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I went to North Louisiana last weekend and found a wash with a Washworld Profile, three brushes. Worked great, the only thing I didn't like was the loud speaker for direction. However for a very small farm town they were extremely busy, three cars behind me and one in bay every time we drove by.

I have two HTK TouchScreen Kiosk for Pay stations. 15" "Sunlight readable Screens" that are extremely hard to read in the daylight at any time except when mostly cloudy. Been like this all along, Hamilton says they can do nothing about it. Anyone else had this issue with HTKs or other...

Just had to run off a customer who would not turn off vulgar music. First I asked to turn down, the we heard the MFs.... told him to turn off vulgar music. Full lot of people. He started acting stupid, thought he had freedom of speech on private property- he was wrong. I wish the other...

I have an opportunity to take over a lease SS with a Mark 7 IBA 6 bays using mark 7 meters 6 vacs - 3 islands mark 7 IBA is ready for retirement equipment room is not bad, but everything is dated (2006) current operator built the building on leased property in older shopping center good traffic...

Is hot water a must in self service or will tap water temp for all services? What about from a customer point of view?

Noticed the Wheel Boss brush drivers side looked like the shaft had a lot of end play, making noise. First thought was bearing, but after looking we found the hub was loose on the extruded aluminum shaft. After removing the pillow block bearing and the hub, we saw the damage to the shaft. We...

What type of "Bio" or treatment fluid are you using in you reclaim, if any. BioZone (concentrated living bacteria) is what I am using currently and it seems to work OK. However it is expensive. There is very little information out there about this, can it be produced on site? just asking?

I was helping my grandchildren with a project using Raspberry Pi 3 B and found it very easy use and to adapt to almost any type of machine functions. Have any of you used something like a Raspberry or UNO in the carwash, equipment room, etc.... We are thinking about trying it out as a...

Anyone using Reflective Paint around the wash? I was thinking about spraying some on the non-illuminated signs, cones and even parking striping. We have some channel letters that are not illuminated and think it would work on them also. However we are worried about the paint yellowing or...

I realize that Reclaim has been hashed over several times in the forum. However what about after the reclaim? Who is utilizing Ultra Filtration or Water Polishing of reclaim water? I have read some literature about the systems that remove solids down to less than a micron and then feed a RO...

Local Hotels would like to give washes with their rooms. Anyone doing something like this? Any pricing ideas?

We have several customers that work near a local Bee Keepers operation. The Honey Bees are leaving a yellow residue on the vehicles, like pollen or wax. We are having a hard time getting it off. Anyone out there had this issue?

Where is optimal placement of foaming wax application in tunnel. We offer a "Carnauba" Wax application in the top wash package and a add on. We apply it before the final set of brushes, top and high sides. Then we fresh water rinse, rain repel, and finally spot free rinse.

Should you use reclaim with the High PH chemicals such as pre-soaks and Neutral soaps in a conveyor wash? Chemical suppliers mostly say "no way". Reclaim sales say yes, it will even reduce chemical usage. I can see where the booster pumps in a Hydra-Flex system and the nozzles could wear...

Has anyone tried using a moisture and debris louvered intake on carwash dryers. I have seen them on industrial radial blowers 5 to 20hp models and they work very well.

Anybody selling washes at 3rd party service stations. if so how are or did you do it, technically? I have one next door and several around me.

What is best way to achieve Lo ph vehicle for flash drying. I use a lo ph triple foam before final wax and rain repel. but have big issues with drying. 8 Tech 21 dryers all 15hp. my city water is ~ 8.2-8.6 ph. very soft.