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Adding triple foam

5 replies created about 1 year ago
posted by Elmonte about 1 year ago

I'm interested in installing triple foam to my ss carwash however my ss is in a ghetto low income area. I don't know if my customers will pay the extra time nor even care about this new feature. I just want to hear from other ppl if they had any luck with this .

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reply by GregPack about 1 year ago

Once upon a time I had three SS washes that had income monitoring software. Triple foam accounted for a little over 4% of bay time. I could probably reasonably add another 3-4% to account for the rinse time of that product.

reply by allen about 1 year ago

Interesting, I have a 6 bay ss,,what is involved in adding tri-foam ?

reply by Robert Bailey about 1 year ago

If you have unlimited time , Its good if not most people just want to save the money.

If you choose to use it make sure its easy to put on very quickly almost runny foam, and its easy enough to rinse off other wise you will create lots of grief.

Maybe you can add to your switch to add 2mins if they choose that option but if they choose something else it take that time away.

There is always a way just got to find what works and if your not happy can always not use it.

reply by MEP1 about 1 year ago

I wouldn't have a wash without a triple-foam system. It doesn't get used heavily, but it's a one-time expense that is nothing but revenue once it has paid for itself. I figure it took about a year after we opened to cover the cost of the system - about 20% of the customers use it.

Adding a triple-foam system usually requires new rotary switches (If you have 8-position now and it's not full, you're missing something more important than triple-foam), an unused wire or new wire to the room, a 3-compartment tank, something to control the color changes and of course guns, hoses and booms in the bay. You can do it without a boom with the "coily" hoses, but I wouldn't ever do it that way. They're clumsy to handle and get tangled.

reply by orlandcarwash about 1 year ago

I rather turn attantion to wheel and tire brush. We have both options and costumers much more using tire brush than triple foam

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