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I feel like my SS customer base is now the detail oriented customer one that whats to do it for them self and that cares for the 2nd most expensive purchase of the life, next to the home. The new gens x,y and z can go to any iba for $2 or $3 down the street. I have added all the functions...

there are many things to add to the wash. In this environment, what do you do with the self serve when everyone is saying it is over? I feel the ss customer is different than yeasterday. How do we get back what we have lost over the past few years. I am refering to the avg. rev. per. bay over...

I am hearing from many people in our industry that carwashing esp. the self serve is on the way out. What about weather, economy, competition, are the paints(cars) today only needing rain to clean them. Only a few years ago people were saying that the market was open because less than 50% of the...

@ 2 months ago a friend of mine wanted to "hang with me at the wash" so we pulled in and in one of my bays looked as if it had snow in it, it was over 50 out. I knew it wasn't snow. He quickly replied as we drove past on the way to park "got a shove I'll take care of that" I replied you might...

one of the first things I did when I bought my wash 1 year and 3 weeks ago was install the blasto dry in the 2 top bays with mosmatics. The top bays moved out 1 each from the pr on each side. I have no meters to tell of for usage. After @ 3 months the 4 bays @ the pr preformed the same. I also...

I was thinking of doing the same but as everyone has said what a mess. When I had my detail shop the guys would spary on tire shine and ruin a great job with shine overspray.

keep a plastic razor blade with you to start it, it works great without hurting paint then peal it off. The residue will come off with alot even wd40

they will take a sample of your windsheid dirt with a plastic blade then tell you the break down of the soil in your area and what is the best product for your area. waiting to see if it works.

Well in slower lower I found 4 washes that are good, the rest? How do you guys keep up on your wash. Do you have a check list that you follow everyday to make sure your wash is the best? What do you do? I started using ecolab because they test the dirt on the winshield to get the best match but...

Well for the last week or so I have made an effort to go and meet my competition. Not to discuss price just to say hi and i'm the guy down the street. I am in south philadelphia near the Delaware line. I have been $2.50 for 4 min. Most of my interaction with the local competion has been funny...

My closest competetor lowered his prices @ 3 weeks ago from 2.50 to 2 for 4 mins (same as me). I have just been working on my wash making it better and offering more(and keeping prices the same) with good results, slow results(building a buiss). I had a sure fire loss quickly. I can't lower the...

hey mep001 How many bay signs do I need? Said to my wife the other day I can't stand the people that come to the wash throw out their trash and don't even buy from the vendor or use the vacs and she said "thats what I always did."

Sorry Dimond wash that it took so long to respond. What I did was mount mine between the rafters. It has legs to do it. I think on one I had to use a flat 2x4 across the rafter to mount. I put the hose thru the ceiling with a 2x12 on a mosmatic z boom with brackets holding the 2x12 to the...

We had a storm come thru and wiped out(reset our timers), as the storm was rolling thru I was watching our cameras from a remote location. Once it ended I had a guy pull in to one of my self serve bays with a trailer full of stuff, put his money in and point the wand at the trailer to clean it...

I think the aerosols work well because of the mechanical aspect of the foam as it hits the glass. Cuts down on time. When I started I used balled up news papers with watered down windex. Loved the stoner with a huck in the end but like I said I paid for the stuff and would just use it myself.