With the modern convenience of touchless automatic car washes, it may be difficult to remember that the industry was not always so high-tech. Though, other commercial car washes came before it, the first semi-automatic car wash in the United States made its debut in 1946, and from there, the industry has grown in both size and sophistication.
1946
The start of the history of car washing dated bac
k into 1914. People used manpower to push or move the cars through stages of the process. Eventually, manual car wash operations peaked at 32 drive-through facilities in the United States. Prior to this time, the evolution of car washing was just at the beginning, and that the automatic car washing was born. The first semi-automatic car wash was active for the first time in Detroit, Michigan using automatic pulley systems and manual brushing.
1955
Many things had occurred within 1955 regarding car washing history. A businessman named Dan Hanna was encouraged by the car washers in Detroit, operated his own materials, then eventually made his own car wash called the Rub-a-Dub in Oregon. In 1957, he formed the Enterprises and eventually reached about 31 car washes in America. In 1959, Dan Hanna operated his wash rack until he made the first mechanized car washing system. As the news spread throughout the city, so did his business.
1960s
Over time, Dan Hanna had made several machines that will be the first to do the main requirements over car washing, this includes the Wrap-Around Brush, Roller-on-demand Conveyor belt, soft cloth friction washing, several ways to wash the tires, and a recirculating water system. As of this date, automated car wash still improving in term of facilities with X factor. We are in the mid to re-design NEW EXPERIENCE for our customers and inspire our competitor to follow the trend and make automated car wash a FUN EXPERIENCE!!
