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I agree with David. The most comon and most simple is counting the cars per container of chemical. You only get an average cost per car meaning you will lose some and win some with each wash. Keeping track if your larger vehicles in you car counts will help you keep track if you are winning...

Meguiar's also makes a plastic cleaner and plastic polish. I haven't tried it so who knows.

Galaxy does some neat stuff with their machines. The big one is an externally mounted heater that can be bypassed if it needs to be replaced so you are not out your extractor while trying to fix it. They also include a hose to circulate the hot water through the tank this help heat the water...

I too have heard many opinions over the years from my customers on this. Here is what I have put together from the ones that seam to have the best maintenance programs. Oil does not last, use a grease. The product that I have heard the best results from is LPS #3. This goes on as an oil and...

What detergent you use depends more on how you are drying the towels then how you are washing them. If you wash the towels and then dry them completely then any detergent will do. However if you are washing the towels and spinning them out where they are mostly dry but still damp then you need...

Check into the chemicals that you are using. Some chemicals will make your bacteria issue worse. A good quality soap should also help maintain low levels after a dose of chlorine or bleach to kill the bulk of the bacteria. Some companies do make maintenance chemicals to manage the bacteria...

Some may have already seen this interesting interview. It is with VP Joe Biden on the state of the economy and where the unemployment rate is headed. Also mentioned are possible future plans. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdaVkZfe9jg

On 4wheel dolly conveyors this is very common. This is also part of the reason for the creation of the 6wheel dollies.

This is pretty right on. The drum has a lot to do with allowing chain some side to side motion and 1/2 the wear that a sprocket puts on the inside of the links. In many cases if there are alignment issues with the chain and it is pushing on one side of the drum, a sprocket will be used to...

"Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, told the Orlando Sentinel: "That's all the bullets we had!" I love it!

Another scenario I have seen is that all rollers are not created equal. Meaning you could have a roller that is not designed for your conveyor. A good example is Econocraft's 4 wheel roller is shorter than a Hanna 4 wheel roller and has been known to jam on some conveyors after the trap door...

What do you guys think on the price, availablity, and quality of pads for the cyclo? I have heard a few complaints about what is out there and just wondering what the opinion is here.

It makes me mad when a company thinks they are too big and don't care who they step on. That was not anything close to an apology that was blaming it back on car washes for not being smart enough to understand an ad. I think Mother's doesn't realize the massive power the car wash and...

this is very true... 14GA is the lightest cord to use. 12GA is much better.

135,000 on a diesel is just getting broke in. With regular maintenance it has another 2-300,000 in it, but the way you drive that might only be 2yrs away! I have a customer that hand washes his personal vehicle EVERY morning 7am. Looks perfect.

This is all very good advice. As mentioned earlier look into your chemicals as they can be a source of trouble, also usually the best and easiest solution. Another option, if changing chemicals doesn't help, is to use the bleach (which is killing the bacteria off initially) and then check with...

I have had customers tell me they spray a small amount of clay lubricant in the container if the clay will be sitting on the shelf for a little while and this helps keep it moist and from drying out.

Found on another forum someone claims WD40 will remove it from the plastic and rubber trim but not on the paint. If it works I have no idea but its worth a try.

Leather is tricky and I am not a leather expert by any means. I would guess that if the dye from the leather jacket bled into the leather seat that is the new color. If all else fails dye the seats back to the original color. My personal experience with bamboo towels is that they are not as...

This last weekend a friend invited my wife and I to go to a karaoke bar and hangout. As I sat there and watched something occured to me...politics isn't much different than karaoke. Hear me out. If you take away the loud music, and telapromter most do not have the voice to stand alone and...