Ten Car Wash Hacks to Keep Your Car Sparkling Clean and Other Tips

When your customers visit your self-serve or express car wash, there are several ways to help encourage them to buy car cleaning accessories from your vending machinesor car wash lobby. The first thing you will want to do is make sure your vending machines are fully stocked with the right car wash supplies and cleaning accessories.
An ideal mix of products should include the following items:

Car Fresheners’ Little Trees
Armor All Interior Cleaners
Armor All Tire Shine Gels/Foam Sprays
Armor All Original Protectant Wipes/Sprays
Cleaning Towels/Pads
Armor All Glass Wipes
Armor All Leather Wipes

It is a good idea to go through the car wash process from start to finish and think about which products your customers will need to fully detail their cars and make them look sparkling clean.

The next thing you will want to do is create some “How To” posters and put these both in your car wash bays and next to your vacuum cleaners. The posters should detail the steps for washing and vacuuming out a vehicle using the different products in your vending machines to put on the finishing touches.

Your “How To” posters can also use the following car wash hacks to further encourage your customers to buy the items in your vending machines:

Always rinse your vehicle before washing it. To remove dirt, dust, pollen, and bugs more effectively, begin by rinsing the car. Remember to also rinse your wheels and around wheel wells.
Use a soft-bristled toothbrush to clean around lug nuts. Brake dust, dirt, and other grime can get around the lug nuts. To make sure your wheels are sparkling, wet a soft-bristled toothbrush in soapy water and gently scrub around each lug nut. Rinse with clear water.
Fully dry your vehicle after washing it. To prevent white water spots on your car’s finish, use a cleaning towel or pad to gently wipe up the excess water. Before drying off your car, visit our website to order micro-fiber towels that fit in your vending machine.
Always use clean towels and pads. To prevent scratching the paint on your vehicle, you always want to use a clean micro fiber towel or pad when cleaning or drying the vehicle. You can supply your vending machine with towels from our website when you are running low.
Use Armor All products for a great shine. After you have dried off your car, you will want to put some finishing touches on it. Use Armor All glass cleaner wipes to shine and remove any bugs you missed when you washed the car. Use Armor All tire wipes or tire foam to give your tires a vibrant shine.
When vacuuming out your car, remove floor mats first. Carefully remove your floor mats and shake these out over a trash can to get out any loose dirt and debris. Doing so will mean you have to spend less time vacuuming the floor mats. With the floor mats already out of the car, you are all set to vacuum the floor first, then the mats second. Also, don’t forget to vacuum your upholstered seats.
Use Armor All Original Protectant wipes or spray to clean the interior. The Original Protectant is great at removing dust, dirt, and other grime from your doors, dash, and center console. You can also use the wipes to clean in between air vents and remove dust. If you need more Armor All Original Protectant, we stock it on our website.
Use Armor All Glass Wipes to clean the interior windows. Make sure to remove film and streaks from your interior windows so they look great on the inside and outside. If you forget to bring along your own wipes, visit our online store.
Use Armor All Leather Wipes on leather seats and trim. If your vehicle has leather, you want to make sure to protect and condition it with leather wipes, not the Armor All Original Protectant. You can buy leather wipes from our store.
Make the interior of your car smell better with a Little Trees car freshener. There are all sorts of great Little Trees car freshener scents you can discover in our vending machines, including the very popular Black Ice scent!

Make sure to break up tips and only post those tips in the relevant locations. For example, you would not want to post vacuuming tips in the car wash bays. However, you could put up a poster that says something like “Don’t Forget to Vacuum Your Car, Too!”

Other Useful Car Care Tips and Tricks

Besides hacks for washing and vacuuming out vehicles, you can also share some other useful tips and tricks your customers may want to know to help them keep their vehicles looking great in between trips to your self-serve car wash.

To prevent messes inside the car, keep a car litter bag and Armor Cleaning Wipes handy. There are some great looking automotive trash bags you can get to put inside your car. Cleaning wipes are great for soaking up accidental spills when they occur and can reduce and prevent staining.
During pollen season, make sure to keep a coat of wax on your vehicle. Car wax helps stop the pollen from caking up and becoming difficult to remove. Once you have a decent coat of wax on the vehicle, it is recommended to visit our self-serve car wash and rinse it off daily.
For difficult bug splatters on your windshield and front bumper, use some bug and tar remover. Armor All Bug & Tar wipes helps get rid of the hard-to-remove bug splatters on your vehicle. Just take a cleaning towel then gently scrub the area until the bug guts come off. Afterward, make sure to wash and rinse your vehicle and apply a coat of wax to any areas on the front bumper where you removed bugs.
Use a lint removal brush to easily clean up pet hair. If you like taking your dog or cat for rides in your car, pet hair can be an issue and does not always vacuum up that easily. To get pet hair out of the seats, floor mats, and carpeting, a lint brush makes quick work of attracting the hair.
Keep items in your trunk organized with small totes or cubes. You can pick up small totes or cubes and use these to organize the stuff you keep in your trunk. One cube could be used to store all of the car wash supplies and car cleaning accessories you buy from Superior Car Wash Supply.

By sharing useful tips, tricks, and hacks with your car wash customers, they are sure to buy the products from your vending machines. Another great way to market your vending machine products is by getting your customers to follow you on Twitter or Facebook. You can post tips, tricks, and hacks on your favorite social media platform for your followers while highlighting a featured product from your vending machine.

When creating tips, tricks, and hacks, just remember to have fun with it. Most importantly, remember to interact with your followers if they share or respond to your posts. This will show you really care about your customers, and it can result in them buying even more products from your vending machines.

For all of your car cleaning accessories and car wash supplies for your vending machines, please feel free to shop at Superior Car Wash Supply or contact us at 800-554-9274 today!