Give us your best Detailing invention or service idea

**Niblick** · 02-11-2015, 06:48 PM

how about a wash mitt/pad on a long reach handle so you can reach to the middle of van roofs etc without being at full stretch. i have a hop up platform that i work from, but it can still be an issue on some of the bigger vehicles. i also have to jump down to dunk my mitt each time. with a long handle i could dunk from my platform

**brondondolon** · 02-11-2015, 06:55 PM

What about a heated hose or a pipe that goes between the hose and your gun that is heated? I couldnt imagine it being that difficult. A heated coil that ran the whole length of the hose or just in the pipe that heated the water up.

**KMdef9** · 02-11-2015, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by brondondolon

What about a heated hose or a pipe that goes between the hose and your gun that is heated? I couldnt imagine it being that difficult. A heated coil that ran the whole length of the hose or just in the pipe that heated the water up.

They make those. Silly expensive though.

**SameGuy** · 02-12-2015, 12:47 AM

Heat tape. Make sure your GFCIs are working!

I'm lucky that the previous owner piped hot water to my garage hose bib.

**BillE** · 02-12-2015, 08:17 AM

As long as we are talking, "washing in COLD weather" don't do as I did a few years back.

Sun was out, actually above freezing too. Said to self, "Let's get that damn'd car de-salted and washed!" Noooo problem, (I have a hot water spigot) except I forgot about the ground (driveway) was still WAY below 32°. Instant ice!

As they say, "Well THAT didn't work out to well."

Bill

**POPPAJ** · 02-12-2015, 08:44 AM

Originally Posted by Kengo123

You really think anybody would pay $20-$25 an hour to wash their own car?

Well, If the area was properly lighted, heated, DI water for rinsing, low and high pressure wands available and had a proper heated blower for drying I would!!!!!!!!!!!

Have a separate, cheaper area for applying dressing and QD too.

Cheaper prices in warmer weather with low, no heating bill.

**brondondolon** · 02-13-2015, 01:24 AM

Originally Posted by brondondolon

What about a heated hose or a pipe that goes between the hose and your gun that is heated? I couldnt imagine it being that difficult. A heated coil that ran the whole length of the hose or just in the pipe that heated the water up.

Really? I was looking for one and only found one that heated the water to just above freezing. Im talking like 100F temp coming out of the hose

**SameGuy** · 02-13-2015, 02:17 AM

Well it's a really inefficient means of actually heating water. Most of them are specifically to keep hoses from freezing.

**remofire** · 02-13-2015, 02:12 PM

Wow. You make my sweet deal seem even sweeter. I have a friend whos been selling cars for years. He has a heated one year old wash bay. Lots of lighting. Big enough for two vehicles at a time. Big drain in the floor. I rent it for my business at $300 per month and they pay utilities!

we advertise for each other and I advertise on their lighted sign board. We're located on our counties main highway between the 2 largest towns and right down from McDonalds and Wal Mart!