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I normally buy these plastic liners for my trash cans in the SS bays from a local car wash supplier. The other day I was looking thru a catalog and noticed they were cheaper. I now need to get some and can not remember which catalog/supplier I found them in. They are about two feet deep and...

In my area, the general understanding is it must be "dry" as MEP stated. I fill my empty chemical containers with the mud. It might seem like overkill but I remove all the labels from the barrels just in case. I use the 5 gal ones for daily mud clean up in the bays and the few 30 gal ones for...

I agree about confronting these customers. Most dont care. I try to be polite about it and talk to them about how they got it that muddy, I also like to find the mudhole from time to time. So by talking with them some will clean up the mess enough for others to use it again. I have run a few...

Take a look at this. I am considering it for my washes. I am not sure of the differences yet, but they have a tunnel and IBA versions. www.motorcitywashworks.com

I also have SS tubing in place of hose for certain applications. The price is a major difference as it was not cheap and I did it in phases to keep the cost spread out. It howvever it not fail proof, as I have had two separate lines crack, and the fittings can wear out and leak. The cracks...

I also switched to the grey in place of the blue. I also cut off the bottom inch or so of the draw tube everytime I replace or even remove a foot valve. I learned this lesson after spending hours replacing and cleaning different foot valves on a particular chemical line. It keeps a tighter seal...

Government employee. Yes, you should be terrified. The water and electic companies should be your best friends even if they dont want to be. How many cars can you wash if they shut your water off? Is he just an employee or the manager. Take the guy to lunch (call it a meeting) and discuss his...

When some of you mention using tokens for "security" reasons, are you more concerned about the vacs, bay safes, or changers?

I do support different prices between the two seasons. I think the summer "promotion" is an excellent idea. I will be studing my P&L statements to further investigate my expenses between the two seasons.

Well I guess I have been smokin something. How could I equate an overall increase of goods and services during the winter. I pay more for gas to heat my house, fuel to have UPS deliver things, increased costs for HiPH and drying agent, labor to clean the parking lot of snow, etc. I guess I...

I dont see why not. Fruit prices go up in the winter. Fuel and oil prices are up in the winter and summer. I understand those examples are supply and demand based but why is this different for our business. We have more demand in the winter and pay more for utilities during this time...

OK lets get some facts. What is the cost per oz we are paying for RainX, WeatherShield, Durabond, etc and how many oz/car. I know the larger drum you buy the cheaper/oz it is, lets just stick to what you are buying. I use RainX at a cost of $0.28/oz and use anywhere from half oz to one oz/car.

I always love a good distributor fight.

Oh, and if it cant be rinsed off, you likely have it too concentrated. Just because your distributor says 1 oz per car isnt always true. I have run less and it works just fine.

RainX IS the next big thing. It is a great product and I am usually wary on chemicals. It shines everything on the car and yes the car must be clean first, however sales are up, way up, since installation and the best part is the way it sells itself. Yes, some materials were free, but we...