Originally Posted By: GMBoy
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
Originally Posted By: GMBoy
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
I only use the quarter car wash places with the wand. I'm not really worried about the finish out side (I wax them before winter most of the time) and get the under carriage done. Try to get it done at least once a month.
I don't do anything that recycles water. No way to get most of the salt out so why bother?
Most coin power washers recycle their water too, Bill.
Not here. We have a ton of them and each one has a filtering system from the city water, a system to add "stuff" (soap, rinse agent and wax mostly) and the drains have a sump then out to the sewer system (either septic or city).
The newer washes DO recycle some or all of their water. Not required by law but for cost. Most of those state that they only recycle the rinse stage and then its only filtered.
The real NO NO here is de-greasing! I've seen tickets issued when folks do that.
Take care, bill
I didn't know that! Thanks for sharing, interesting.
Yeah I was going to buy one of the coin operation ones a few years ago and went around and talked to about 6 guys who own other units around the valley. After that I decided to not take the risk. We have had a few of them go out of business (incl one that owned about 30 of them) in the last few years.
The cost of water plus abuse from the customers have made them either raise their prices to the point that many just say no and go someplace else (or skip it with this economic "recovery")
Take care, Bill
