a chiclet relay for WAX 2 on plc output card and it seems normal now. Not sure...