Improve Your Car Wash Business

A lot of car washes - especially self serve washes have a vacuum or two that are poor producers of revenue. It is not that the vacs are not functioning well, but that perhaps there are too many on the premises or these vacs are further away from the more accessible vacs. The best alternative for these vacs is to transform this vac into a "new revenue source". It only takes an hour or two to change this vacuum to vend tire shine and air. You will be provided new decals, the vac will look refreshed and you now have the...

Car Wash self serve owners occasionally come up with questions regarding the foam brush systems. The most common question is adjusting the foam in self serve bays or in your tunnel foamer. Almost any foamer works in the same way. Foremost is being sure you have the right dilution of chemical to water. This depends on the chemical you are using, what the suggested manufacturer ratio is. A good starting point for self serve operations is 40:1 which means 40 parts water and 1 part chemical. However some chemicals such as our Film Buster used in tunnel foamers can be mixed at 120:1...

Water costs money. The less you use, the lower your costs and the better for the environment. Is a major concern today especially for car washing in states suffering from drought and water restrictions. Here are some products to help you save precious water: Carnauba Glaze was developed to reduce water costs and to reduce car wash time. It is also a very good protectorant and will aid in the drying process. This product is a new vehicle protectorant designed to give the motorist more value from his car wash experience while saving the carwash operator time, money, and natural resources.Carnauba Glaze Protectorant...

I have been in the car wash business for over 35 years, having owned and operated a full service tunnel with 6 self serve bays and a separate self serve with 12 bays. Owning a car wash is not much different from owning a restaurant. If you want to make more money at your car wash then you first have to provide a good product and great customer service. You must be consistent, polite with customers, keep the place clean (since we are in the business of "clean"). For example, no matter which McDonald's you go into - the food...

Body Shampoo is unbeatable in a tunnel wash application.  It is especially good in removing any road oils or other road elements very quickly. A fragrance can be added that customers find pleasant. The cleaning ability can be as high as 240:1 (purple tip).  It is normally applied wraps, mitters, rollovers and rocker panels brushes The cleaning ability of this product is unsurpassed..