WHY COMMERCIAL CAR WASHING WINS OVER HOME WASH

You may think you’re doing yourself a favor by washing your car at home, but a commercial car wash has many surprising advantages. Prestige Car Wash - the area’s premier car wash company - reveals why you should give your local car wash serious consideration, noting the following benefits:

Environmentally Friendly: As we hose down our cars in the driveway the nutrients, metals, hydrocarbons, gasoline, oil, exhaust residues, and harsh detergents are going straight to the storm drains, which then go to rivers and streams, poisoning aquatic life. As owner of Prestige Car Wash, Ronen Drory notes, “If you don’t want it on your car, the fish certainly don’t want it in their homes.” But, commercial car washes are able to protect marine life, because federal regulations require them to drain into sewers where the water is treated before being replaced in the environment. Some states even require that the water be pre-treated before entering the sewer. 

Safer for your Car: Automatic car washes are the safest way to wash your car. At home, it is easy to use the wrong amount of water to remove dirt safely, the sunlight can burn spots in your paint, and you may be using the wrong soap, which can remove protective wax.

More Efficient: Commercial washes also use significantly less water thanks to computer controlled systems and high-pressure nozzles and pumps. In fact, a commercial car wash will use about 45 gallons of water, which will be recycled and reused, in the average 5-8 minutes it takes to clean your vehicle, whereas at home, you will use about 80-140 gallons over the course of 45-60 minutes.