water filter question

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michaelkqkq

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Hello again all... as a newbie, let me first say this.... other newbies, get that autopia detail book! It goes into every detail you could imagine! It tells you WHY waterspots happen... WHY soap is important... down to the MOLECULAR LEVEL!



I just wish they had it in print form so I could use it when in the restroom as well :)



Anyhow - I am in New Mexico... I just bought a carcoon... meguiars shampoo and a bunch of other stuff that the e-book recommended...



My last and unresolved issue is water.... I already know i have crappy water from my Delorean... it had spots that took a lot of damn work to get out... the corvette is dark in color, and they will show up badly.



I was going to take it to the local car wash... but they use recycled water... AND, it's right next to a damn dirt road... so no matter what, it's going to get dirty all over again.



My wife had an idea.. so i was going to ask the group....



you've seen the "brita" water filters that go on sinks... do those remove ALL of the contaminants like they claim too? If so, it would make it so waterspots should not be a problem...



If it does... is there a filter that will go on my garden hose so I can use my hose and wash my car AT home, IN my own driveway?



If so, where, how much.... my car is getting dirtier by the day :(



Mike
 
A few years ago there was an Inline water filter for washing cars that you could get fron Griots garage, I cant remember the name but I havent seen them in there catalog for a lonnnng time:nixweiss
 
Why not just get a home water softener so you can have soft water everywhere? Hook up a tap downstream from the water softener and use that to wash the cars.



Seems an easy solution to me......:nixweiss
 
those are thousands though..... my wife won't even let me buy pinnacle wax... i could imagine what i would hear for buying a water softener.
 
michaelkqkq said:
those are thousands though..... my wife won't even let me buy pinnacle wax... i could imagine what i would hear for buying a water softener.
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I know around here you can rent one for $6 a month, then you have to buy the salt..
 
really? Could you maybe private mail me the name of the dealer? with any luck maybe they will be national and have on in middleofnowhere, NM



mike
 
michaelkqkq said:
really? Could you maybe private mail me the name of the dealer? with any luck maybe they will be national and have on in middleofnowhere, NM



mike
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I am talking about Culligan, dont know if you have any place like that in NM? Here in Indiana their in about every town? I looked in our phone book and it is under water softners/dealers in the yellow pages, good luck:nixweiss
 
A water softener may not be the end-all solution to your problems. We have hard well water and use a Sears water softener, but the water still leaves horrible spotting on dishes, cars, etc. (despite the water feeling very "soft"). The university where I work offers a free chemical analysis, so I finally had that done. As far as I can tell, it's excess sodium in the water, left over from the softener recharging the resin, that's causeing the spots.



I tried using one of those under-the-sink filter cartridges hooked up to the hose, but that didn't make any noticeable difference.



Another thing I'm thinking of trying is to get a pump-up sprayer (the type you use to spray pesticides) and fill it with distilled water. It shoots out a fine mist, and could serve as kind of a spot-free rinse.



I really hate hard water, and I actually dread washing my truck because I know that it will be a race against the spots. Even when I get everything wiped down, there is still water in crevices that runs out later and leaves streaking. Plus there is water that dries in the crannies, and I can see the crust the next day.
 
Like the post above me stated, a water softener will not get rid of water spots. A water softener just substitutes a sodium ion (the salt pellets you purchase and fill the softener with are just like tablesalt) for the carbonate ion. You can wash your car in saltwater, but I won't:D



If you wanted to get rid of the carbonate ions which are leaving the spots, you will have to use distilled water, or get a reverse-osmosis filter for your watersupply. You can look on the internet and find out how to make your own solar still in the backyard since you live in the desert. The osmosis filters are expensive and have to have the media replaced every couple of years.



J
 
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