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I have been using the Lustra Shield for about three years now in our IBAs. If the brake dust is removed then the Lustra Shield will seal the wheel making it possible to remove the brake dust in the future with little more than water. It is important to remove the brake dust completely...

We offer two different fund raisers that can be done seperately or together. 1. The group purchases our top wash for half price and then sales codes or tokenotes for that wash at full price. They recoup their money and can double it if they sell all the washes. If not we will buy back any...

Have you looked at a Unitec POS 4000. We have two locations where it works with the Ruby to generate car wash codes. It can also do cash and credit card sales, plus fleet accounts. It tracks all car washes and can generate reports that breakdown each wash and how they were purchased.

At 130-160 cpd for an in bay automatic I would recommend that you go with a two iba's. An in bay automatic should do anywhere from 9-15 cars per hour, depending on which piece of equipment you go with. You would be looking at between $200,000 - $300,000 in equipment cost and installation...

We were talking about the Q at the time that their salesman told me they were getting ready to start field testing a new friction and touchless machine that would be built on a new platform. I assumed he meant the Q would be the one replaced. He promised to send pictures once they were...

While the show was much smaller than past ones, I kind of expected that with the down turn for our industry. Personally, I found several new pieces of equipment and several new advances on the chemcical side. I learned that hamilton, etowah valley, pdq and wash world all offered cost effective...

Like BigLeo, we also just add a hp rinse pass when it is snowing or for a day or two afterwards. We actually have the pass built into our programming so we don't have to reprogram the whole package, just one cycle. While running this costs more and cleans less it actually cut customers...

We have also had success with laserminder. It has greatly reduced our impact messages. I say buy it.

I have a JE Adams 6 in 1 that has four product hoses. The customers love it, but like MEP the hoses usually don't get put back up. Its just to difficult for the customer to waste their time with. I just put them back up every time I walk by.

It sounds like boomer is right about the problem being with the rear set of photo eyes on the T-bar. This problem can be caused by a bad photo eye, a broken wire, or a problem with the amplifier. It can also be caused by sunlight reflecting off the vehicle when the sun is at certain angles. I...

I've found that the vacs will payback faster.

Has anyone seen one of the new Motor Express Washes from Harrels Carwash Systems. It seems like an interesting idea to wash motorcycles, but do customers actually use it. Their website is www.motoexpresswash.com .

Goof Off or Good by Splatters will both work with some rubbing. Neither one will hurt the finish of a non-latex based paint.

I do not own an X-stream but have been and watched them being made. I would say they are mechanically reliable since they have so few parts to break. It is driven by a chain connected to one motor. The arms are controlled be air actuators and thats it beside the hard plastic wheels that run...

The only thing I know that could do this is a clear 2 part urethane coating. It is very expensive, hard to find, and hard to work with. When it dries it forms a very hard slick surface that is chemical resistant. I know a university that used it to combat graffitti problems. They put it on...

If the vac island is already painted you can either clean with a power washer and scrape off loose paint and then repaint with a urethane based floor paint for longest life from a non IM (industrial maintenance) coating, or you can paint with a high solids latex paint for easiest application but...

I have 6ss bays in NC and 18 IBA between NC and VA. The ss is slower in the winter and does better the warmer it gets. In NC the ibas do their best from jan-mar, then slow until spring pollen season, are weakest through the summer months until the fall pollen season around the end of sept, and...

We have been trying a solid tire for our laserwashes. In the year that we have been running them, they have performed near flawless. We did find that when the temperature got close to 0 degrees F, the rims shrank enough to spin without the tire. We have since screwed the tires to the rim and...

The first thing to do is to have your distributor come check your setup and water conditions to make sure it is all properly set up. You should not be the only one in your area with this problem. If they still don't have an answer then, talk with your Lustra Distributor to see if your acid has...

Check with your distributor, they should have an owner's manual that covers most if not all of the day to day operations of your automatics. When we were a distributor we gave every site a new owner's manual that covered service schedules, wiring, plumbing, troubleshooting, etc.