My Car Wash Success Story
Employee Training
Additionally, we created a training program for our employees to minimize their environmental effects while they work. We effectively trained them on efficient use of spray hoses, reusable cleaning cloths, and proper application of chemicals. Altering our employee...
Safe & Biodegradable Chemicals
Conventional car cleaning chemicals arrive with alarming labels on all sides of the shipment. These labels typically included corrosive and flammable warnings. Due to this obvious danger, we had to pay a hazmat shipping fee to have the products shipped to our...
Brief Introduction to my Personal Journey
The last few years have been extremely tough for me, but all bad times eventually pass. In 2017, I was severely depressed. My business was horribly failing, and I didn’t feel I had a purpose. For months on end, I worked next to my employees 10+ hours a day at my own...
Consumer Mindset Shift
As I hinted at earlier, people love to support businesses that provide the same services as their competitors if they also go above and beyond solving an external issue. For my business, Tuscaloosa Car Detail, we decided to focus on environmental issues. As people...
Unfathomable Water Usage
In the very early days of washing cars, the industry was generally not overly concerned with how much water or electricity carwashes used. To be fair, washing cars before 1946 consisted mainly of a gallon bucket, soap, and a sponge. These small scale wash stations may...
Inspired to be Eco-Friendly: My Carwash Success Story
Going green wasn’t always an essential part of my business plan. For over two years, I operated my carwash without concern for the environment. Spanning those two years, I accumulated $30,000+ in debt from the business. What were my underlying principles that lead to...