| When cleaning cars on car lots it's important to | | | | wintertime where mind, dust, or debris was splashed |
| consider the production line efficiencies if you want to | | | | up onto the cars because you really don't need much |
| make money. Many say it's not rocket science, | | | | soap for car lots. In fact, you don't want to use any |
| because you are just cleaning cars, however if you do | | | | soap at all if you can help it and only a little if you have |
| treat it like rocket science and consider some of the | | | | too. |
| Six Sigma strategies for manufacturing processes, or | | | | For two reasons, one issue don't want the soap to run |
| some of the finite capacity scheduling modeling, you | | | | off into the storm drain because the NPDES permits |
| can become so efficient that you can lower your price | | | | for most local municipalities will have the storm water |
| and beat your competition; and still make a profit. | | | | discharge code enforcement officer out there to give |
| Not long ago, I was discussing this with a mobile car | | | | you hell. Plus, it costs too much to use soap, it takes |
| washing company that was interested in doing car lot | | | | too long in the process, and no car dealerships really |
| washing contracts where they would be cleaning the | | | | want you to use soap on new cars anyway, soap |
| cars at car dealerships twice per week, at between | | | | streaks are much more of a problem than rinsing cars |
| $.85 and a dollar. And as we were talking about this he | | | | with the ionized or reverse osmosis water. |
| mentioned; "I was thinking on two guns, one for soap, | | | | Some liquid organic cleaners allow the water to sheet |
| and another for rinse water." You can see his mind | | | | dry, reducing time to dry which is good, but only if you |
| was all about production and this is exactly where you | | | | get the mixture exactly right, and you have to rinse for |
| should be thinking if you are considering these types of | | | | longer, more water usage, more mess on the ground, |
| contracts in your mobile car wash business. | | | | and in early mornings in some markets that makes ice |
| Now then, I wouldn't recommend using two guns were | | | | on the ground too. Indeed, you may even want two |
| washing cars at car lot, unless the cars were | | | | rinsing guns and no soap to speed things along, please |
| extremely dirty or they were on a busy street in the | | | | consider all this. |