Installing soft water/conditioning system in my home...for the Jaguar!
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Installing soft water/conditioning system in my home...for the Jaguar!
Lol...Wifey thinks it's for her hair and skin when in reality...it's so I don't have to deal with all the hard water/calcium deposits on my exterior Black Pack!
Through Costco,it'll get installed next Tuesday and I can wash it out in the sun and it won't spot!!!
Through Costco,it'll get installed next Tuesday and I can wash it out in the sun and it won't spot!!!
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I use the CR Spotless system and then blow dry it. Works great.
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Like Walt B said a water deionizer (DI) works best. This is what many car dealers use to clean the rows of cars on their lots without drying them. You can literally rinse a black car in the hot sun and the water will evaporate spot free.
Here is another system available:
Portable Water Deionizer - Cleaning Tools - Car Washing - Car Care - Griot's Garage
Here is another system available:
Portable Water Deionizer - Cleaning Tools - Car Washing - Car Care - Griot's Garage
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Lol...Wifey thinks it's for her hair and skin when in reality...it's so I don't have to deal with all the hard water/calcium deposits on my exterior Black Pack!
Through Costco,it'll get installed next Tuesday and I can wash it out in the sun and it won't spot!!!
Through Costco,it'll get installed next Tuesday and I can wash it out in the sun and it won't spot!!!
My wife is notoriously late for EVERYTHING. I like to be early. Once while planning for a hiking trip the following morning with her - after she went to bed, I set every single clock in the house forward an hour, including her watch just to be sure we would leave on time.
It wasn't until we were sitting in the emergency room that afternoon that she figured it out. I'd put an agave cactus thorn through a nerve in my wrist and couldn't get it out. I know, serves me right.
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Soap and detergents work much better in soft water compared to hard water, so a softener is a good idea in general around the home.
The water softener trades sodium ions (from the salt you add) for the calcium ions in your hard water - this will not result in water that does not spot, but any spots you do get are easier to remove. If you towel dry the car it won't be an issue.
Getting rid of all minerals in water is possible, but wasteful of water (Reverse osmosis wastes about 5 gallons for every gallon it makes), or really expensive - de ionization cartridges are expensive. I used to have a reef aquarium (salt water) and making pure, de-ionized water for it probably cost a dollar a gallon or more and was a hassle.
Distilled water (get at supermarket) contains next to no dissolved solids - you could dump some over the parts of the car you are concerned about and it shouldn't spot.
Soft water and towel drying is probably the best solution.
The water softener trades sodium ions (from the salt you add) for the calcium ions in your hard water - this will not result in water that does not spot, but any spots you do get are easier to remove. If you towel dry the car it won't be an issue.
Getting rid of all minerals in water is possible, but wasteful of water (Reverse osmosis wastes about 5 gallons for every gallon it makes), or really expensive - de ionization cartridges are expensive. I used to have a reef aquarium (salt water) and making pure, de-ionized water for it probably cost a dollar a gallon or more and was a hassle.
Distilled water (get at supermarket) contains next to no dissolved solids - you could dump some over the parts of the car you are concerned about and it shouldn't spot.
Soft water and towel drying is probably the best solution.
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I have to say I used silicone blades on my BMW 650 for eight years and never noticed any scratches or marring, but perhaps I didn't pay enough attention?
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A good, natural chamois leather works wonders at removing water - very soft, and no lint. Maybe too 'old school'...?
Hmm... come to think of it, using a good chamois rinsed and wrung out using a gallon of distilled water might be a perfect solution...
Hmm... come to think of it, using a good chamois rinsed and wrung out using a gallon of distilled water might be a perfect solution...
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