Car washers at some shopping malls pay a fee to work

[Mars]

Yeah right, car washers go out and buy expensive dry car wash because they're worried about the environment. When you next see one with dry powder, let us know. And what happens to the dry chemical when it rains? Into the groundwater or not?

More assumptions.

Again, how do you know this? The waterless method is in the products, which they don't pay for as per the article, its not a machine.

Furthermore its more convenient, as I said before, in places where there is not a large supply of water or drainage.

 

[The Darkness]

You are aware that there are "Waterless" car washes right? That operate in shopping center parking lots where there is not necessarily a large water supply or drainage?

I don't know if these car washers operate as waterless and how they deal with their waste, but I'm not making assumptions and neither should you.

Waterless car washing is a myth. It's a one way ticket to scratches. If you own a decent car the only way to wash it is high pressure rinse the car beforehand to remove all dust.
I don't see what the issue here is though guys, if approached just say no thanks and move on. Not the end of the world.

 

[Mars]

Waterless car washing is a myth. It's a one way ticket to scratches. If you own a decent car the only way to wash it is high pressure rinse the car beforehand to remove all dust.
I don't see what the issue here is though guys, if approached just say no thanks and move on. Not the end of the world.

Myth is the wrong word IMO. Its a shtty way to wash a car, which is why I never got involved with it as a business, but it exists and people use it and there are methods in place for waste disposal, ect, ect.

 

[Cosmik Debris]

More assumptions.

Again, how do you know this? The waterless method is in the products, which they don't pay for as per the article, its not a machine.

Furthermore its more convenient, as I said before, in places where there is not a large supply of water or drainage.

I have yet to see a car cleaner in SA not using a slop bucket of water. You get non machine car washes in Germany too. The water is recovered for separation:

The upshot of all of this is that you are only allowed to wash your car in a designated place and such places must have the facility to remove oil and detergents from the water and also to recycle water.

Normally, these places are called Waschstrassen and they vary from a traditional mechanised car wash system to a place where you may wash your car yourself by hand.

You can be sure that even a small town will have at least one such place that you may use.

the jpoc guide to washing your car in germany

jpoc.net

 

[Mars]

I have yet to see a car cleaner in SA not using a slop bucket of water. You get non machine car washes in Germany too. The water is recovered for separation:

The upshot of all of this is that you are only allowed to wash your car in a designated place and such places must have the facility to remove oil and detergents from the water and also to recycle water.

Normally, these places are called Waschstrassen and they vary from a traditional mechanised car wash system to a place where you may wash your car yourself by hand.

You can be sure that even a small town will have at least one such place that you may use.

the jpoc guide to washing your car in germany

jpoc.net

Germany the whole time. Who tf cares. I'm not debating a car washes impact on the environment, nor am I saying one is better than the other.

If you have never seen a waterless car wash then that's your problem and just emphasizes the point I have been making the whole time:

You have made an assumption and you are defending that assumption to the death.

 

[bwana]

Waterless car washes popping up all over PE.

 

[azbob]

I have yet to see a car cleaner in SA not using a slop bucket of water.

Of all the things you’ve seen in your life, you’ve never seen this?

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Germany the whole time. Who tf cares. I'm not debating a car washes impact on the environment, nor am I saying one is better than the other.

If you have never seen a waterless car wash then that's your problem and just emphasizes the point I have been making the whole time:

You have made an assumption and you are defending that assumption to the death.

I have seen waterless car washes. A friend had a business doing it but had to go to upper income golf estates to do it as it was expensive. Can unemployed supermarket washers afford the stuff or is a slop bucket with a drop or two of sunlight liquid cheaper?

No assumption. Go to your local car park and find the waterless car washer. My first world reference is Germany because I hold a German driver's licence.

Back to the topic. All that water, chemicals and oil goes into the groundwater.

 

[Mars]

I have seen waterless car washes. A friend had a business doing it but had to go to upper income golf estates to do it as it was expensive. Can unemployed supermarket washers afford the stuff or is a slop bucket with a drop or two of sunlight liquid cheaper?

No assumption. Go to your local car park and find the waterless car washer. My first world reference is Germany because I hold a German driver's licence.

Back to the topic. All that water, chemicals and oil goes into the groundwater.

Proof or gtfo

 

[Cosmik Debris]

Proof or gtfo

Up to you. Use it, lose it. I don't care. You're off topic again.