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    Ceramic Making vehicle Feel Rough?

    No dirt or film, We have a dealership at our site so the cars that we have ran through and tested on have all been wash waxed and polished and had any contaminates removed. Think it is worth a call to Simoniz? The ceramic is applied through a IBA Kondor. One of our customers who brings his cars...
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    Ceramic Making vehicle Feel Rough?

    One of our workers has a new car that they just purchased. We have ran it through on our standard wash, no roughness, then run it back through with the ceramic and it feels rough. We have tested on multiple vehicles before and after, we have verified it is whenever the car gets the ceramic...
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    Price sensitive customers

    We have been doing professional detailing for the last 10 years. Do not lose sweat over the customers who do not want to pay your prices. It sounds like you are inline with your competitors pricing. The customers who don't want to pay are usually the ones who aren't appreciative of your work...
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    Ceramic Making vehicle Feel Rough?

    We have been using Simoniz Ceramic in our IBA for the last few months. Shine and water beading is very good. But I have noticed that when you run your had on the paint of the vehicle after the car is dry that it doesn't feel nice and smooth. It has a more of a rough feeling, you cant see it but...
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    Cat 3535 on razor wash slowing down randomly

    Yeah bad bearing could be a possibility with the extra friction its causing it to slow down. We have the exact same pump at our location but ours has been pretty bullet proof.
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    Cat 3535 on razor wash slowing down randomly

    Is the belt slipping, can you notice it getting loose at all? Any chance you could shoot a video of what's going on?
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    Inbay automatic car wash space requirement

    Find a local distributor and they will be very helpful with any questions you have related to start up. That is what they do for a living and they will see you as a potential customer so will most likely go above and beyond. Ours has been very helpful over the years.
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    Vacuum Motor replacements for JE Adams 29070 Ultra Series combo units

    This is the exact model number for the motor per JE Adams website. https://www.amazon.com/Electro-Motor-Vacuum-8055EM-Vacuums/dp/B07BRXWSLN
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    Great idea, or horrible idea?

    I would not get involved in this if I were you. 200 miles away is pretty far away to be maintaining a wash, weather you have have family or not in that area. I think this would be a drain on your well being as well as a lack of drive to keep this location maintained with it being such a far...
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    Advice on increasing CPD on Petit

    We have feather flags by the street that we alternate between a few different ones to keep changing things up. Really inexpensive way to catch peoples attention. Also try to hit home the 24/7 open as that sets you apart from the tunnels.
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    Going Cashless?

    I think that in the fact in your original post you stated "However I think my town may be a little more oriented towards cash" is your answer that you shouldn't drop cash if your town is accustomed to it.
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    Kleen Pac Hyper Concentrates

    Yeah we have always used simoniz or jbs in the past. I heard Kleenpak is much better that the other kleenrite 5 gallon ultra concentrates they make.
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    Kleen Pac Hyper Concentrates

    How do you like the Kleenpak High PH. We are thinking of switching to this from powder due to the added convenience.
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    Petit 360 I

    From what I have heard and read over the years the Petit is a speedy workhorse. I know a lot of people swear by razors though as well. If I was personally putting in a new wash I would also go with a petit because of the low maintenance.
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    Petit 360 I

    Is your IBA you are looking to take out not cleaning well or functioning properly? If you are putting out good cars and the community is happy with your wash I personally wouldn't change it up unless repairs on machine were adding up or nearing end of its life cycle.
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    Kleen-Rite Kleen-Pak Graphene Blast

    Anyone try Kleen-Rite Kleen-Pak Graphene Blast? I see its a new product being offered by Kleenrite. Thinking about pairing graphene wit hmy top wash by end of summer and want to see everyones thoughts on it. Was originally gonna go with Simoniz graphene but saw this had higher dilution which...
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    Best strong powdered presoak that is Safe on equipment.

    What presoaks are you currently running in your IBA?
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    Best strong powdered presoak that is Safe on equipment.

    What super concentrates would you recommend? We have purchased from kleenrite always so it would be nice if it was something they stocked.
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    Turtle Wax Ceramic

    We run our wax and ceramic in different washes. Ceramic Top. I do not have any experience with turtle products though as we run simoniz.
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    Best strong powdered presoak that is Safe on equipment.

    Curious what you recommend as a good strong powdered presoak that is still safe for equipment and cars. We have tried inbay turbo powder, simoniz correct, and super wash. Not to concerned on the cost as most powders are still cheaper than liquid presoak. Any input would be greatly appreciated...
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