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I guess I missed this from a month ago. It looks like they are trying to cut their debt in half. That should tell us how well some of these corporate car washes are doing. https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/zips-car-wash-files-bankruptcy-cut-279-million-debt-2025-02-06/

We have seen this message sent to our car wash messenger account three times in the last day or so. Ours said that we violated trademark rules and our page is scheduled for removal. Don't click on the link in the message. If it was truly sent by Facebook/Meta then they would have sent an email...

Every day now for about 20 minutes the sun triggers one of our door photo eyes keeping it open. I was thinking of a short piece of PVC pipe but I'm trying to figure out how to attach it without looking like a cobble job. Ideally Banner would make a tube with a M30 X 1.5 female thread to replace...

Here is Dave Richards, VP of Operations at Cryptopay explaining why they chose Worldpay.

I think this will really cost the corporate express exterior washes because most are so difficult to cancel a membership and they probably count on that extra revenue. Dencar is not too hard to cancel but they might need to make the button easier to see. I'm also speculating there might be some...

At least that is what it appears to me. It is a D&S combo vac that I bought used, had an IDX Big Time timer, and an 8 position 3 deck rotary switch. The timer had a bunch of bad LED display modules so I converted it over to a Dixmor LED 9 multifunction timer. After wiring it up I noticed that...

I thought this would be easy but it is not working for me. Three phase 208V transformer input. I'm not sure how many combinations are possible but I think I tried 6 different ones on one bay. My thought is to get two bays to read zero volts between them on the meter and then work on the one that...

We (wife and I) are getting ready to reopen after an extensive remodel with a new Dencar pay station and their big digital menu. With our sunglasses on both screens look black like they are turned off. We noticed this when we visited United Auto Wash while meeting Phill to look at the system. We...

We are trying to get our three self serve bays back up and running after an insane remodel and it has been a struggle. Almost everything was torn out and put back in a different spot. I wanted to make sure the pumps were still good after sitting all those months so I hooked up the city water and...

We have new Delpro 3/8" thick, 16" wide PVC wall panels and are about to mount signs, mat clamps, wand holders and booms. We were thinking of using double sided mounting tape for the signs. Good idea or bad? If good then what do you guys recommend for the tape? How is it to remove the signs...

How much clearance above the tallest vehicle you can wash are the bottom of your stand alone blowers? If you have turbo nozzles how high above the max roof height are those set on your machine?

We are upgrading our RO system from a double membrane 4,400 GPD to a triple membrane 6,600 GPD. It is a 21 year old Propak with a 3 HP pump from Huron Valley Sales. I talked to Fred there and he said the pump is large enough for the upgrade. The feed, reject, and product water rails are all...

We need to find a pump solution for our spot free arch and glass building window washing system. When we bought our new machine we did not buy a pump setup because we have an underground 1,500 gallon RO water storage tank and needed a custom solution. Autec usually uses a gravity fed pump from...

What type of stainless fittings do you guys use to build high pressure manifolds? The standard cast 150 class (very common) is rated for 150 psi or 300 psi depending on where you look but I have seen them plumbed into touchless machines without issues. Am I missing something?

I want to install double float valves on this tank. The idea is to have one 199K tankless water heater for three SS bays but I know it won't keep up if all three are using wax or soap. Having one plumbed with hot water and a second one with cold water set a few inches lower should alleviate any...

Has anyone hard plumbed Air Shammee IIs from the attic down to the booms? I was thinking 2" PVC with long sweep elbows and a union.

We are in the middle of a large remodel and I wanted to verify where we wanted our new wall packs in our now (almost) 15' tall bays. I fabri-cobbled some temporary stands to hold up the fixtures and powered them up. Bays are 26' long outside dimension and 16' on center. I set the fixtures at 12'...

We have been going back and forth debating on purchasing a Lorex or a Backstreet system. They are not really apples to apples but there is also a large price difference. The Backstreet system we have spec'd out is about $13K and the Lorex at about $7K. We really like the Backstreet and does so...