RIGHT WAY TO WASH VECHICLES

[TOMBOB]

WASHING VEHICLES THE RIGHT WAY

I live on a lake in Michigan. The house is on the lake and pole barn is behind the house across the road.

Every Saturday morning I wash my truck and car both Chevy’s. Pole barn does not have water, so I run water from the house 100’ away. Will for 30 plus years I thought I was doing a good job. All ways had water spots and windows impossible to get right.

Last week my neighbor showed me what he uses, a water softener just for washing vehicles.

A two hose system so you can by pass the softener Wow what a difference.

It’s about $100. For a summer pick it up and return it for replacement.

 

[Mooseman]

I have a water softener for my house and I always get spots unless I wipe it dry. What kind of softener is that?

 

[TOMBOB]

Moosemam I do not know, but I will find out. With system there is no spots nothing. Post finding later

 

[boatload]

It's a deionized water system. I just installed one in my garage for spotless rinse on my vehicles. I use to have a system that Mr. Clean made that had a small D.I. filter in it but they stopped making it. I run 2 separate hoses with my setup. Works great! No spots and no hand drying!

 

[Mooseman]

I did some research and there are some systems out there specifically for car washing and they are basically deionizers. I can't justify an expense like this to Mrs. Moose. I guess I'll just have to keep using this special shammy to wipe the truck. Works very well.

 

[yamadoo]

Or you can live I Two harbors MN were they get water from Lake Superior. My buddy washes everything rinses it leaves it wet and is dry and spotless in the morning .

I couldn't believe it. In southern mn that would that would have left crusty rings not just spots.

 

[YammyRX1]

I have a water softener for my house and I always get spots unless I wipe it dry. What kind of softener is that?

Most home softener systems are set up to supply hard water to outside taps, have you checked the plumbing?

 

[yamadoo]

Most home softener systems are set up to supply hard water to outside taps, have you checked the plumbing?

I know this was true of my house so now I have soft water Hot to my garage and it is a little better.

 

[Mooseman]

Water softeners just replace the hardness with salt so it still leaves spots no matter what.

 

[yamadoo]

Water softeners just replace the hardness with salt so it still leaves spots no matter what.

Exactly the salt spots are a lot easier to clean than the hard water ones