Recent content by Eric H

I’m always most bothered by their urgency to get the plant off of their possession. Then as soon as the paint is off of the car they take off with no regard for the paint that is now all over YOUR property. I’ve had a few people clean up after themselves but the vast majority just leave with...

if he’s already purchased the equipment I doubt he can be swayed away from “free vacs”. I don’t think I need to remind anyone here that there is still a business expense for anything “free”. I’d advise him to find a way to determine the cost to run the vacs, clean the accumulator clean...

You have to call. The product doesn’t appear on their website. It’s an older product and has been replaced by Grime Stopper. I could t get that product to clean as well as Restore. I also have Quest’s wall cleaner, SAW. I couldn’t get the performance I wanted out of that either.

Are you trying to reduce the change over time or just make it look great? The low pressure functions should be tee’d in just above the boom. More pressure will reduce the changeover times slightly but you can’t overcome the physics of having to displace the amount of chemical/water that the...

Not “Brand New” shiny but still has a sheen after 21 years. The outside of the building will get chalkie but looks great when I wash the outside once every year or two. I’ve seen other washes that hire a power wash company to come in. They spray a strong acid and pressure wash it off. Burns...

I’ve used Stone Soap’s Restore for 20 years. It does contain ABF so you still need to be careful. I mix at 5:1 in a sprayer, spraying the walls, hit it with a blue nylon truck brush on an extendable brush handle, then wash off with my SS bay gun. Any real stubborn areas I use a Magic...

Not much available. Check out Everwash and Touch4Wash. I think both will integrate with CryptoPay credit card system. Jim at Touch4Wash has a great reputation. I’ve spoken to him in the past and he is very knowledgeable. I may be looking to do a loyalty program this coming year.

Does GinSan make replacement doors for a lot of other manufacturers?

Etowah Valley can make a replacement door for you. You could go to a reliable rotary switch or push buttons. I’ve never liked the pay phone style touch pad the Coleman used. It made sense when using their codes but for regular customers it just seems very weird. If you got new faceplates...

4 self serve bays is VERY likely two bays too many for a population of 13,000. If you have heated floors you may want to repurpose 1 or 2 bays to more storage. Heating all of that square footage really adds to the gas bill! You’re the guy on site with eyes on the place so you can best make...

You’ve asked some great questions. Let’s get a little more information. You stated 4 SS bays with vacuums, how many vacuums? Do you accept credit cards? Vacs and bays? Do the bays have bill acceptors? How about vacs? What’s the overall condition of the property? Population of the city and...

I wanted something more elaborate than flashing colors. I’ve looked at G&G, they are really nice but the price is hard to swallow. I did have white only G&G at a wash we sold.

I’ve wanted to do this for years! I wanted to have special wash that was only available after it got dark out, close the doors and cut off the regular lights. Then us an FM transmitter to play a song with the light show coordinated to the music. I think DJs have an app that controls the lights...

I use a paddle mixer for mixing plaster/joint compound from a hardware store attached to a drill. Every once in a while I dump out the last couple inches of chemical and clean out the bottom of the drum. Any unmixed powder will fall out of suspension. That sediment will clog the foot valve...

Is this guy spending someone else’s money? It’s easy to overspend when someone else is paying! That reminds me…Waxman isgoing to buy me a Blizzard at Dairy Queen. I better get the most expensive one