How much SHOULD a wash mat cost?

PhaRO said:
I think wash mats are one of the most overpriced pieces of equipment. I use ONR and don't use a mat. If I were to get a mat I'd just make one. I've looked at some mats online and they are 40mil 10 x 20 for $900. I can buy a 15 x 20 45mil pond liner for $118. Large diameter foam noodles would lift the sides 5-6".
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Grit Guards fall into the same topic. $10 for a cheap piece of plastic????? You can buy a good quality 5 gallon wash bucket for that and have change left over???



I am assuing Grit Guard has strong patent protection on these things and thereby can get away with it. Once the patent is up and competition enters the market those things will probably cost a few dollars.
 
A detailer in San Clemente was told by local police while performing a detail that if they caught him again not containing the water, they would write him a $2000 fine on the spot. He went out and bought a MAT the next week.



Rob
 
It looks like mobile detailing is going to become a lost art. I think I'll find me a shop or carwash.



Derrick
 
TexasTB said:
It has taken me almost 2 years of running around to get any answers...

I swear it takes an act of congress to get a reply for anything...





Here in TX, or at least my town and the surrounding areas, we do not have drains of any sort. Maybe on the larger main road, but not in the residential areas....

99% of the time, the water will flow down the side of the street and evaporate....

LOL, no joke.
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Chris,

You've got it good. In Grapevine they said I couldn't wash cars at the customer's house with or without a waste mat. Notice I said "they said" I couldn't but they have not shown me the statue. Are they intentionally making things difficult? Sometimes I wonder?



Derrick
 
Derrick said:
Are they intentionally making things difficult? Sometimes I wonder?
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As I stated earlier in the thread, I believe that the federal Clean Water Act forbids the type of effluent discharge we are discussing here. For the most part enforcement of that is delegated to local authorities, which have varying enforcement attitudes/agendas.
 
I guess in a pinch you could buy a large tarp, fold the edges over and glue them, install some sort of sealable air valve (like on a pool toy), and blow it up with your shop vac on reverse. It's ghetto, but I wouldn't want to part with $900 for something that looks like a delflated kids pool.
 
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