Recent content by norton

The biggest problem I have found in detailing is that people usually only want to pay the minimum amount possible. I doubt that anyone would be willing to pay the extra few hundred dollars it takes to remove a complete interior to eliminate the remaining 5% of laundry soap that would be left by...

I still use the old wash card system that is self contained. If people pay $300 they $450 worth of washes. Everyday token prices are buy 4 get the 5th free. I run xmas gift paks of tokens that give 40% free. In the SS bays if a person uses a $5 bill they get 10% extra time and if they use a $10...

I was at home depot last week and bought some 60 watt equivelent LED bulbs for $6 each. They are US made by Cree with a 100,000 hour life and a bright daylight color. I think I could easily convert some of my metal halide fixtures to house 3 or 4 of these per fixture. All I would have to do is...

I use the locals when I can if they are in the ball park on price. In an emergency when I have to buy local I get what I need then check internet to see what the price is and if I should stock the item. HP SS bay hoses for example were $65 local but only $15 from KR. I have found over the years...

I have one location that can't seem to dial in on the #1 number. I had switched to the #3 number a while back and everything was working fine. Now in the last week this location can't seem to dial in on either number. After resetting the timers it will let someone slide a credit card and give...

Good luck on getting anything from Blue coral. I have on 4 seperate occasion ordered sign and selector buttons from them. This goes back over the last few years. I have never seen a single one yet. I will be talking to them about it again at the ICA show.

I just got a notice about a class action law suit settlement requarding credit card fees. It says it is now legal to charge more on payments using credit cards or to offer discounts on other forms of payments less expensive to take. I for one think I will start charging more in the self service...

Electra gear supplies most gearboxes to ryko. Ryko will usually have them put in a slightly different ratio and make it an exclusive part to ryko only. On a wheel scrubber it would not matter if one turns slightly different speed than the other. For machine drives it would make a difference.

Cost for my touchless wash right now breakdown like this. .20 cents per wash for a single pass High PH presoak and .35 cents for a double pass of high PH. It is very strong presoak at this cost and is not done in anyway to save money. Water usage runs between 35 to 75 gallons per wash. WIth...

It has to be the one with the female voice. I can never get them to shut up but the ones with the male voice are fine.

Got a call today from a local Bar-B-Q. They put in $4 on a SS bay but ran out of time before they could wash the Caterering trailer and wash the truck pulling it. Wanted me to give them more time for nothing. I said sometimes I come into your place and get a $5 burger but I am still hungry. I...

i think you can dilute rain x 300 to 1 and get good results. I run it both automatics and self service bays at low pressure. I find it gives great results when applied correctly. I have tried other products that claim the same thing but have been disappointed with them.

When I used Blendco my rep had me using a powder called total power. He said it was designed for truck washes and was a little stronger. It also had some surfactant blended into the powder so we used a lot less of the liquid surfactant.

I think you said earlier that town was 200K population with a 12% growth rate and 1 other tunnel wash. It looks like there is enough population to support another location since another 25K people have moved in within the last year. Now try putting that in a town of 50K that already has 2...

All good points above. I would also add that you need to train yourself to do as many things as possible that you may have been hiring subcontractors for. This includes equipment repair and maintenance. Learn to do do simple plumbing yourself rather than paying a plumber $80 to $100 dollars per...