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• New presoak from KIM Tek After I finally got my order from Kimsupply.com (after their ordering problem),  I mixed up some “Texas Blue Power” pre-soak. I was surprised that it was blue though (a lot better than green).  I mixed 50 pounds of powder to...

• Simply Solutions After getting my “Appeal Blue Berry Clearcoat” chemicals from Robert Pecora from Simply Solutions Corp, I finally checked to see what it looked like.  This was tipped at “dark brown”, a little too strong, so I sw...

• GMC FALCUITY - A Wylam / Birmingham group Someone threw GMC Falcuity’s cd (demo?) on the ground at the car wash today.  I will listen to anything that is not scratched up, so I was suprised because they were really good for a local group.  They had very good studio work o...

• Hamilton Changer problem - interesting problem So I got a call about my changer stealing someones money.  I threw the switch on the coin hopper and it was jammed.  It just looked like a normal jam but it was only one quarter.  I had to take it apart, which seemed odd.  While inspect...

• Did you know that Sam’s Club sells Standard Change Makers? Have you ever wondered about the last 50 years of Standard Innovation and Change?  Did you know they started making changers in 1955 and the original retail price was $89.50?  I just wonder if that comes with a Mars bill acceptor?  They...

• Lustra Introduces 'Earth Ready' Carwash Environmental Program The Lustra Professional Car Care Products division of Cleaning Systems Inc. (CSI) has launched Earth Ready, a comprehensive marketing program and environmentally friendly line of carwash and car care products. Announced in April dur...

• Out of its misery? Well it finally happened.  Someone put my Jim Coleman CT-2000 meter box timer out of its misery.  I also figured out today the CT-2000 timer can be swapped out with the Jim Coleman 1034R.

• I hate small meter boxes I hate these small meter boxes.  It seems like they are constantly causing problems.  This is a broken fuse holder that exploded when I closed the door.

• Montezuma’s Revenge? Is the Montezuma Tequila and the IDX X-10 coin acceptor breaking related?  Is it Montezuma’s Revenge on not purchasing a Sensortron?  Is it possible to fix an IDX X-10 for less then what it cost to purchase a new one?

• Simply Solutions These are the chemicals I purchased from the Erie Brush people.  His son sells chemicals and the company is Simply Solutions Corporation Crestwood, IL.  I purchased the APPEAL Blue Berry Clearcoat and the BERRY NICE Foaming Detergent.  ...

• BioShine product review I have been having some computer difficulties and I finally got the video made.  It is really fancy you should check it out.  I would be interested to see how this product works in a Simoniz Tire Shine Applicator http://cwguy.com/?p=1695...

• My goal for my blog is complete! Look crop circles in Birmingham, Alabama I made it on a post at Crop Circle Connector or cropcircleconnector.com (to check out the post click HERE)!  This was my goal…. I wanted to get in with the ufo earthfiles.com people.  I rea...

• BioShine self serve vendor VS. Blendco Black Diamond I wanted to check out a couple things at the ICA show and self serve tire shine units was one of them. I talked to Joe DeNardis at the crowncarwashinc.com booth and really liked their self serve vendor. They also sell a full service app...

• How to make hot dogs in the microwave? Have you ever made a hot dog in the microwave?  Do you like boiled hot dogs?  Why not do both?  That is what I did today.  This is very hard so make sure to follow all the directions.  1) Purchase hot dogs,  2) Find microwave,  3) Fill ...

• Muddy day A muddy day today, all the bays.  Also, they found a new path to do that truck “red neck thing”.

• John Thomason owner now broker I checked out carwashbrokers.comat the ica show and noticed that my Dad’s express wash was for sale.  Seems like a pretty good web site, if you want to purchase more car washes. I was suprised that John is a broker now.  I remembe...

• Marc 1 Car Wash - Pelham  =>  => Old Marc 1 link:  http://cwguy.com/?p=1005 , http://cwguy.com/?p=2466

• Rural/Metro Ambulance - Patient Information Carrier Next time I am in the hospital, I will ask:  Are you going to transport my patient information or throw at the closest car wash?

• 20 Ribeye’s for $25.00? I know when I want good ribeye steaks I do not goto Denny’s, I just pull over to the ribeye tent on the side of the road.  You know… the one that has the big “20 Ribeye’s for $25.00″.

• My Rowe International changer problem, again! My Rowe International changer had a unique problem today, which I never had before.  The CCC error was “VALIDATING” and the transporter was just running non-stop and no bills were in the changer or were accepted since my las...