routine cleaning maintenance for express carwashes?

[BGPES]

Hello,

I have an exterior cleaning company (lot sweeping, pressure washing, etc.) in Arizona and a good client has asked me to help him with another one of his business units: express car washes at gas stations. These are not the self-service bays but the fully automatic tunnels that people usually use after filling up their gas tanks.

The problems we have out here are mainly hard water scaling and a lot of wind-blown dust accumulating in the tunnels. I've checked out a few of his car washes and there is a lot of sludge on the ground, built-up soap scum, and of course lots of scaling. I'm trying to develop a monthly or bi-monthly maintenance program for him.

Any quick suggestions for removing soap scum? I do have a lot of chemicals that I already use for parking garage grease & oil stains, food grease, and hard-water deposits on walls, floors, and fountains....but soap scum and other problems from a constantly wet area like a car wash is new to me.

Thank you very much,
Bill

 

[MikeV]

Nu-wall or Kleen -wall should work. Nu-wall from Arcadian and Kleen-wall from APFormulators.
Put it on a dry surface, let it soak for a minute or two and hp wash it off.

 

[rph9168]

Be VERRRRYYY careful when using either of these products. They contain the flouride ion and should only be used with proper protective gear on.

 

[robert roman]

You may want to consider contacting Ken Dykstra at the following e-mail address.

ken@proservinc.info

Ken is an upstanding guy who owns and operates a carwash cleaning service business in my region. He understands the carwash business and may be willing to give you some pointers.