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How to dry coins
- Thread starter seattleguy
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I.B. Washincars
Car Washer Emeritus
That's what I do as well. Throw them on the towel, push them around with another towel a little bit, turn the fan on them, come back in a few minutes and sort them.
mjwalsh
6 bay SS w/laundromat
Same here ... Ditto
MEP001
Well-known member
I made a box out of 2x4 lumber with hardware cloth for the bottom. If the coins are wet I dump them in the box and use a small terry towel to rub around in them for a minute. They're not completely dry, but they're clean and dry enough to count.
I used to run a small, older wash, and I'd pour the quarters on a towel on top of the hot water tank and wipe them down a bit with the edges of the towel. After sitting there for about 10 minutes they'd be completely dry. That wasn't a lot of quarters, at most about 15 pounds at a time.
I used to run a small, older wash, and I'd pour the quarters on a towel on top of the hot water tank and wipe them down a bit with the edges of the towel. After sitting there for about 10 minutes they'd be completely dry. That wasn't a lot of quarters, at most about 15 pounds at a time.
mjwalsh
6 bay SS w/laundromat
It would help to dry fewer coins without an income hit!
Seattleguy & others,
It would help to dry fewer coins without an income hit! The labor required is just another subtle cost.
I think most of us agree that 1/4 or 1/8 as many coins to dry with more net income from coins makes sense & is helpful. Like Big Leo said in the following very recent post ... coins are preferred by the public over tokens. A coin adjusted for inflation that is given a reasonable chance to be used more most certainly would be plus for most of us USA self service car wash operators ... even if we have 10 still under warranty bill acceptors... like myself.
http://forum.autocareforum.com/showthread.php?p=66811
mike walsh king koin of bismarck
Seattleguy & others,
It would help to dry fewer coins without an income hit! The labor required is just another subtle cost.
I think most of us agree that 1/4 or 1/8 as many coins to dry with more net income from coins makes sense & is helpful. Like Big Leo said in the following very recent post ... coins are preferred by the public over tokens. A coin adjusted for inflation that is given a reasonable chance to be used more most certainly would be plus for most of us USA self service car wash operators ... even if we have 10 still under warranty bill acceptors... like myself.
http://forum.autocareforum.com/showthread.php?p=66811
mike walsh king koin of bismarck
Earl Weiss
Well-known member
FWIW maybe there is a way to avoid it all together. I do not know what type of vaults you have. I have the round type in the bays. I have a plastic sleeve which you can buy and it has drain holes in the bottom. Even if you had dump vaults you could put some sort of raised bottom in them or drain holes.
Water does not stay on coins except for occasional freezing.
I just dump the coins in the changer hoppers. No drying.
Water does not stay on coins except for occasional freezing.
I just dump the coins in the changer hoppers. No drying.
seattleguy
Member
Kevin Reilly
self serve carwashes
If one of the bags are wet we use a hair dryer. We stick the nozzle in the bag, and roll the bag around. have been doing this for a long time and it works fine. It heats the coin up and evaporates rather quickly. Although we use a Brandt sorter to run our coin through and it separate quarters, tokens, dollars and anything else that may have made it into the coin boxes.
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