Your local car wash chemical manufacturer in the South Bay
Golden West Corporation manufactures car wash chemicals at 1538 West 132nd Street in Gardena — which puts us minutes from most South Bay and Long Beach operators. We supply Torrance, Carson, Compton, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, El Segundo, Harbor City, San Pedro, Wilmington, and Long Beach.
For operators in this area, we are effectively a local supply house with a factory attached. Will-call pickup means you can be back at your wash the same morning instead of waiting on a freight delivery.
Port, industrial, and coastal soils
The South Bay and Long Beach corridor is a demanding environment for vehicle finishes. Traffic around the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach carries diesel soot and industrial fallout that bonds hard to paint and glass. Coastal salt air adds a corrosive film. Refinery and industrial fallout in Carson, Wilmington, and Torrance leaves deposits that a general soap will not touch.
These soils call for the right alkaline presoak, correct dwell time, and a rinse and drying program matched to local water. Because we formulate in house, we can build a program around what is actually landing on the cars in your neighborhood.
What we supply locally
- Two-step presoak systems, high pH and low pH
- Foaming soaps, triple foam, and clear coat protectants
- Drying agents and sealer waxes
- Heavy-duty degreasers for fleet, truck, and port-area equipment
- Brushes, mitts, towels, applicators, nozzles, hoses, and drum pumps
Family owned since 1990, made in America
Golden West has manufactured in Gardena for more than thirty-five years. Our products are made in the United States. Oscar, our chemical engineer, formulates them and handles technical questions directly. We deal honestly, we quote fairly, and a great many of our neighbors have bought from us for decades. Hablamos español.
Stop by or call
(310) 538-0918 · Español (310) 213-3171 · oscar@goldenwestchem.com
1538 West 132nd Street, Gardena, CA 90249 · Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM