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Choosing A Commercial Wax Hand Machine

CHAPTER 3 - PRIMO WAX HANDS BUSINESS & OPERATOR GUIDE

Choose by footprint, transport requirement, chamber layout and venue integration, not by buying the biggest machine or the longest list of chambers.

Guide Home 1 Start 2 Wax Hands 101 3 Choose Equipment 4 Wax & Colors 5 Process 6 Operate & Clean 7 Run Events 8 Economics 9 Marketing 10 Support

Choose the Physical Platform First

Do not begin with chamber count alone. The most important decision is how the equipment physically fits the operation: compact tabletop, full commercial tabletop, vehicle-travel system, self-contained storage workstation or custom attraction build.

PRIMO Platform	Core Configuration	Best Fit	Main Reason to Choose It
Wax Hands 1 Compact	1 chamber; approx. 25 lb	Single color, expansion, specialty wax	Smallest standard platform
Wax Hands 4 Compact	4 equal chambers; approx. 100 lb	Compact multi-color operation	Four full-depth chambers in 20 × 20 in. footprint
TableTop 150	1 large + 4 color; approx. 150 lb	Full commercial tabletop	Large capacity without floor-standing cart
X-Press 150	1 large + 4 color; approx. 150 lb	Mobile events	30 in. operating height; approx. 17 in. compact height
305 Workstation	1 extra-large + 4 color; approx. 305 lb	Self-contained commercial operation	High capacity + enclosed storage
Custom PRIMO	Configured to venue	Attraction, kiosk, 8+, unusual layouts	Equipment built around the installation

If Space Is Expensive, Measure It

PRIMO's waterless architecture allows much smaller tabletop equipment. The PRIMO 4 Compact, for example, uses a 20 × 20 in. rectangular footprint.

It demonstrates why the physical architecture matters. At a paid booth or leased attraction, square footage that is not occupied by the machine can be used for customers, cooling, checkout, finishing, packaging or storage.

Calculate Your Equipment Footprint →

If You Travel, Choose the Machine Built to Travel

The X-Press is the purpose-built mobile PRIMO platform. It operates at approximately 30 inches high and compacts to approximately 17 inches high for transportation. That is different from putting casters on a large machine: the equipment architecture itself changes for the vehicle.

Choose X-Press when loading and unloading are recurring parts of the business. Choose the 305 when storage and self-contained high capacity matter more than repeated vehicle transport.

5 Chambers or 6 or 7

Choose a Larger Base Chamber When…

You want more working volume in the primary clear/base wax, expect higher throughput in the base stage or simply prefer the classic "one large + colors" workflow.

Choose More Equal Color Chambers When…

Color variety is a larger part of the customer experience and you would rather allocate the machine footprint to more individual wax colors than one oversized base chamber.

When a Large Attraction Should Choose Custom TableTop

A major attraction may already have custom counters, themed cabinetry, guest lanes and utilities. In that situation, buying a generic floor-standing cart can waste space and fight the venue design. A large custom tabletop PRIMO can integrate directly into the attraction's existing structure.

Use Custom when the standard physical platforms force a compromise in footprint, chamber count, working height or venue integration, not merely because you want a normal 5/6/7 chamber option.

Worksheet: Equipment Selection

Does the equipment need to travel in a vehicle weekly or more?

Available counter/floor footprint:

Desired number of colors:

Need a large base chamber? Why?

Need enclosed storage?

Need integrated cooling?

Existing kiosk/counter that suggests a custom tabletop build?

Recommended platform after answering above:

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