Powered by the sun
Solar panels overhead, reclaimed water underneath
The panels on the vacuum canopies and on the building roof run the wash. The wash water is recovered, cleaned and used again, then finished with reverse osmosis water so the paint dries clean. All of it happens at 6066 Balboa Avenue in San Diego.
One set of panels, two jobs
Solar panels sit on the canopies over the vacuum bays and on the roof of the building. The same panels power the wash and raise the temperature of the wash water.
Power for the wash
The canopy and roof panels are what the logo means by Powered by the sun. This is a solar-powered express wash.
Warmer wash water
The panels also raise the temperature of the wash water, a second use for the same sun.
PurWater and PurClean
The route the water takes
Five stops between the tunnel and your paint. The chemistry in the tunnel is biodegradable, and the water is treated before it comes back.
01
Recovered
PurWater recovery reclaims the wash water so it can be used again instead of being used once.
02
Filtered to 5 microns
The PurWater and PurClean system cleans it to 5 microns, and there are no disposable filters to throw away.
03
Ozone
Ozone injection works on the odours that reclaimed water can pick up.
04
Reverse osmosis
A reverse osmosis step makes mineral-free water for the final rinse.
05
Back on the car
That water is the last pass over the paint, which is why the rinse is spot free and the car dries without mineral marks.
What one wash saves
50 to 150
gallons of water
Each time you wash your car here instead of your driveway, you save 50 to 150 gallons of water.
The chemicals used in the tunnel are biodegradable, so the savings are not paid for with harsher soap.
Drive it through on a plan
Every plan runs through the same tunnel and the same reverse osmosis rinse, and includes the free vacuums under the solar canopies.