Car wash chemicals for
self-service washes
Chemistry that brings customers back. Active foam and shampoos for touchless washing straight from the factory.
Formulas for every stage of the wash: from pre-softening road dirt to shine and body protection.
89 pack sizes
packaging
washing and protection
and supply
Formulas for every task
Prices are wholesale, per pack. Check off the items you need — it all goes out as one order, and a manager will confirm stock and quote delivery.
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The brands in the catalogue
We do not blend our own chemistry and do not pass someone else’s off as ours. Three manufacturers are in the catalogue, each strong in its own area — you pick a formula for the job, not a badge.
40 items
Touchless shampoos and foams, waxes, microfiber, polishing tools. Pack sizes from 750 ml to an IBC. Includes the Black Line series: its own packaging, its own mark, five formulas.
6 items
Touchless concentrates SAFE 01, 40, 41 and 42 plus the SAHARA WAX 43 drying wax. Canisters of 20–24 kg — a bay format, not a shelf one.
9 items
Touchless shampoos matched to water hardness, and drying waxes scented with cherry and bubble gum. Canisters of 20–21 kg.
Active foam for
touchless washing
The first stage at a self-service bay: foam lifts road dirt before anything else touches the body.
The formula goes onto the body as foam and is left to dwell — that is when the film of road dirt softens and loses its grip on the clear coat. Pressurised water then rinses it off. No brush is involved, which is what makes the wash touchless: grit from the previous car is never carried onto the next one.
What arrives at the bay is concentrate, not a ready solution — a doser dilutes it on site. Average consumption is about 35 ml of concentrate per wash; the exact concentration is set by a technologist for your water hardness and temperature. Estimate a month's volume with the calculator below.
Foam is only the first of three stages. Shampoo follows, then wax or body protection: at the bay these are separate programmes, and each needs its own formula. Full breakdown in the article on car wash chemicals.
Foam, dosers and bays work as one system: we match the formula to the self-service car wash equipment already installed at your site.
Estimate consumption
for the month
Enter the workload of your site — the calculator will show the rough concentrate volume for purchase planning.
- A calculation for a preliminary estimate
- A technologist will set the exact dosage
- You can request a schedule of regular deliveries
Dosing setupChemistry and dosing work together
We take water hardness, dosing pump settings, temperature and the season into account. That helps you get a steady result without overconsumption.
What people ask
before the first delivery
How is active foam different from a touchless shampoo?
These are two stages, not two names for one thing. Active foam goes first: a thick solution sits on the body and stays there while it softens road dirt — it works through dwell time and coverage. The touchless shampoo follows and washes off what has already been softened, producing less foam. In the catalogue they are separate purposes: 3 formulas for foam, 30 for touchless shampoo. Swapping one for the other in a bay does not work — a skipped first stage shows on the paintwork.
Why does the dilution of one formula differ tenfold?
Because the figure depends on what generates the foam. ActiveFoam has two modes in its data sheet: 1:100 – 1:200 for a foam generator, sprayer, pump sprayer and DOSATRON — and 1:10 – 1:20 for a foam kit and a PROMAX-type mixer. The first group dilutes the concentrate themselves, the second feeds an almost ready solution. Set the “foam-generator” ratio on a foam kit and there will be no foam; the other way round, a month’s stock is gone in a week. Exact ratios for every formula are on its catalogue page.
Which formula should I take for hard water?
Manufacturers state hardness only for part of the range, so below are the ones where it is named outright. For medium-hardness water: MASTER, Profy and ROBOX. For hard water: ActiveBase, ActiveFoam, MultiWash and PreWash Active from Shine Systems, POWER SAFE 40 and SAFE 01 Series 2 from SmartOpen, TUTOR, Mercury and SENZA from Complex. TURBO SAFE 41 is declared to work in water of any hardness. If you do not know your own water, start with a test rather than a purchase: on soft water a “hard-water” formula is simply more expensive for no gain.
How is Black Line different from the regular Shine Systems range?
It is the premium series of the same manufacturer: separate packaging and its own mark on the canister. There are five formulas in the catalogue. The difference is practical, not only cosmetic: the series includes ready-to-use products — ReadyFoam is poured into a foam kit without dilution — and scented ones, PinkFoam Aroma and Ambre Mousse. Not every item in the series has a listed price: for three of the five the manager quotes it by volume.
Which pack size should I ship to the site?
The working format for a bay is a 20–24 kg canister. A 60 kg drum and an IBC from 1,100 kg are taken for a chain or a large site: the unit price is noticeably lower. ActiveBase shows it in the price list — 167 ₽ per litre in the five-litre pack, about 126 ₽ per kilogram in the canister and the drum, and 95 ₽ in the IBC (the comparison is approximate: some packs are measured in litres, some in kilograms). The five-litre and 750 ml packs exist so you can try a formula before buying. In the catalogue, pack size is a filter on the left.