Spotless Express Cares About The Environment

All of us want to protect the planet we share.  Spotless Express is committed to doing our part to conserve our natural resources and make our environment cleaner and safer for future generations.

You already know that we turn out the cleanest and shiniest vehicles, but did you also know that using Spotless Express is the most environmentally responsible way to clean your vehicle? It’s true. A professional tunnel carwash like Spotless Express requires far less water to clean your car than you would need if you washed it at home in your driveway.  Plus, unlike driveway washing that has soapy water and debris run off into the storm water system, all the water used at Spotless Express is sent directly to our sewage system without being released untreated into the environment.

When looking for an earth-friendly carwash choice, we invite you to consider the following:

• Washing your car at home with a 5/8” hose running at 50 pounds per square inch of pressure uses about 10 gallons of water per minute.  The average flow rate at a professional tunnel carwash like Spotless Express is only 3 gallons per minute. 
• Driveway washing releases dirty water and soap directly into the storm water system. This leads to pollution of our rivers, streams and ground water.
• Spotless Express has installed one of only a few recapture systems in the state of Illinois. This system recaptures all unused fresh, clean water used in the purifying cycle for the spot free rinse used on your vehicle.  We then take this fresh, unused water that normally is wasted and run directly down the drain & reroute and utilize it for our under water carriage spray, tire cleaner & presoak arch. (Fresh water is used for rinsing, because it creates a cleaner shinier vehicle.)
• The water that is not reclaimed at Spotless Express goes directly to sewage treatment facilities, where it has toxins removed before being released back to the environment.
• The high pressure nozzles and pumps used at a professional carwash like Spotless Express allow us to clean vehicles in less time, using less water and less energy.
• Our Aurora location doesn't even have a gas line run to the site!  We are the only car wash and quick lube combo in the state of Illinois that we are aware of that relies solely on recycled used oil to heat the entire site.  Spotless Express has invested in a state of the art used oil recycling system that relies on the used oil drained from our quick lubes for heat in the colder months.
• Our Oswego location is one of only a handful in the state to invest and utilize an electrical energy saving system called "Air Gates" used in conjunction with the blowers that dry the cars to reduce demand and use of electricity.
• Spotless Express uses state of the art computer controllers to operate its equipment with to-the-inch precision. This equipment allows us to use water and electricity with greater efficiency.
• Our computer controller also has several features that allow us to use electricity more efficiently. For example, when a vehicle leaves our dryer station, a special “look ahead” feature in our controller will determine if it’s more energy efficient to turn the dryer off, or leave it on if another vehicle is approaching.  (Restarting a dryer creates a “spike” in the consumption of electricity, so if an approaching vehicle is close enough, allowing the dryer to continue operating uses less energy than shutting it down and restarting it.) 

By keeping your car clean with regular visits to Spotless Express, you’ll also be doing something nice for the environment.  When you have your car cleaned by Spotless Express, dirt, debris and harmful chemical residues on the vehicle surface are removed safely, rather than running off into the storm water system with the next rainfall.
 

You and Spotless Express. . . Together we can keep our cars clean and our planet green!