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So after a couple weeks of playing with my hot melt crack sealer score from Facebook Marketplace. Cutting out some decaying sections and patching with Aquaphalt. and the promise of 2 days without rain. The local crew is on site seal coating. We'll be closed today (Mon 7/21 & Tues 7/22). I...

So I come in on Saturday morning to find mud all over my parking lot and a self serve bay completely a mess. I review the camera footage and find this gem.. After looking through the credit card transactions I have a name. Turns out he's a local physician. What would you do....?

My wash is located very close to an industrial park. I've been thinking about approaching these businesses for bulk sales. What type of discounts are owners giving for these type of sales. What are the volume breaks folks have done in the past? We currently sell preloaded gift cards that...

After much head scratching, changing some plumbing & new membranes I finally have my RO unit working. Turns out the previous owner had it plumbed incorrectly. He had the product water from membrane #1 flowing into membrane #2's core (where product water exits) and water from membrane #3's core...

I am using a flow jet pump to dispense low pressure high pH presoak to my self serve bays. I am using the Santoprene G57 pump. It is dead-headed at 80 psi to a 3 port SS solenoid manifold. When you select presoak from one of the self serve bays, that particular solenoid gets energized and...

I need the part number of the 24 VAC solenoid coil shown in the pics below or suitable replacement part number. Please help, any useful info is greatly appreciated!!!! I've exhaustively searched online and I can't seem to find it. Part numbers involved: Boiler RayPack H1-0541C Serial...

And yes, PennDOT salted & plowed all the roads!

I am curious as to what others have done that's been successful. I'd like to offer wash packages with Hamilton Token Notes. (at this time I do not have the ability to do wash packages with my pay stations & memberships) My current IBA pricing structure is: Wash 1 $6: undercarriage flush...

I put these mums out in front of the pay stations for my automatics. What is the over/under on how long they last before they get vandalized or stolen?

Looking for some input from other owner/operators based on their experience. What would you do? My 5 column Laurel mechanical vendor is basically end of life. I've replaced the coin mech, but the actual drop shelf magazines are worn to the point where the the bottom 1/3 or so of the shelves...

So I've been searching trying to find the most definitive ratio chart for the 506/511 hydrominders. I "tune" the mixture by observing what comes out of the nozzle at the point of use, but I think it's helpful to know how much of an increase or decrease there is when making a change one step up...

A little before & during........ I really hated the red color. The final color scheme includes some white, but this is just the base coat to hide the red.

Everyone, I need some help. I own an older SuperWash site, and when we (the Mrs & I) bought it, it was in rough shape. I've been rehabbing it for about a year now, and I finally got far enough down the list to begin to try and revive the RO system. It's current state is it's simply turned...

So I bought a Super Wash site in April, and this is my first winter with it. Last night the temps fell to 18°F. I've got a question regarding my slab heat. Please take a look at the diagram below. Before I started messing with it, my attendant complained the floor heat never worked well, and...

Hello, New to the Forum & New to the Business. Here is a picture of the HMI that runs my two touchless IBAs. There are two of these, one for each IBA. Does anyone recognize this home screen? I am looking for a user manual for this. I'm hoping that this isn't a custom written program and is...

Hello all, New to the business & first post. Which provider in your experience has the best pricing/fees structure for our industry? I'm talking about Merchant Accounts for credit card sales. 3 bays SS 2 IBA Thanks in advance, Chris