Car Wash the Fun way
Remember the times washing your car used to be such a tiresome chore? Well there were options, either pay your friendly neighborhood handy man or visit an automated car wash. Neither guaranteed quality service as the handy man worked to his own pace and the early car washes were, in reality, ‘paint strippers’ on account of using hard mechanical brushes. Since the early beginnings in the 1950s automated carwashes have come a long way. Nowadays, carwashes come in three basic forms, namely, self service type, ‘In bay’ type and the Tunnel type. Better technology has produced better quality brushes and detergents which no longer damage the car exterior. A Self service car wash utilizes slot machines for payment of services to be used. Then the driver had to personally use the various appliances for a time duration determined by the number of coins inserted. In bay systems are typified by a car at rest being serviced by moving cleaning appliances. In a tunnel system the car moves on a conveyor belt, on either side of which, are fitted the various brushes, water jets and dryers.
A popular variation of an automated car wash are the Bikini Car wash, a sure fire crowd puller. Bikini clad girls do their thing and wash the cars for your viewing pleasure, a sure fire financial success. The movie, ‘Bikini Carwash Company’ popularized this fun form of washing cars. Bikini carwashes are also organized for noble causes. Indeed car wash has come a long way in its evolution from a stand alone activity to a community fundraiser event. Car polish
