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Helmet placed in spinner, a part of washing processes/ Photos: Novri TNOLHELMET is the most important safety equipment for bikers. Besides functioning protect the head during an accident. But, what happens if the helmet looks dirty and unpleasant odor. Certainly very disturbing comfort. So, wash dong!

Well, the problem is, sometimes we like confused how to wash a good helmet? Sometimes we wash helmets with improper technique or the traditional way. The result is predictable,our helmet damaged and smelled musty.

The helmet washing machineThis problem apparently highlighted by some of our communities by starting helmet wash business. And from day to day this business is increasingly springing up everywhere along with the increase in milling motorcyclists on the on the road.

In serving the customers, they use various tools in washing helmets. Some pf them use automatic machines, while some of them using simple equipments.

Just look Sirfanda Meiro, since in 2009 he tried to seize his fortune by opening a laundry business helmets. Together with his colleague, Heru Herlambang, 38-year-old man they managed to make a helmet with a washing machine twister technology

According to Sirfanda, it takes about 3 months old to make helmet washing machine, the idea of making this machine is inspired clothes washing machine.

"Over the past three months, we can finally create a machine that can help us in washing the helmet," he said.

In the machine weighs nearly 200 pounds, there is a washing room, spinner, and the drying chamber. In the early stages of washing, helmet manually washed by soap and deodorant, then put your helmet on in the room spinner, in this room, the helmet will be spin for 15 minutes to dry automatically.

Sirfanda Meiro the owner of Yes Spa HelmAfter that the helmet is placed in the blower room, and the helmet will be heated automatically for 10 minutes. In this room helmet also irradiate the ultra-violet to disinfect the helmet.

"Our machines able to wash helmet in jut 45 minutes and it could wash 4 pieces at once." said Sirfanda seemed to promote.

Helmet cleaning business named Yes Spa Helm. Now, Sirfanda has two outlets that are ready to serve the bikers. At this outlet, Sirfanda charge 13,500 rupiahs for a helmet, while in a day he could receive ordered items helmet wash is from 10 to 15 helmets. Well ...you can imagine the turnover of his business in a month!

In addition to opening the outlet, Sirfanda also sell his washing machine. The prices are vary ranging from Rp12.5 million to Rp21.5 million. "Prices depend on the size of the machine," he explained.

Siany's stallUnlike Sirfanda, Siany washing business owners helmet "Prima" confessed prefer simple equipment to wash the helmet its customers. "It takes high capital to buy a washing machine modern helmets," explained Siany.

He said the business started the business since 2009. In conducting the business, Siany using helmet vacuum cleaner and heating equipments. As usual, the washing process begins with washing the helmet helmet manually using hand, then proceed to the stage of drying using a vacuum cleaner.

Simple but effective equipmentUnlike when using automatic machines, we cannot determine when the helmet dried when using vacuum. Because it depends on the foam's thickness. Once in vacuum, then the helmet was taken to the engine heater.

"The helmet could be completely washed to the next day during high seasons, because the limitations of machines and employees," Siany said.

Despite it takes longer time, he offers cheaper cost than automatic machine.

"You can wash your helmet only for 10 thousand rupiahs," he assured.