Do spot free water softners work?

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Eddy Fiuza

Honorary Master Detailer
I own a water softner that is made by a company called WETSPOT.

My question to them was after washing a car would water spots be present? He said YES but only soft water (VS ) hard water. he explain the the diffrence to me between the both.than i ask about a company called SPOTFREE water filter.I ask do they leave spots on cars after washing with spot free?(YES)he told me also that he had bought several hundred from a person.he also stated that he tried them and they still left spots.



The owner of WETSPOT seem verry honest and verry informal.to consider that this filter ranges in a price range from $300 to $800.



Does any one know if such filter is made to leave a SPOTFREE FINISH.Thanks
 
My brother in law just bought a whole house filter from walmart last weekend that seemed to leave significantly less waterspots then without it. I'm going to be using it again this weekend (weather permitting). I think it was only like $60 and works for 3 months on each filter. Personally I think ANY water will leave waterspots no matter how much you filter it... that's what proper drying techniques/quick detailers are for. ;)



But ofcourse I could be wrong and if there are filters that work great I'd love to know about them cause I'd buy a couple. :)
 
In chemistry lab at school we used deionized water to clean the beakers and stuff. This left them spot free, without drying. Wasn't there a tv-ad a long time ago that had something similiar. I always wondered if that worked or not.
 
I do not believe any of those work.



I had a water "softener" on the old house. I still had spots.



When water dries, the CO2 leaves and everything else stays. If you live by teh ocean you will have NACL (salt) left. It is in the air. It will be caught in the water, and it will leave a little ring. Even dust, pollen ,everything will do this.
 
samiam513 said:
I do not believe any of those work.



I had a water "softener" on the old house. I still had spots.



When water dries, the CO2 leaves and everything else stays. If you live by teh ocean you will have NACL (salt) left. It is in the air. It will be caught in the water, and it will leave a little ring. Even dust, pollen ,everything will do this.
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AGAIN THANKS FOR RESPONDING.
 
Mutilator said:
My brother in law just bought a whole house filter from walmart last weekend that seemed to leave significantly less waterspots then without it. I'm going to be using it again this weekend (weather permitting). I think it was only like $60 and works for 3 months on each filter. Personally I think ANY water will leave waterspots no matter how much you filter it... that's what proper drying techniques/quick detailers are for. ;)



But ofcourse I could be wrong and if there are filters that work great I'd love to know about them cause I'd buy a couple. :)
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THANKS FOR RESPONDING
 
travanx said:
In chemistry lab at school we used deionized water to clean the beakers and stuff. This left them spot free, without drying. Wasn't there a tv-ad a long time ago that had something similiar. I always wondered if that worked or not.
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THANKS FOR RESPONDING
 
Mutilator said:
My brother in law just bought a whole house filter from walmart last weekend that seemed to leave significantly less waterspots then without it. I'm going to be using it again this weekend (weather permitting). I think it was only like $60 and works for 3 months on each filter. Personally I think ANY water will leave waterspots no matter how much you filter it... that's what proper drying techniques/quick detailers are for. ;)



But ofcourse I could be wrong and if there are filters that work great I'd love to know about them cause I'd buy a couple. :)
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AGAIN THANKS FOR RESPONDING
 
Hey ferrari, are you trying to build a post count up, or are you just polite ;) ?



A simple, one post, thanks to everyone would suffice. It keeps the board less cluttered.
 
dbackfan said:
Hey ferrari, are you trying to build a post count up, or are you just polite ;) ?



A simple, one post, thanks to everyone would suffice. It keeps the board less cluttered.
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what he said



please:wavey
 
Hard water means there are a lot of minerals present. When it evaporates it leaves the minerals behind. I am not aware of a specific level of mineral content being defined as "hard" or "soft" water - only that "soft" water has fewer minerals. ANY water can leave spots - I would never just leave water on the vehicle until it evaporated naturally. It will absorb stuff out of the air, such as salt and polen, as suggested above.



samiam513 - I think you meant H<sub>2</sub>O, not CO<sub>2</sub>
 
There is a product used in film developing that you add to the rinse water to prevent water spots on the prints. I read somewhere that this can be added to a bucket of car wash sudsy water.



Any experience out there?
 
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