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    Looking at buying a Car Wash

    After sitting for 8 years I have to think the watersoftener would need rebeded, the spotfree membranes would be junk, pumps pitted from sitting with water in them for 8 years, backflow preventer moving parts froze up, piston solenoids all froze up, diaphram solenoid valves with hard rubber in...
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    EMV Credit Card compliance by April 2021

    You had me until you said worldpay. They are impossible to deal with. If you call them you better not plan on doing anything for the next hour or so. They have locked me out of my account so many times I have given up on ever logging on to it again. They lock your account if you don't log on...
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    Dixmor Weep Mizer VS compressed air

    I used to have an old superwash machine that I used all compressed air on and it worked pretty well. Of course it only had one hose going to the machine and it was all downhill. I also had it set up to purge with air wait a few minutes and purge again.
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    Billboards on your property. What do you get paid?

    Wouldn't his contract be null and void if he didn't own the property anymore?
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    Billboards on your property. What do you get paid?

    I was looking at a purchasing a property that has a large double sided billboard sign by lind located on the property. These are the same billboards you see along the highway. The guy said he was being paid $500 a year which I thought seemed low. Does anyone else have any experience with this?
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    Cat pump oil revisit

    I have read the older forums where various operators said to use SAE30 oil in their cat pumps. When I read the cat pump oil bottle it says ISO68 "petroleum-based , hydraulic oil with advanced additive package to protect against wear, oxidation, rust and corrosion" So why wouldn't you just use...
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    Car wash for sale - owner does not own building

    "runs itself" Someone is in for a rude awakening. LOL
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    Sonny's Acquires Harrell's Car Wash Systems

    Having purchased a used PDQ machine I don't see where anything has changed. I have never been able to get any kind of support from PDQ or harrels.
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    Cryptopay Tap...What a missed opportunity

    I saw Kleen Rite released a video on Cryptopays new tap credit card reader. My first thought is why didn't the make the swipe and tap into 1 unit? It appears you need the swipe head and the tap unit is an additional unit. Who wants junk mounted all over their meter boxes, vacs, and...
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    Electroswitch Failing

    I do the same with WD40
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    Vinyl numbers?

    buildasign.com
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    Electronic signs

    Can these signs be repaired if something should fail like the LEDs burning out or a bad power supply? I liked their 3 year warranty followed by they will work at least 11 years. Ok then why not an 11 year warranty? "FREE 3 YEAR WARRANTY - Our signs are built to last. If you leave them on 24...
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    Car Wash Vehicle Dryer In VACUUM Area? Not Apples to Apples You Think?

    I have an automatic wash at one of my washes that currently doesn't have a dryer. I was thinking of adding a drive thru dryer in the parking lot to service both the automatic and the selfserve bays if they wanted to. Like you said, just have a paystation for just the dryer.
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    Interested in building a self service ATV Wash

    It doesn't matter if you have a bay dedicated for muddy vehicles. If a muddy vehicle comes in and sees a bay they don't have to wade through mud they are going to use the clean bay. All bays will end up being mud bays if you allow it.
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    Question about chemical application order in a touch free

    I do it on the razor. 2 Hi presoak passes, Lo triple foam pass, 2 HP rinse, wax, spot free
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    Sonny's Acquires Harrell's Car Wash Systems

    Thats to bad. They are very difficult to deal with. I had to jump through several hoops to order a part from them one time. Never used them since.
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    Question about chemical application order in a touch free

    I apply triple foam over the presoak. No issues at all. I use a low PH triple foam as well.
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    Anyone know Airlift Doors password to the lenze drive they use?

    I am in the process of installing 2 brand new airlift elite doors on my automatic bay and need to change a parameter in the lenze VFD that they use to work with my automatic wash controller. Unfortunately they have changed the drives factory password and I cannot access the parameters I need...
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    What type of water heater ?

    I would think everyone's cold water would be around the same temp being it comes from the ground. The tanks in the equipment room would be the only variable and its pretty safe to say everyone keeps their equipment room temperature above freezing.
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    Possible setup to use multiple tips on 1 Hydrominder?

    Yea but you only want to adjust the methanol side, the soap side will remain the same, so put the solenoids on the methanol side and leave the soap side alone.
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