chemical fragerance and color

[sudsurfer]

I searched the archives and the posts back in 2009 indicate a lot of washes add fragerance to their wash chemicals. We use primarily JBS and Lustra in our 130 foot EE.

The chemicals smell good in the barrel but I am not getting the umph in the tunnel.

Do I need to kick up the concentration or is it impossible to really get the smell in the car? Is it battling my reclaim water?

Also, we use a triple foam - red, blue, yellow. Can I add food coloring or some other tincture to some of my other line checmicals here at the wash to go along with sports events or holidays? I would want to pull a portion of chemical in t oa 5 gallon bucket and color it just for those specials events.

 

[waright]

jbs will sell you fragrance and dye. I would use their products, since you know that they will mix in with your current products and will not cause side effects.

 

[Robert Bailey]

Fragrance is most important in SS. EE its only important if the customer can smell it. Being if windows are down waiting to enter wash or if it enters through AC unit. Some higher end cars with air filters won't really allow sent to enter the car. If your employees have to smell nasty smelling chems all day long I doubt they will enjoy their job either.

Cost to adding smell to soap is more expensive than just spraying the sent in your tunnel.

 

[sudsurfer]

chemical fragerance

Is there equipment or a method to just spray fragrance inthe tunnel? Is it like the vaccum fragrance?

I had heard of a local wash trying to spray a scent at the air intake of vehicles on the line but not sure if that worked out.

Our tunnel smells pretty good unless our Reclaim is down. I am looking for that extra wash experience.

 

[DavidM]

Adding color and scent is a good idea. There are a couple soap companys that are doing this very well. I believe CSI, Ecolab and QualChem all have color and fragrance that is separate and can be added in to different applications (using quadport eductors or injectors to make it easy)

There is a fragrance applicator that is designed for tunnels. I have one, we use about 3 milliliters of fragrance per car and it smells great in the car. If you are mixing fragrance with soap you have to use a lot more to get the same results.

David

 

[briteauto]

The only thing I use that is scented is the drying agent and sealer. These products are the last to be applied to the car and the smell generally "sticks" to the vehicle. My customers can still smell the sealer on the car when they have left the wash.

Some are better at lasting than others. For instance, some of the polymer sealers/DA's seem to have a longer lasting smell than others. I can still smell Warsaw's formula 580 on the car after driving home from the wash and parking in my garage.

I used a few Jobe products in the past too, and they had the same long lasting scent on the car.


Regular use of these chemicals in scented form will give your tunnel a scent as well.