Triple Polish Dispensor Sticks ??

[Village Car Wash]

Ive noticed that I cant get all of the Polish to rinse off vehicles that have vent shades. I have a facility where I use the foam sticks and the foam creeps up under the vent shades. My dryers outside have to spend extra time wiping these vehicles. And customers are often asking why theirs still soap on their cars. Anyone have any suggestions on how to get a better rinse? Thanks

 

[rph9168]

Try switching one or more of the tri foam products to a foaming clear coat protectant. That should enhance rinsing and drying. If you make the switch and are using a foaming soap or conditioner be sure to thoroughly clean the lines to avoid clogging.

 

[TheChemicalGuy1]

You could be using too much product. You know how many mL or Oz's of tri-color your using per vehicle? Also where is the tri foam application process in your wash? And what is the consistency of your foam? You want a dri foam for easy rinsing, as opposed the wet type foam of the presoak application.

 

[Earl Weiss]

Couple of thoughts:
1. Try to cut back on concentration
2. To the same function add a sperate rinse before and or after the tri foam. Before puts more water in the channels where foam tends to get stuck to help it run out , and after helps chase it out
3. If you add the rinse as noted above, depending how your drying agent is set up perhaps you could inject a low concentration into that rinse which will help kill the foam.

 

[captain cw]

Maybe some rinse nozzles angled upward at about waist to head height?

 

[MEP001]

If the foam streams from holes in the sticks to apply to the car, perhaps reducing the pressure so it is falling when it hits the car will keep it from getting up into crevices.

 

[briteauto]

I saw a location that dispensed their foam in a rain arch concept. They had the clear poly tubes mounted at ceiling height, across the tunnel. The foam from each tube simply fell onto the vehicle from the series of holes. It had no problem hitting the hood and top and sliding down the sides of the cars. It seems like something like this may prevent your problem of the foam traveling in hard to rinse areas.

This location also used only two color foams - bi-foam, I guess. It seems to me if you put on a pink and a blue, or a green and yellow, or whatever, the customer gets the point. I'm not sure how many count the colors they see, as long as they are vibrant. Of course you can no longer advertise "tri-foam", but you could still call it foaming polish/conditioner - whatever and make it apparent to the customer.

 

[DavidM]

We have done two things to help with this. First, find a product that breaks down quickly. Cheaper trifoam products tend to be more difficult to rinse.
Second, use a showerhead style applicator rather than a foam stick to apply. Similar to what the poster above suggested, this allows you to apply from the top down, preventing foam buildup under the ventshades.

I have also seen the tri color foam moved earlier in the tunnel, prior to friction. This allows the friction to help break down the foam as well.

David

 

[Village Car Wash]

Thanks for all the responces. The Polish is applied just prior to the second mitter. After the mitter it goes thru a halo rinse arch then a rain arch. The tri color foam goes on thick like shaving cream. Its rinses well on most vehicles just not under the ventshades.I may need to tweek it a bit. The higher mounted applicator sounds like it may help my situation. Thanks