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You are the best bro ❤

When you are a 81 year old 4 foot 9inches woman who does NOT wash her car anymore I can only use automatic car washers now so I rely on them

You dont want those chemicals anywhere near your head or face.

Colorblind people exist, Nathan.

Hey. The. Revetor Let’s. Become. Friends. In. Person. With. Love. 🙏🌈

He just spent like 30 on the car wash he knows he trying to get ya money 💰 lol

Did you make any videos and the wiring from the pump stand to the bay ?

A lot of self service car washes and some automatic ones I see are attached to gas station all-in-one's like Casey's and Jordan's (two chains we have here in the South similar to Love's and Pilot stations but on a smaller scale). Between offering gas, restaurants inside, and a car wash, they seem to spread themselves thin and the car wash gets neglected as long as a single bay or two sort of works. I wish we had more automated brushless touchless washes, but they seem very expensive to build, and those are usually dedicated sites in highly populated areas. I use one when I need a quick, thorough wash in the winter and I don't want to hand wash out in the cold or use a brush wash that might scratch the paint, but going 45 mins each way to the brushless automatic wash seems to defeat the purpose of the trip. Any dirt you get off will get back on the car after 45 mins at 70 mph on the freeway. At least here in the South we don't have to worry much about road salt (sand is used more for traction and breaking up ice).

I'm guessing there are a lot of similarities between the car wash business (self-serve and automated) and the laundromat business.

Sorry for the length, but I have a gloss black car, which takes a lot of TLC during washes, so I thought I would leave my thoughts since black vehicles require extra care. I have always heard to skip the brush, especially on new black cars with gloss paint, because brushes produce micro marring and scratches. I prefer a contactless wash, but if I have to scrub, instead of agitating with a brush, I use a good quality microfiber towel used with a Swiffer sort of extendable plastic mop (this is also good on bathroom floors used with IPA). Swiffers also make it easier for short people to wash the roof. Washable, reusable microfiber cloths covered with soap, IPA, hydrogen peroxide, or bleach also make it unnecessary to buy new Swiffer refills when used to wash a car or clean a home's floors. I like the Mr. Clean ones for every day car and floor washing. I wash my car every week to 4 weeks (2020 Toyota Corolla XLE, #209 black sand pearl/mica paint), and as a daily driver it only gets a light amount of dirt on it driving about 9,000 miles a year--nothing like a truck. Still, I would never wash a black vehicle with a brush when a microfiber can do the job more gently. Avoiding brushes is why I avoid automatic car washes in the first place. We have automated brushless ones here but they are few because they are so expensive to build. I prefer paste or liquid natural carnauba waxes on black paint, but I often use the car wash wax if I feel the car needs a quick maintenance touch up on the wax between majoring waxings. Spray waxes from a bottle can be a little expensive for the limited protection you get from them. Cleaner waxes are okay for maintenance waxes but I prefer using them sparingly. They're more and more common now in stores though because they save time. But their added chemicals can be rough on paint and clear coat. I never knew that the car wash hot wax was a sort of clear coat and should be applied on a wet car. I thought the wax was like a spray wax that would not bond to the paint if the wax was applied to a wet car, since most spray waxes go on dry paint and then are wiped off. Good to know. In my experience, large drying towels, even high quality ones like from The Rag Company, often leave lint. I like using small to medium sized dry microfibers that are designed to get rid of smudges and fingerprints on paint and glass, even fine glass finishing microfibers, or a waffle weave cloth for really wet cars. These weaves seem to leave less debris behind. These smaller microfibers don't soak up water like the big towels, but they don't leave lint, either, and to be honest the huge towels are best used just on the hood and roof of a sedan. If used on the doors, they often drag the ground and contaminate the paint surface with dirt. I may go through more microfibers attaching them to the Swiffer to dry off the car, but I don't have to go back to make a second pass to remove lint, either. Again, the Swiffer makes it easier to dry the roof of small vehicles. I have some small electric air blowers to dry cars, but they often require so much time to push the droplets off the car that it is just faster to use microfibers. Air drying only works with really high pressure systems, I find. Since I lack a garage or covered driveway and my water at home is quite hard, I often wash, decon, clay, and wax in the shade of a self-serve wash bay with distilled water. Or I buy distilled water and use pump sprayers at home to wash since I lack a spigot hookup close to my driveway. For waxing, I find the little 20 volt DA/orbital polishers work well if no major paint correction is involved, and they lack a cord, making them easier to use. They also use reusable bonnets of various materials (foam, microfiber, wool, terrycloth) that can be reused. When doing a thorough detailing in the shade of a bay at a self-service wash, I make sure to buy gas or something else from the station to compensate them for the extra time I'm in the bay. The wash process takes me about 15 minutes, but going from wash, to decon, to clay, to compound, to polish, to wax on a single car takes hours. To not be a jerk to the car wash owners, I often only do a complete process on a major part like the hood, or on a few smaller quarter panels. I do this on the weekends early and late when there isn't a line to use all the bays. I return every week until the car is finished. So doing a whole car very thoroughly (wash/decon/clay/compound/polish/wax) can take me about a month. Washing the car repeatedly when I wax new sections recleans the parts I have already waxed, so even if the entire car is not waxed at exactly the same time, it's hard to tell the difference. The wax all fails at about the same time. I try to do a wax every 3 months with just a wash and a diluted 70/30 IPA wipedown if that, or sometimes I apply the new wax without a wipe down if it looks like the old wax is gone with the passage of time because the water is no longer beading. Usually the hood, roof, and trunk require wax every three months. The sides and back can go six months since they get less direct sunlight. The front grille often needs more attention because of bug splatter and rock chips. I only do decon/clay/compound/polish when absolutely needed since these remove a bit of clear coat and I try to keep a car for 20+ years under the hot Arkansas sun. I've only gone through this whole decon/clay/compound/polish process once in the five years I have owned the car, and even then only on the parts that needed it. Thanks for this video. I'll try the wax trick to help speed up drying. I always avoided it because when I would see the wax bead on the water I would think, "It isn't bonding to the paint." I thought I was supposed to apply the liquid wax to dry paint, then wash or buff it off. I'm not a big fan of bottled spray waxes/detailers anyway and would rather use the car wash's wax. The spray waxes don't last a long time, and for all the expense of buying them, you can just do a quick wash and accomplish the same thing for less money. Waterless washes I like a little better, as they are like detailers but work a bit better on paint defects. I keep bug/tar removers and a microfiber in the car in case of bird droppings on black paint on a hot day, but those tend to leave an oily protective film that I don't like, so I try to wash them off as soon as possible. I will also say if one uses a strong car soap like Purple Power, it seems to be hard on glossy black paint. Water will lie very flat on the clear after Purple Power is used. Sometimes if I'm just removing a light layer of road film, I only use the presoak (without even a pre-rinse since the soak has water in it and is going to encapsulate the dirt and wash it away anyway). It all seems to work fairly well. My only complaint might be wheel cleaning. A lot of decon iron removing products can't be used on many types of wheels without damaging them. You can get a brush into some wheels, but the best approach is just to remove the wheel and then scrub off the brake dust. That process, as well as putting the car on jack stands to wash underneath, is a big pain. I'm not sure if we have an automated wash here that only does the underside, but I'll keep an eye out for one. Thanks again for your video.

Could’ve made it shorter bro. I’m in a hurry and I’ve only got so much fkn $

that’s clockwise not counter

Doesn't it charge you 5 percent tho

That was awesome!! Never seen that before. Crazy

There's a street in the town I live in that not only has tons of car washes, but people have constructed at least 3 BRAND NEW car washes in the past 2 years. Leads me to believe it's highly profitable because they build them so close to competition.

You should put LED lights in the back next to the bush. It will look on fire.

You can wire your boiler into your weepmizer for it to turn on with the freezing temps.

Hey, I’m also a car wash owner and wanted to know how you keep the triple foam from freezing in the winter? I’m about to add it to mine but wasn’t sure about the winter months. The foam brush has antifreeze soap and the gun has weep so not sure what to do with the foam gun.

Who the hell has THAT many dollar coins!?

I don’t worry too much about my car. But I haven’t been a good place mentally, and just like my room (which I have gotten around to cleaning) it’s starting to reflect as in my car is covered in trash, dirt, stains, inside and out. The self serve car wash has always been intimidating, but I’m budgeting, and this place down the street from me is cheap. After watching this video, I have a better understanding of how all the notches and whatnot work, so I feel less intimidated and actually look forward to washing my poor baby today.

Thanks for this! I always skipped the pre wash, because it seemed like a rip off with that boring low-pressure and it’s not a much fun, didn’t realize what it was!

Very cool to see!

Must be nice to have hot wax. Or hot anything. Just cold water here in my local California wash.

The plastic quarters go in

One of the cheapest if not the cheapest.

What leds did you buy to replace ?

That was just a sad production.

Cool video! Considering the Culture over there in the Philippines! 😊 Filipinos are generally hard working people,...my Boss is From there!

You don't know what you have until it's gone..

I've never used tire cleaner or pre-soak. Is it okay to use the tire cleaner on the rims?

I would suggest that you mount the connections at an upward angle. Water can still follow small access points so hang the connections with the green LED to the top. I use a junction box with cables entering and exiting the bottom but changing the angle should help and it’s a very easy fix. Take care!

Hi, Can you highlight the capital. Investment required in setting up car wash business. And how much is the is the revenue

Hey Nathan, I might be 3 years late but since I saw that you're looking for marketing ideas, I suggest having a modern looking website to rank up higher in Google and showcase your car wash. So if you need one or would like to know more about how a website can help you elevate your car wash business, please lemme know. Otherwise your content is amazing!

Sounds like a lease

How's the audio portion of the system?

Have a question for you about wiring the nayax touch. How can I email you

What a great video!

We have $1000 per week in excess quarters. Use Wells Fargo money bags. Weigh out 50 lbs. Brinks picks up and verifies. Fun video.

It’s snowing outside: “self serve car washes are dying”. Location location location. Where I’m at there’s lots of trucks and off road vehicles and every self serve car wash has auto tunnels as well which also stay busy.

Hey great videos! I'm entertaining buying a self service car wash. How many times a year to do you have to empty the pits?

The tax man watching this video carefully, expect an audit.

Great video. Were you able to get the Nayax to track cash sales as well with this setup?

Don't forget to add Wash Analytics to your bays!

A ditch witch hydrovac is the answer

What size nozzles did you use on your guns? I have pretty much the same setup and I can't get mine to spray like that.

arnt you COLD your in the snow and youve just got a t shirt on MAN

As a network engineer I’m cringing at your cable termination but all good. 😅

I can't take advice from someone that uses the same brush to scrub their vehicle right after scrubbing their wheels 😤 5:10

whats your profits from year 1 and year 2 i remember you saying you got it for 10k and then 102k in renovations. What's your roi?

That’s a dope idea.