Truck washing (Soaps, Tips and Tricks)

Hotshot · June 24, 2019, 7:41pm

pressureguy · June 24, 2019, 7:45pm

Why it’s better? Idk. One day a few weekends ago I ran out of Dynaclean and switched over to a batch of Film Fighter I had left and to me it left the chrome noticeably shinier.

pressureguy · June 24, 2019, 7:46pm

Not sure if it’s worth the extra cost though.

pressureguy · June 24, 2019, 7:48pm

Oh also it’s a lot foamier than Dynaclean. Just depends on what you want.

GeorgeNicholson · June 24, 2019, 7:54pm

What’s the cost on it?

pressureguy · June 24, 2019, 8:07pm

I’m getting $192.40 per 6 gallon concentrate.

Hotshot · June 25, 2019, 2:01pm

That’s still a pretty decent price for soap. All the locals here to Louisiana are @ around $250 a drum before taxes, only thing I can’t buy from hydrochem is HF, there over $500 a drum,they can’t send it in 6 gallon pails .

pressureguy · June 25, 2019, 2:04pm

Hmm that’s odd. I remember when talking to Chad about soaps and HF him saying that HF is cheaper.

Hotshot · June 25, 2019, 2:12pm

$435 a drum for HF brightner . 150$ to ship.

Hotshot · June 25, 2019, 2:14pm

Now citric acid is cheap, round $94

GeorgeNicholson · June 25, 2019, 2:49pm

lettering on the trucks are being washed off and or becoming wrinkly. Is there any way we can rectify the situation?

I get this email today. I am 100% positive we are not washing off any lettering as we take before and after pictures. Now when it comes to wrinkled lettering how would that happen? My guess is that they have some tears in their wraps and water is getting under them. This is from Ferrellgas and they weren’t being cleaned at all before we started.

Hotshot · June 25, 2019, 3:26pm

Only way I can remove lettering, as REQUESTED by a customer,is to carefully use alot of heat. Your either getting to close with alot of heat and staying there to long,or there full of bull and the lettering is old and brittle and is gonna come off no matter what.

Hotshot · June 25, 2019, 3:27pm

What temp are you running @ ?

GeorgeNicholson · June 25, 2019, 3:48pm

Their stuff is old and hasn’t been cleaned in forever before we started. We are running around 140-170 I believe. Usually we don’t go higher than that as there really is no need

Hotshot · June 25, 2019, 4:41pm

If you go over 130 your acid starts to break down and doesn’t work as well. Food for thought, we run around 110,120

GeorgeNicholson · June 25, 2019, 4:42pm

Did not know this. I’ll stay around 110 from here on out then

pressureguy · June 25, 2019, 4:53pm

Huh. Learn something new everyday. I’ve always ran 170-200. Not saying it actually got that hot but that’s where I set it on my machine.

Hotshot · June 25, 2019, 5:03pm

Only time I use alot of heat is for degreasing

dperez · June 26, 2019, 10:06am

We need to get you a thermometer lol. I like the digital Cooper’s

$23 bucks https://www.amazon.com/Cooper-Atkins-DFP450W-0-8-Instant-Thermometer-Temperature/dp/B000LDI8PK/ref=asc_df_B000LDI8PK/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312126272150&hvpos=1o4&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18271300741136794934&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027197&hvtargid=pla-316724729454&psc=1

Hotshot · June 26, 2019, 2:05pm

I’m glad I’m not paying your red fuel bill. You gotta be going through quite a bit ,running 2 8gpm 's