Recent content by tehachapicarwash

Adding a 3/8 regulator.... On our panel, 1 panel for brush, 1 for presoak/tire cleaner. 2 sides per panel, air/fluid. Are the regulators specific to their function, like air vs water? Or could I use one from Parker from KR to replace each? I know the air side is bad, I haven't tried taking it...

I can always count on you to really help me out, lol. Thanks. I'll check it all out tomorrow and report back.

Recently, I stopped getting the "foam" in the foaming brush. Just a steady flow of pink liquid soap. I tried adjusting the air and I think the valve is blown out. Anyone replace the bell style valves? Maybe solenoid, but I don't think they would all gone out at once. Would you replace it with...

We don't even lock them anymore. Just wake up early and lock em up for the day.

We accept tokens and quarters, only tokens are changed to the customer. Every 3 days we empty the safes, take the mix home and hand sort, count the quarters into a cloth bag provided by the bank using a coin counter and make $1000 deposits. The tokens go back to the wash and are recycled.

We are definitely just breaking even right now, maybe $20,000 profit. We have a loan out, still owe a good amount. The wash was put up for sale, business and property for $250k, but we didn't get many solid leads. There is a newer tunnel wash next door, and they do decent. When they first came...

Some more pictures

Hello, new to the forum. My dad owns a car wash in CA. It was built in 1984, and while mostly everything works, it is quite antiquated and needs some upgrades. I am not sure where to start, and my dad is already shooting it down, but I think if I can put a plan together I can convince him to...