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  1. Whale of a Wash

    Chlorine Levels

    after the ro and in the tank is the same water. But chlorine if there is any will gas out if not covered. So the reading is only good as it is rejecting the water. If you have strong chlorine in your water leaving a pitcher in the fridge overnight the chlorine will gas out.
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    Ultimate Polycarb Door Overhaul

    If you don't have the bearingless wheels they may be dragging. Most likely the doors are too tight against the building, which is good to keep the cold air out, but makes them drag, so you can loosen the track a little to get rid of the drag. Also should check the bearings on the shaft--Have...
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    Methanol vs Isopropyl Alcohol in soap

    While i am in the coldest climate, but have never used any anti freeze in the brush because of our insulated buildings and garage doors. I was wondering if anyone has just thought of purging the lines with air when the brush is shut off or maybe it would still freeze while using it.
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    US Paraplate Timer Conversion issue. Need Help

    The paraplate hooked to 24v is the way to go, you can get a 24v transformer at a hardware store for under $18, and couple to a 22$-- 24v mercury relay your vacs will be bullet proof. Running the vacuums load thru the timer at 120v is tougher on them and will burn them out quicker, when the...
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    $1.95 or $2.95 Exterior Only.

    Am i wrong or isn't this guy all this for a dream--- not even currently owning a wash. I think in an earlier post he was looking at a wash. I can't imagine an owner coming up with $1.95 washes.
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    Zep

    I do recall the zep rep has a nicer house than i , but i did get one barrel free. Same problem with ecolab- was paying list price Plus. We could use a price guide on what fair market value is on the larger items we spend on.
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    Zep

    It was like some sort of truck wash soap. They rep still stops buy with a line of armorall soap also. To get your best cleaning --Soft water--Longer dwell time slowing down machine--Also the strength of the soap- The zep rep should help with that.
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    Zep

    I used zep for maybe 5 yrs or more and liked the soap. They would sell me 7 55g\drums and get one free. shipping was still getting expensive. I went to the powdered soap of ecolab. I saved on shipping and the back, it seemed to wash ok. I then switched to blendco and was able to spend about the...
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    NuStar offer

    Is there any money left after the owner pays for electricity and water, and the 2-4$ a wash. It would seem more profitable to add another SS bay. I am not a fan of nu-star as i had 2 comets, and spent nearly $600 a month to keep them running- Swivels -Hoses-hydraulic solenoids- Hydraulic...
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    Help, How would you respond?

    I think a person should always be able to sell if a more than reasonable offer comes along. A guy that wants to buy your used auto- you should be nice to, not alot of used buyers. Sometimes good offers in the year you really would like to sell will never come along also, so selling is not always...
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    One year later

    You made a wise choice. It sure would be bad to sell it to someone who gives up easily on a contract. Some guys make more money buying and selling their washes than owning them, so you could make him a ridiculous offer.
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    CTA - Home made - mostly.

    I think the tapeswitch and flojet will wear out many times sooner than the paraplate under almost no load. The timer should last forever without a load.
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    Extreme Home makeover

    Most all 3000 volunteers. City inspectors volunteer 24/9 days .They dug hole on Monday, after they moved the house. My thought was to just move them into a new house and leave the old. Police for the 5 block radius is like 60K. These people are in awe of TV.
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    Extreme Home makeover

    Those boys are in town building a house in a week if you want to watch. They started framing today. http://www.inforum.com/pages/extreme_webcam
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    Nissan Versa - Scratched Hubcap

    No one washes a rental car. Especially a Versa. I hardly see customers with enough pride to wash a versa.
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    How has business been lately?

    April was our nicest month this year. Sept we have had over 6" of rain and raining right now. Parts of the area got 7-12" in one day in southern MN. The neighbor has hundreds of mushrooms in the lawn. Hard to even mow the lawn when it's so wet. Business-- A little slow
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    Need to raise SS price any good ideas?

    I don't know the law in canada, but in the US, we have the Sherman Antitrust law -it was enacted in 1890. It prohibits price fixing,bid rigging, and anticompetitive behavior. While we can talk about our prices here on ACF we can't talk to the car wash down the street about the price we should be...
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    J E Adams vac break in

    The boys must love the wash in order to want all those tokens, or be extremely stupid. I had a couple of guys try breaking into changer a couple of years ago. Both had hoodies and a scarf on-- Brought the video to every business within a mile that would take a look and a gal at the convenience...
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    Need to raise SS price any good ideas?

    I changed to $2 about a month ago. Kept the time at 3min. At the same time made a switch to $1 tokens out of changer. The response has been really good . the customers love the new tokens, and the $10 bill will get them 11 tokens. So i tell everyone a discount is possible. Most of the...
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    Car Wash Advertising

    I have a plumber friend that just put out 500 door knob hangers and had great success. He had a $25 off coupon. Maybe putting enough tokens for a wash cycle would be a good idea.
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