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    Neoglide leaving fine scratches

    El jefe, No way would I have the guts to put Lammscloth at the entrance of my wash process. Yes, its very gentle and conforms to the shape of the vehicle better and can be rotated at a much slower speed and creates less impact and noise on the vehcile. But I would never ever use it as my first...
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    Diclaimer

    We've seen some huge days recently. About 7,000 cars in the last 9-10 days. Being out on the line and talking with the attendants, we've concluded that about 30%+ of the customers we've never seen before or at least not for a long, long time. In addition, we've truned away many customers who...
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    Prep or no prep on Express Tunnel

    Bud, No high pressure arch - ours or anyone else's in this industry can get all the nooks and crannies that the cloth misses 100% clean. As I stated even our arch with 58, O degree nozzles on 9 oscilating and pivoting spray bars cannot remove the film. The best that can done in any hybrid...
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    Prep or no prep on Express Tunnel

    Thanks Earl, I am a firm believer that you have to deliver the hgihest possible quality to every customer every time rgardless of the wash packahe they receive. We charge $10 for everyone and everyone gets the works. Our only optional item is Rain-X. Off this base price we sell five wash books...
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    Diclaimer

    Earl, We operate as follows Minimum of two attendants all the time - good for up to 400-500 cars. For every additional 250 cars we add an attendant. As you may already know, we use hogs hair brushes and prep the fronts, windshields and rears of every car we wash. We also prep for bugs, mud...
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    Diclaimer

    You can wash 100 CPH and still inspect vehicles. We do it all the time. There are a slew of conditions or cars that we look out for. For example, vehicle's with substantial damage that can cause damage to the cloth we deny; Open Bed Pick-ups we deny service; Any vehicle that comes in with damage...
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    3$ wash competition

    How about touting your quality, such as; We get your whole car clean the first time, or We clean the areas other leave behind. We have a small chain of washes here which with its name you would think that they really get wheels clean. That however among other things, is their most glaring...
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    Christmas on a Saturday - Open the wash?

    Although I would like to close, I too believe it will probably be a nice day. If we are open it will be from 9-4, but I let my crew (3 guys) decide, Its already a short week for that crew in that they are scheduled every other day so its a Tues./Thurs./Sat. week. If by chance we can some great...
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    Gift Card Push Ideas

    What's your regular price vs. the discount price for your 5 wash books? Our customer get the wash for $7.00 instead of $10 when they buy a 5 wash book and we sell over 5,000 books a year. This represents 25% of our annual sales. We also have a monthly plan and we give a $20 discount if they...
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    What product do you use for tire shine?

    We use Ecolab's On Line Tire shine. We don't have a huge problem with sling because we only need to put the bare minimium through the tire shine because we put it on 100% of the vehicles we wash. Therefor, we don't have to place a lot on per car. The only way I've been able to eliminate it is...
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    Hydraulic Fluid Mystery

    I was not intimating that he did have a leak, but just to pass on a tip that makes leaks easy to find and able to detect far more quickly than waiting for a catastrphic failure. If you don't have due in the fluid leaks are much harder to detect.
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    Hydraulic Fluid Mystery

    You may or may not have a leak, but have you put any dye into the hydraulic oil? A red dye will help you diagnose a small leak before it becomes a big one. An ounce of prevention....
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    Menus

    Why not 5 packages? You could call them; Mediocre Wash Basic Wash Good Wash Better Wash Best Wash You're selling a car wash, not feeding people
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    $1.95 or $2.95 Exterior Only.

    OK, but how do you expect to pay for your salary, labor costs, payroll taxes, water, sewer, electric, gas, chemicals, maintenance, repairs, sales, tax, property tax, and advertising? Oh and don't forget that pasky thing that liberals now hate any business to make - A PROFIT! Don't forget about...
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    Delicate Issue...

    Don't you have more important things to worry about? Maybe you should call the police next time and have her charged for theft. Sheesh!
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    4.5% Credit Card Processing?

    We pay 2.87% for Visa, Mastercard and Discover through our back (5th/3rd bank) with no transaction fees. Of course, american express is another story. However, 96.7% of transactions were through Visa and Mastercard. Also, I have been approached by a company called First Pay...
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    Car Wash Advertising

    Packerscw In this day and age, I think the idea of having a bunch of kids on your grounds using high pressure guns in a wet and slippery environment with customers driving around at who knows what speed, is a recipe for disiater and quite a nice law suit. Why not simply give them tokens to...
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    FLEX-SERVE paradigm recommends VENDING

    We've been exterior only since we switched in 1997. In 1999 we put in 4 pay vacs a 4 item fragrance vendor, 2 Armor All machines, a window cleaner, a disposable towel and an Armor-All Cleaner machine - all mechanical, no electric required. Each year between Vacs and vending we take in around...
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    New Reclaim Install with JCC Water Wizard 1.0

    Who in the world told you you could run a CAT pump on reclaim water? CATs are extremely sensitive to any particulates in the water, even as small as 5 micron. Also, the soap in the water when under pressure tends to create air bubbles and may cause cavitation. The only positive displacement pump...
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    Obama calls on GOP to pass Small Business Jobs Bill

    Red Baron Its intentional. You cannot create Obama's socialist state without destroying/overloading the current system. If we don't take back the Congress Nov. 2, we are doommed.
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