CAR WASH
Mount Battie Car Wash utilizes a Mark VII Touch-Free Rollover System that provides the highest-quality touch-free wash at a competitive price that is sure to meet and exceed your expectations. The Mark VII Touch-Free Rollover embodies everything that has been learned over 40+ years of pioneering touch-free technology.
In addition to the Mark VII Touch Free Rollover Car Wash, The Mount Battie Car Wash also offers Mark VII's AquaSpray Self Serve. With three (3) covered self-serve wash bays and one (1) outside self-serve wash bay, the Mount Battie Car Wash can help you clean all of your vehicles, large and small.
Once your car is clean on the outside, the Mount Battie Car Wash offers three (3) Fragra-Matic Fragrance and Vacuum Machines. These powerful units can clean the inside of your vehicle quickly and easily.
FAQs
Why Mount Battie Car Wash?
Simple. Mount Battie Car Wash utilizes a Mark VII Touch-Free Rollover System Car Wash. This state-of-the-art machine washes your vehicle without a cloth or brush ever touching your car. The cloth used at a typical car wash along sponges and mechanical brushes may scratch your vehicle's paint as abrasive dirt and sand may be ground into your vehicle's finish.
Why is it important to keep my car clean?
Having a clean car obviously keeps your car looking newer longer. But there are other more technical reasons to keep your car clean. Dust, sand, salt in the winter—all of these are miniscule, abrasive particles that attach themselves to your paint and finish. If your car is not washed on a regular basis, these particles can literally scratch the finish of your car. Some substances such as bird droppings or tree sap can even eat through your clear coat, leaving your finish unprotected and vulnerable to additional wear and tear.
How often should I wash my car?
Ideally, your car should be washed once a week. This will ensure that your vehicle's surface is being cared for properly.
It just rained (or snowed). Do I still need to wash my car?
Yes. This is a critical time to protect you vehicle's finish. Pollutants such as sulfuric acid and nitric acids from automobile, truck and factory exhaust become trapped in the raindrops or snowflakes that settle on your vehicle. The sun will evaporate the water and leave behind concentrated acid that can damage your vehicle's finish over time.
I have a protective coating on my undercarriage. Do I still need to have the undercarriage washed?
Yes. Our undercarriage wash helps to remove salt, sand, and other road contaminants that are present year-round. The undercarriage of your car also takes tremendous punishment from small stones that are kicked up by your tires. These stones bombard the undercarriage and nick your undercarriage's protection and may expose bare metal.
Is washing my car at home a viable alternative?
No. Tests conducted at the University of Texas proved that a single car wash at home can produce scratches as deep as 1/10 of a car paint's total thickness. The study also showed that home washing produced so many marks on a car's finish that they could not even be counted.
The Technical University of Munich, Germany reached similar conclusions, finding that significant damage was done when using home detergents, low water volume, buckets of water, sponges and towels commonly used to wash a car at home.Which wash uses more water, a professional car wash or a home wash?
A home wash may use more water. Studies have shown that professional car washes on average use 35 to 45 gallons of water per vehicle depending on the type of wash. Washing your car at home may use anywhere from 70 to 145 gallons of water depending on whether you turn the water off when not in use, water pressure, hose size, and washing time.
Is a professional car wash considered environmentally friendly?
Yes. The Clean Water Act of 1972 mandated that water from a professional car wash must be piped to treatment facilities. Driveway car washing at home puts soaps and road grime (oil, tar, salt, sand and dirt) into the storm drains which may lead to ponds, streams and lakes.