Next I will work on standardizing my padlocks, my key ring for them looks like a janitors key ring.ДЄs I am just starting out I know that keeping keys standard is a good thing. It took a while to get them all converted to the same key but now my key ring is a lot lighter. I basically have 2 keys because one is for bulk and the other is a camlock style lock. I run bulk machines, tattoo machines, sporty balls, shootin hoops, cranes and a wowie zowie. If you keep your machine brands to a minimum it also helps when interchanging parts, and you dont want a bunch of different keys. Having one color makes it easy to interchange parts, and believe me you will be interchanging parts. I use red because thats what color all my machines were when I bought my route, I dont think it matters much what color you use as long as you stick to one color. Thanks again everyone for your help- I'll study some back posts on the matter, and probably bring this up again when I'm closer to actually doing something with the information. You've got some good points, thanks for the advice JD. I'm just trying to figure out what the best path will be when I go to get new machines as a standard- especially since I'll have a choice in the matter. For those I'm sure I'll still be hunting down more appropriate colors. I agree- machines with certain colors fit better in certain places. What can I say, I'm the new guy who doesn't know much yet. Im sure somebody will chime in soon giving a thousand reasons why you should buy the same color machines and basically making everything I just said pointless. At least it's the same brand, you can still swap parts. I feel if you start buying one brand of machinery, but different colors.

I know that may not be practical when running a huge route, but that's the direction I would like to try going.

I almost feel like certain places require certain color machines. A black or red machine would look perfect. In those places a yellow or green machine would not look right. I have a few friends that own Tattoo shops, barber shops, vintage clothing stores were I plan on putting machines. Maybe for swapping out body parts here and there? I don't know.

Although I'm just getting my feet wet in this business I really don't know what the benefits would be just quite yet. Performa, I to thought about standardizing colors.

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