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• The Art of Carwash Signage: Simple is Beautiful There has never been a more important time to communicate effectively with your customers. Competition is fierce in most markets, and consumers have less disposable income available. And what they do have, they are less willing to spend. This is no time to take your most powerful and important marketing ...(1788 words)

• Paw’N Knaw’n DEER Lick’n GOOD! Whatever Deer Cane Liquid is I got a empty bottle today!  It is “An Instant Mineral Lick!”?  I have no clue?  I just clean up this crap!

• And Here Comes the Rain! At least it did not rain on the weekend!  It was a light rain and it seemed it rained all day.

• Employees Deserve the Royal Treatment It was drummed into my head years ago that the customer is king/queen and that if I take good care of the customer, good things will happen. But having worked with consumers in many different businesses and observed the interaction between customers and employees, I have come to believe that ...(868 words)

• Paint Lady I would never believe I would feel sorry for someone that filled up 2 garbage cans full of paint cans and made a huge mess in my bay.  But it happened to me.   I pulled up to see a lady cleaning out the back of her truck.  I walk over and there is paint all [...]

• Low Pressure Hose Problem My pre-soak sprung a leak and it was an easy fix.  When I ran my low pressure runs last time I added extra at the end.  Now all I need to do is just cut off the break and put it back in the fitting.  (Seems like the majority of the breaks happen at the [...]

• Coleman Shampooer Problem – Update Now is the time to test the group of fittings that connects to the right of the solenoid.  This is really bad because you have to take off the whole back panel. Well I took off the panel to remove the solenoid and I had to take a picture (second picture) what was behind the panel.  (The [...]

• Please Do Not Run Over My Stuff! This is not cool!

• Opinion: Toyota's Acceleration Problem and Carwashes By now, most of us have heard something about Toyota’s multiple recalls stemming from its ongoing sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) problems. Though this deadly problem has only recently received much mainstream media attention, Toyota and safety experts identified SUA problems as early as 2003. Unfortunately, Toyota cannot fully remedy this ...(1254 words)

• I Got a Scarecrow! When I pulled up to the car wash today I thought it was odd that there were no crows….. Then I saw the scarecrow and I understood why!

• WCA's Inaugural Car Wash Tour Shines in Phoenix The Western Carwash Association’s inaugural Car Wash Tour made quite a splash Jan. 19, attracting more than 60 attendees to Phoenix for a firsthand look at four of the area’s top carwashes and a day of sharing best practices. The event included coffee and doughnuts at Scottsdale Auto Salon to ...(596 words)

• Added a 3/4″ Check Valve I added a 3/4″ check valve today.  Just so happens that I was going to order one today online but Mike, a distributor (Premier Carwash Systems) in our area, pulled up at my car wash.  So I just purchased the part from him…. really easy!

• Morgan Road Car Wash I drove by the Morgan Road Car Wash today.  Greg purchased it a couple days ago.  They have put in another automatic and gone up on there self-serve prices from $2.00 to $2.50!  So since December 10th, 2005 they have only gone up $.50….. inflation definately has not hit the self-serve market! If you are interested, [...]

• Coleman Shampooer Problem Well, I guess this it just going to happen if you have an older Jim Coleman shampooer.  The shampoo solenoid valve is rusted and is not allowing liquid to pass through.

• Small Flood Have I ever mentioned that I hate these pits?  They are so shallow!

• Just What I Wanted! I needed some boards so I could build a skate board!  Now all I need is all the other pieces.  (Also the ability to ride a skate board).

• Timer and Coin Jam! I believe I had the coin jam first……  then someone hit the meter box until the timer wire harness got unplugged.

• Where are all the HOT Women Kleen-Rite Corporation? I got my 2010 Monthly Special Calendar from Kleen-Rite Corporation and I was shocked!  I mean where are all the hot women Kleen-Rite!  I remember the 2008 Kleen-Rite calendar and every month was great!

• Someone Stole my Garbage Can Someone stole my garbage can!  Then customers filled the island up with trash.  It was great shoveling all the garbage out!

• Carpet Cleaner Brush – Again I replaced another Jim Coleman carpet cleaner brush today!  It was fun……… like normal!