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bulk wrap material is actually quite inexpensive, its the labor that's majority of the cost. it seems like everyone's consensus is that it's not wise to try anything slick like this. i did have a professional painter who specializes in car washes tell me he's done one and it has lasted 7 years...

what do you guys think of putting vinyl wraps on top of the PVC panels, the same ones used to wrap cars? wraps on a car is expected to last around 3-7 years and that's with you driving it around and leaving it underneath the sun from time to time, whereas a car wash tunnel would be in much more...

has anyone attempted to paint their tunnel walls that's already lined with PVC panel walls? we are about to acquire a site with white panel walls, and would like to make the tunnel black so the light show will pop more. is there anything that will make them last, or should i just tear it down...

buying units from china just because the upfront cost is cheaper. how do you know the quality of the machines and the quality of the washes it puts out? how do you know if the company will be around 3-5 years from now if you need spare parts? what kind of service support can you get if...

dont do it bro

here's another, this time a NCS-Macneil tunnel doing it right after their magnum high pressure rinse arch:

for sure i dont plan to have 14 dryers in my tunnel, ahaha. ive been happy with 9 dryers w/ 12 ft of drip space in all my sites. so having tried flash drying immediately after the first rinse and seeing some results, is this something you've replicated or would want to replicate?

i think the best analogy ive ever heard is this: when you take a shower, do you just pour body wash without lathering it up and scrubbing? a car is the same thing, really. car wash scratching a car because the brush material holding dirt is a bit outdated story. those brush materials are made...

would you share which manufacturer you're going with? i'm not a iba/ss guy, but i did just refit a 100ft tunnel with pretty much brand new tunnel equipment minus tunnel controller, power pack, air compressor, mcc, vacs for pretty much under 600k. i thought even petit which is one of the most...

no way bro, even an express car wash washing 150-200 cars a day is barely grossing $750k in revenue.

i was watching some car wash videos during my downtime and i was looking at AVW's tunnel on their main youtube page: in this video, right after the high pressure rinse arch they have a flash dryer which is not something i've seen. i am assuming this is to blow away the remaining soap and...

3 million to build a ss/iba? that's actually insane.

thank you! that's what i was researching as well, but its good to hear it from someone with experience.

you can go complete NCS-Macneil and have a menu item where you can select to have the traditional friction tunnel or a menu item with all brushes retracted for a completely touchless tunnel wash. high pressure rinse arch is a must in it -- petit xr series would be my pick if i had infinite money.

stinger puts out great cars but i do remember we would have ridiculous buildup in our applicators and gunk up our reclaim system, neither of which i go with anymore. imo you shouldn't have to clean your applicators that often, every other week at most. give new wave innovations a call for...

i remember going down to huntsville al in 2020 to see if there was any washes i could acquire to expand into that city and i saw this wash (closed already at this point) figuring a grand arch, macneil z-frame, rinse, drip space, and 70-90hp dryer system would probably be able to rake in 50-60K...

hmm... i dont know, i feel like belanger went downhill in the last 5 years. still, i'll look into it, thanks.

with a good weekly and monthly preventative maintenance and supply of parts, equipment can last indefinitely. one of my tunnel is 18 years old and the only thing i finally had to replace was my conveyor, mitters (basket frame eroded away too much), and dryers (rebuilt motors on some of them...

totally understandable. we have a backup RFID reader which i got used for really cheap to take care of ones with read issues.

my problem i have with sonnys and my local distributor is just that. they are so busy serving these big PE companies or companies with multiple sites, and mom and pop stores are often put last in the priority list. when i first got in the industry i kept getting the cold shoulder, so i started...