Recent content by Chiefs

El jefe, No way would I have the guts to put Lammscloth at the entrance of my wash process. Yes, its very gentle and conforms to the shape of the vehicle better and can be rotated at a much slower speed and creates less impact and noise on the vehcile. But I would never ever use it as my first...

We've seen some huge days recently. About 7,000 cars in the last 9-10 days. Being out on the line and talking with the attendants, we've concluded that about 30%+ of the customers we've never seen before or at least not for a long, long time. In addition, we've truned away many customers who...

Bud, No high pressure arch - ours or anyone else's in this industry can get all the nooks and crannies that the cloth misses 100% clean. As I stated even our arch with 58, O degree nozzles on 9 oscilating and pivoting spray bars cannot remove the film. The best that can done in any hybrid...

Thanks Earl, I am a firm believer that you have to deliver the hgihest possible quality to every customer every time rgardless of the wash packahe they receive. We charge $10 for everyone and everyone gets the works. Our only optional item is Rain-X. Off this base price we sell five wash books...

Earl, We operate as follows Minimum of two attendants all the time - good for up to 400-500 cars. For every additional 250 cars we add an attendant. As you may already know, we use hogs hair brushes and prep the fronts, windshields and rears of every car we wash. We also prep for bugs, mud...

You can wash 100 CPH and still inspect vehicles. We do it all the time. There are a slew of conditions or cars that we look out for. For example, vehicle's with substantial damage that can cause damage to the cloth we deny; Open Bed Pick-ups we deny service; Any vehicle that comes in with damage...

How about touting your quality, such as; We get your whole car clean the first time, or We clean the areas other leave behind. We have a small chain of washes here which with its name you would think that they really get wheels clean. That however among other things, is their most glaring...

Although I would like to close, I too believe it will probably be a nice day. If we are open it will be from 9-4, but I let my crew (3 guys) decide, Its already a short week for that crew in that they are scheduled every other day so its a Tues./Thurs./Sat. week. If by chance we can some great...

What's your regular price vs. the discount price for your 5 wash books? Our customer get the wash for $7.00 instead of $10 when they buy a 5 wash book and we sell over 5,000 books a year. This represents 25% of our annual sales. We also have a monthly plan and we give a $20 discount if they...

We use Ecolab's On Line Tire shine. We don't have a huge problem with sling because we only need to put the bare minimium through the tire shine because we put it on 100% of the vehicles we wash. Therefor, we don't have to place a lot on per car. The only way I've been able to eliminate it is...

I was not intimating that he did have a leak, but just to pass on a tip that makes leaks easy to find and able to detect far more quickly than waiting for a catastrphic failure. If you don't have due in the fluid leaks are much harder to detect.

You may or may not have a leak, but have you put any dye into the hydraulic oil? A red dye will help you diagnose a small leak before it becomes a big one. An ounce of prevention....

Why not 5 packages? You could call them; Mediocre Wash Basic Wash Good Wash Better Wash Best Wash You're selling a car wash, not feeding people

OK, but how do you expect to pay for your salary, labor costs, payroll taxes, water, sewer, electric, gas, chemicals, maintenance, repairs, sales, tax, property tax, and advertising? Oh and don't forget that pasky thing that liberals now hate any business to make - A PROFIT! Don't forget about...

Don't you have more important things to worry about? Maybe you should call the police next time and have her charged for theft. Sheesh!