Water De-Ionizer Anybody have one that works?

EdLancer said:
Clean Auto Dry system is not that bad if you know how to use it properly.
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Well....it would work a lot better if water wouldn't leak out of the bottom when using the filtered rinse. Kind of defeats the purpose of the system if unfiltered water is leaking out of the bottom of the unit while trying to spray the car down with the filtered water.



The RainX spot free system or whatever they call it is complete crap. After one use, I returned it. Half the time the soap wouldn't dispense and whatever the spot free polymer is, it doesn't work worth a damn. Spots everywhere. :furious:
 
blonzz said:
Approximately how many gallons of water does it require to final rinse a medium size car?
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For a moderately dirty car I use about 12-15 Gallons for initial and final rinse (including doing the wheels and the wells.
 
Best Investment I've made in awhile. Its about 2ft x 8" cylinder and I added a pre filter as well and no restictor. I've been washing my two cars on average once a week for over 6 months and still spot free with original pellets and I use lots of water esp. rinsing. (having good water to start may help with longevity) Ride the brake while in driving in my driveway (stops rotor rust) and then into garage. Next morning completely dry and spot free. Do a quick wipe to door jambs etc and good to go.

I also believe its better for wax / paint as mico marring occurs when drying off. Other obvious benefit is that jobs done in half the time.
 
Scottwax said:
Well....it would work a lot better if water wouldn't leak out of the bottom when using the filtered rinse. Kind of defeats the purpose of the system if unfiltered water is leaking out of the bottom of the unit while trying to spray the car down with the filtered water.



The RainX spot free system or whatever they call it is complete crap. After one use, I returned it. Half the time the soap wouldn't dispense and whatever the spot free polymer is, it doesn't work worth a damn. Spots everywhere. :furious:
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Scott your Mr. Clean ADS leaks, my hasn't done that, All I did to modify it was use a quick disconnect adapter for fast hose changes and it works great.



1. Pressure wash with no soap

2. Sheet

3. Spray roof, hood and truck and all windows with DI water and its good to go
 
So far Culligan, Ionics and Us Filter have tank change out programs.

I have gotten a qoute so far from Culligan, waiting on the others.



Culligan is one time 125 install, 37.50/mo, 88.00 for each change out.

Tank should give somewhere around 1000-1500 gallons of DI water.

Outside the initial 125, that works out to be around 50 cars using 100% DI water(not just a final rinse but complete wash and rinse), @ .27 cents a gallon, or 6.25 per car.



I believe the CR system is about a penny to penny and a half more, but that is using as

a final rinse only.



Now what interesting is RO...I have a system cost down that will make 80 gallons/day and water would cost about .12 cents a gallon (assuming $1500 capital investment and water productin of 80 gallons/day x 30.4 days x 5 months.

After month 5, I change out the filters at $125 and thats it.



Benefit is I can use some of the RO water for home use/consumption as I will not use 80 gallons each day of RO water on cars. I am not on well water for what its worth.
 
I'm not sure I agree with your math on the Culligan system; my experience at work is that you will be closer to 1000 gallons if you have fairly hard water. You have $450/year in rental charges, which is a fixed cost, so the CR looks bad in the first year at about $575/900 gal, vs the Culligan at $658/1000 gal, but outyear costs...Culligan is $450+88 = $533/1000 gallons, with the CR being about $300/900 gallons. Even if you get 1500 gallons per tank, it's $321/900 gallons. If you can get a rate like MorBid, that's a different story.
 
So I decided to go with the CR spotless. I ordered the small wall mounted unit. THis should be plenty for me, and it will actually last pretty long. I am only going to use it as a dust rinse off, and ocasional final rinse. Most of the time I have no problem drying the car in enough time to prevent water spots. I just wanted something to blast the dust off my car before going to work. I will let you all know how well it works for me.
 
Actually thought of something. Will it help the CR to last longer if I put one of thoes cheap Home Depot filters infront of it.
 
If you are referring to a carbon block filter, it will mostly just remove chlorine and a little sediment. IMO that's not going to siginificantly improve the life of the DI filters in the CR spotless system. Now if you have hard water to start with, putting a water softener ahead of the DI system should probably buy you some extra filter life.
 
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