When is it time to change the services you offer to your customers? What services do you add or do away with? How do your services compare to your competitors? Is it time for a change? The carwash business is like any other service business when it comes to evaluating the services you offer. You […]
As tunnel operators know, when it’s time to wash, we get limited days to do so. There are many tricks to keeping your wash up and running to get through the busiest of days. When night falls, we work on the carwash well into the wee hours of the morning. The conveyor is probably the […]
If you have a touchless automatic or tunnel, there are things you may not be aware of. Five major factors come into play when you clean without friction. First is water quality. Water must be soft (0 GR) for the soaps to work properly. Most soaps have some softening agents in them, but this […]
Almost everyone in the car wash industry hears about the benefits of soft water on a very regular basis. Distributers and service/installation companies all want to sell water softeners with car wash system and insist that soft water is a necessity in cleaning cars. Owners and operators are told of the chemical benefits of having […]
How to make a first-time customer, a regular customer According to Ken Banks ― CEO of KAB Marketing, who has over 30 years of experience as a retail marketing executive for companies like PetSmart, Circuit City and Procter & Gamble, and is also the co-author of the book “BrainBranding: Activate the Brain…Stimulate Your Brand” ― […]
Six Important Questions to Build a Larger Customer Base within your reach Nothing is more important in the carwash world today, than operators washing more cars. Most operators who have survived the horrific “revenue drought” of the past few years would agree. But is belief enough? To take your wash to the next level, you […]
How to Prepare Your Wash for the Winter Preparing Your Wash for Winter Operations: Fall is in the air. YIKES! Just yesterday it was hot! We all had good intentions this year…get out in front of the cold blast, but other things came up. Car wash operators are notorious for forgetting the nagging winter issues […]
The True Value behind Vacuum Islands Car wash owners typically look at vacuum islands as a necessary evil, instead of seeing their true value. Contrary to popular belief, vacuum islands are one of the most under-rated revenue generation points at car washes, vacuum islands can draw customers into your wash increasing revenue in other cost […]
Tips to Help you Manage Outstanding Projects for Success Advertising & Project tips Take a minute to think about unfinished projects around your house. I’m sure fixing up the guest room seemed like an easy job when you started but then something came up. And then something else came up. Pretty soon, the half-finished guest […]
A Lesson on Spot Free Water using Reverse Osmosis The separation of dissolved solids and water using Reverse Osmosis membranes is a pressure driven temperature dependent process. The membrane material is designed to be as permeable to water as possible, while maintaining the ability to reject dissolved solids. Reverse Osmosis systems utilize semi-permeable membrane elements […]