Tire Shiner

The unit ( a Simonize Tire Shiner) is about three years old. We cleaned it and installed new pads. We installed and set up the unit exactly according to the manual. We are using Pad Perfect. Any advice will be much appreciated. (the unit was uninstalled and sitting in a corner, at a carwash we purchased)

Im a Simoniz sales rep in Mass. I have about 70 Tire shiners in service.
1st if its been sitting for a while it isnt a bad idea to replace the flow jet pumps. Make sure they have viton seals.2 new pick up tubes with foot valves isnt a bad idea eaither. You want between 2 and 3 oz per car. Thats between 1 and 1.5 oz per side depending on how many tire shines you sell. Does the drivers side have a convayor rail under the pads? The retract pressure should be 25 to 30 psi on drivers side, and 30 to 35 on passengers side. The orman timer should be on E and 1 or 2 seconds. That makes the chemical pumps only stay on for 1 or 2 seconds. You would rather keep the pressure high like on 40 or 50 and the time low, then the pressures low and the timer on for 4 or 5 seconds.Also there is a nozzel layout with some nozzles being plugged? Is your set up that way? Any questions email me..Brian

We have set up the nozzles just like the layout says. I will re-adjust the timer and pressure. We ran the pressure on the pumps at 60psi and the timer at 6 sec. Needless too say we shut the unit off after we noticed tire shine being blown on the cars. If I have any problems I'll e-mail you.

Thanks for the help,
David

Whatever you do, find an alternative to Pad Perfect. It just isn't worth the price. There are options out there that work just as well where you can get a 55gal drum for less than what you pay for a 30 of Pad Perfect. Trust me. There are also cheaper options on replacement pads as well. The can cost upwards of $500 for a set from Simoniz, I get mine for about $175 from my local chemical/maintenance guy and they last just as long and do the same thing the OEM pads do.