Hard water ???

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gav'spurplez

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I am in the process of moving ( parents bright idea ) from chicago to elgin ( west suburb )



so my sister lives near by and spoke of hard water. a sprinkler got the sliding door wet andthe sun hit it, and we have yet to be able to remove it,



so this brings me to my question, how the hell do i wash my car with hard water ?? i was thinking of getting the mr. clean system and only use it for filtering the "rinse" water. what do you think ?? any one have any info, any one else deal with hard water ??
 
I like the mr clean system. washed my truck twice and my wifes car. filter still good. I have the new updated one not the older one. my truck dries sport free. I like it becuase dont have to mess with a bucket. moving it around all over the place and knocking it over with the hose.



I know I have hard water around here. but dont know how bad compared to your area.
 
I _really_ wanted the Mr Clean thing to work for me as well, but I tried it once, and promptly threw it in the trash; I did not like whatever film it left on the paint.

You have to go on the defensive against allowing the water to dry on the paint. My strategy is thus: Only wash in complete shade, and a cool car. First bucket is used for the wheels / wheel wells. Dump that, then do the paint. The final rinse is always the all-important open-nozzle pushing the water off the car, and (gasp) I follow up with a CWB on the big areas, and use Big Blue to finish drying the rest. I have found that this technique allows me to keep my hard water from spotting my paint.
 
03SilverDak said:
I have the new updated one not the older one.
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How do you like that model. I had an original AutoDry until yesterday when I dropped it one too many times. Does the professional model seem tougher/more durable than the original model?
 
i am still planning on washing the car with a bucket and drying it with my leaf blower / MFWW towel,



i just do not want to rinse te car with hard water, rinsing is the only thing i would use the mr clean system for,



wash and dry would not change just the rinse :xyxthumbs
 
gav'spurplez said:
i am still planning on washing the car with a bucket and drying it with my leaf blower / MFWW towel,



i just do not want to rinse te car with hard water, rinsing is the only thing i would use the mr clean system for,



wash and dry would not change just the rinse :xyxthumbs
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First off, I want to explain that the Mr Clean thing _did_ deliver a spot free finish. However, I'm of the belief that the Mr Clean "system" was indeed spot free because of the soap-mixture that was injected prior to the rinse. That is what left the film of which I objected to. Maybe someone who has used this more than once, (unlike myself), can report whether the inline filter can truly deliver a spot-free rinse, without the use of the rest of the "system".
 
Jeff Laughhunn said:
Maybe someone who has used this more than once, (unlike myself), can report whether the inline filter can truly deliver a spot-free rinse, without the use of the rest of the "system".
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Sure it does, I've never used the soap they supply. The problem with it is the flow rate of DI water you get out of it is so paltry, it's hard to get a good rinse. I have had one cartridge that seemed to clog, and really have almost nothing come out of it. Because it's a PITA, sometimes I use it, mostly I don't.
 
Mike answered my question about the performance of the Mr Clean filter. When I abandoned the pursuit of in-line water purification techniques to solve my hard water dilemma, I worked on my technique and process, which I outlined earlier. This is what works _for me_. I also would like to add that Meguiar's NXT Wash is an integral part of my spot-free shine here in the Land of Hard Water. Prior to it's advent, I'd get the occasional spot to show up, no matter how good I thought I got the water off the paint. As always and as usual, YMMV, and certainly so because all hard waters are of different compositions.
 
Jeff Laughhunn said:
First off, I want to explain that the Mr Clean thing _did_ deliver a spot free finish. However, I'm of the belief that the Mr Clean "system" was indeed spot free because of the soap-mixture that was injected prior to the rinse. That is what left the film of which I objected to. Maybe someone who has used this more than once, (unlike myself), can report whether the inline filter can truly deliver a spot-free rinse, without the use of the rest of the "system".
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I've only seen evidence of the film/soap residue one time in a year and a half of using AutoDry. That was when I realized I had forgotten I had to be somewhere and did a hurried and sloppy rinse. The crap was so bad on the windshield till I could barely see through it and the windshield washer did no good. The next day, I re-washed the car and rinsed very well. You really have to pour the rinse water on (before the drying rinse) to get the soap off properly.



I have since quit using the soap primarily because of the cost and use AutoDry only for the final drying rinse. It does work on both my silver car and the wife's medium blue SUV.
 
so, i have gathered that this system may not be "ideal"



but as i have said, i only want to use it to rinse the car ( since it has a filter )



i am going to wash and dry as usual, :think:



i'll check out those threads that are linked :nervous2:
 
I never had the residue on my truck. or my wifes car. I would say if yo uhad residue it was because you didnt rinse the vehicle good. I know I will work my truck in sections and rinse. so it doesnt dry. and as I wash another section. when I rinse I will go back over the other sections so it doesnt dry to fast. then I hit it with the final rinse. and truck looks good no spots and no residue. some people says it strips the wax. I cant say if it does or not. as the water still beads on the truck when it rains. anyone knows if they had their wax stripped or not. their soap seems like dishwashing detergant.
 
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