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    Laserwash 4000 waiting for eyes to clear

    Do you have a docking dryer or a stand alone?
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    Laser 4000 straight swivel

    Something on the Y-40 output card is blowing the fuse. When it does it cuts power to the Y-43 output which tells your autocashier to close the car wash bay.
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    laserwash 4000 measure eye fail

    Hi Zal, The first thing to check is that the reflective material on the exit end of the right wheel stop (passenger side treadle plate) is clean and free of scuff marks. Next, with the bridge in the home position, make sure the photo eye mounted on the passenger side of the bridge is still...
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    Chemical Overhaul

    I suppose the first question is what kind of wash do you have? Self Serve, Touchless IBA, and Friction all require different chemical solutions.
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    Where to buy coloring for triple foam

    Lustra sells liquid colors that you can dual inject.
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    More Presoak Discussion

    There are two ways to produce a clean car with a two step cleaning process. You can use an aggressive low pH that will simply eat through the road film and follow with a weak high pH to nuetralize and stop the low pH. This tends to produce a very consistent level of cleaning and a dryer car...
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    Laserwash upgrades

    They make a stainless steel replacement bridge that comes plug and play. You just set it on the rails, install the J2 box and go. It takes about a day and a half to change. The soap is JBS's Compass Line. We have had a lot of success with cleaning using it. It allows us to match the cleaning...
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    Laserwash upgrades

    Video of the upgrades we have made to one of our Laserwash 4000's. https://youtu.be/pIt4_0fMV8w
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    Does anybody use a low ph powder based presoak?

    Hi kangamar, Welcome to the industry. Acids or low pH products are good for window mask, cleaning chrome, and aiding in drying. I am not aware of any low pH powder products, but that doesn't mean they aren't out there. Most acids tend to occur as liquids so soap companies usually formulate...
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    Please Help with Two Questions about Laserwash 4000

    Question 1: You could use Soap #1 for your High pH soap, Soap #2 for your Low pH soap, Foaming Wax for your Turtle Wax Fire, and use Drying Agent with the water saver valve for your Turtle Wax ICE. Then use the water saver unloader to adjust the pressure down to 250 psi. This would mean that...
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    Reclaim

    Larry Jacob and Bob Koo are both excellent people to learn from. When we did our research we came down to Con-Serve and Purwater. Ultimately we went with Con-Serve because their series 3 unit fit into our equipment room better. We opened up the asphalt installed four tanks, plumbed everything...
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    New Razor Edge

    Chris is actually in the video around the 5:24 mark. He is standing just left of the dryers. He did a great job with the install. I was really impressed.
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    proforma

    With only a traffic count, I like to use the following for quick minimums: 10,000 / 7 = 1428.57 1428.57 x .01 = 14.28 or 14 cars per day average. Understand this is a minimum and doesn't provide an accurate number. Lots of factors will drive the number higher. If you can take this number and...
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    New Razor Edge

    So I had the chance to visit with a friend and see his new Razor Edge today. I shot some video of it washing. https://youtu.be/a2LUQQuovh4
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    Topaz Industro Float Valve - annoying bubbles

    I just installed mine below the water level and now there are no bubbles. I used the string to attach the float.
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    Touchless best chemicals?

    A few suggestions. 1. Get a TDS meter and check your RO water. You should get a value less than 40 parts per million (ppm). 2. Dump a little bit of all of your waxes, sealants, polishes, and drying agents out their feed lines at the injectors. Then fire a soap, hopefully none of the lines pulls...
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    Laser 4000 customer can't drive straight!

    Out of the 120 that I put down 2 have come up in a year. One of my friends who is a Wash World distributor has started using stainless steel Tapcons. He claims he hasn't had any come up in a year and a half.
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    reclaim retrofit

    The biggest challenge is the city. The city required heavier more expensive tanks for us that could withstand the weight of a tractor trailer truck. Buying and installing the tanks ate up 2/3 of the budget. Luckily the one spot for the reclaim unit in the equipment room was also the closest...
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    Soap

    Sorry to be so long getting back. As far as cleaning versus the Action line there really isn't any difference. The advantages are smaller containers (2.5 gallons), everything is rectangular which makes storage easier, and it keeps the equipment room cleaner while taking up a smaller footprint...
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    Soap

    We have been using JBS since 2015 with our Laserwash 4000's. We use the Compass line, specifically CPS-100, CPS-200, CPS-201, CPS- 500, CPS-602, and CPS-700. We have had phenomenal results, the site with the biggest change for us went from 24 cars a day to 62. The only change we made was the soap.
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