Tanning salon owners and managers use
commercial tanning beds to give their customers access to a whole new look for their skin. But when it’s time to start up a tanning salon, the staff might have a lot of questions about how to get and operate a commercial tanning bed.
Getting Supplied
Commercial tanning beds come in all kinds of styles, colors, and looks. Many have a ‘powder-coated’ paint finish for a bright look that attracts customers and helps provide enjoyment to those climbing inside.
The frames of commercial tanning beds can be metal or fiberglass or made from other blends of synthetics. The bed contains a series of lamps for getting skin to turn bronze. These lamps come in varying intensities and buyers need to figure out what power of lamp they want by looking at industry standards and comparing their purchases to those of commercial tanning beds they have used.
To get supplied, tanning salons start-ups can turn to national suppliers of commercial tanning beds and tanning products. These “one-stop shops” on the internet provide tanners with everything they need to start working on their tans or to open the doors of a salon and start giving others access.
Picking a Style
Commercial tanning beds come in different shapes. Lots of beds have either horizontal or vertical options. Horizontal beds area common choice for a shop that gets regular visitors: customers like to lie in the beds and listen to music or other audio.
Salon owners should provide protective goggles for users of the beds, as a safeguard against UV rays that can harm the vision.
Other Features
Some commercial tanning beds also include additional features like different kinds of fans and coolers. The controls for a fan or cooling system also make a difference; shoppers will want to check out various models to see which ones offer the best style.
Other features include LED lighting and mp3 hookups for music.
Maintaining a Commercial Tanning Bed
Experts recommend cleaning out
commercial tanning bed interiors (lamps, etc. in the internal part of the tanning bed) about once a year.
The part of the tanning bed that a tanner lies on can be cleaned daily with a provided acrylic cleaner. It’s not recommended that owners use common sprays on a tanning bed; usually the product will come along with the purchase. If not, contact the supplier to see what products are needed.
Extended Maintenance
Many commercial tanning bed owners change their lamps and “rebuild” their beds every 3-5 years.
The extensive maintenance that is done after several years is intended to prevent a tanning bed from suffering from too much wear and lowering the standard of its effectiveness.
When it comes to rebuilding or maintaining old beds, the supplier is again a great resource. Some suppliers offer kits for re-tooling a commercial tanning bed so it will provide more years of use.
Other parts of the commercial tanning bed, like lamp starters, hydraulics or electronic parts, are replaced as needed.
No, suppliers can’t do the maintenance for you, but if you’re the owner or manager of a local salon, buying can be a more efficient process when you contract with commercial tanning bed suppliers for convenient ongoing deliveries over the life of your business.
