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just wondering how the mobile detailers on here deal with water reclaimtion? where is it being disposed of after your reclaimation tank is full. i need ideas and what i can do with all the dirty water after washing a vehicle. i know the EPA dont and wont allow to run off into storm drains. and i dont want to take the chance considering they can fine you on the spot $1000 per car. thanks for all input
 
As far as I no such law here in FL,if thier is I nvere haerd about.
 
That's the exact reason why a lot of people have gone to using a rinseless wash like ONR.
 
how excately do the rinseless washes work? you still have to use water right?
 
detailgod said:
how excately do the rinseless washes work? you still have to use water right?
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Yes you use water but not very much. I started using rinseless washes here and there and year ago. More I used it the more that I like it. Around the first of the year I switch over to rinseless for all of my mobile work (one or two cars a week I will pressure wash first to get mud off). There are many threads on how it is used. I don't know what it works, only that it does. I've been using Optimums No Rinse. Very little water will hit the ground.
 
It's the same as conventional washing, but you don't rinse, you just wipe off the wash water with a towel. From what I've read, the soap is made so that the dirt particles are trapped inside the molecules of the soap. That way it doesn't scrape against the finish, and sort of sticks to your mitt or whatever you use to wash until you rinse it off in the bucket.
 
gator1 said:
As far as I no such law here in FL,if thier is I nvere haerd about.
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Oh, yes there is.... We are mandated to have one at work at our store.

To the OP, it is considered hazardous waste and you can call a sewage or similar truck out to pump it, save work orders :)
 
This seems crazy to me. But that's me. So, if you wash your car in your drive way and run off goes to the street is that hazardous waste also? Or, does this only apply to someone doing business as a detailer.
 
Craig said:
This seems crazy to me. But that's me. So, if you wash your car in your drive way and run off goes to the street is that hazardous waste also? Or, does this only apply to someone doing business as a detailer.
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from what i have been able to find ( i am in illinois maybe different where you are) just washing car in driveway would be "hazardous water" due to the chemicals used in the water to clean with
 
So if you're washing your car and the wrong person sees you, (or the neighbor you hate, you know the one with the cat she seen you toss 20 feet because it was on your hood) calls = fine?
 
that is the way i am understanding it. i am waiting on a response from the E.P.A. i asked them what they consider waste water and asked where i can dispose of it leagally. explained to them i was looking to open a at home detail shop or possible mobile detailing service.
 
I guess if you clean your bath tub and rinse it out your putting hazmat down the drain.= fine
 
i dont know. that is why i am waiting to hear from E.P.A. i think its all a bunch of crap too
 
What ever you do, don't ask about the bath tub. They might stake out in front of your house with the SWAT team.
 
i surprised we still can poop nd flush it. lol
 
Funny you should say. Where I'm at they have a flush tax, $7.00 per quarter,
They say its to save the bay (Chesapeake Bay) I think it's to line someone pockets. One of those feel good things for the special interest groups. If you're a big company you can dump what you want.
 
Craig said:
Funny you should say. Where I'm at they have a flush tax, $7.00 per quarter,
They say its to save the bay (Chesapeake Bay) I think it's to line someone pockets. One of those feel good things for the special interest groups. If you're a big company you can dump what you want.
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damn. you must have alot of constipated people living near you. lol
 
Doesn't work that way, you pay it even if you have a septic tank & well. You heard the saying "#*! rolls down hill". The way of thinking is, everything in or on the ground ends up in the bay (lowest point) so that means even your run off (I'm about 3 hours away, with public water and sewer) ends up in the bay.
So, I pay for public water and sewer treatment. But the waste water treatment plant that I have (not by choice) doesn't treat it good enough, so we want more money. But, the good side is (for now) I can wash my car all day long without any fine. (Don't tell anyone)
 
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