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Anyone use deionized water?
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Anyone here use deionized water when washing cars? If so do you have your own water deionizer?
I use the ones at the car wash place after a wash so there is no need to dry the car since there are no "water spots" when it dries.
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whats the name of the car wash place you use? maybe there might be a similar place like that where I'm at.
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no particular one, any general self-wash place. Most of the time they label it as "spotless rinse"
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None of my local car washes offer this although I wish they did.
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Cant remember seeing that. The last time I used a self car wash was in Myrtle Beach last year right after we arrived. I wonder if you can buy a deionizer?
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Is it not just like a water softener? Maybe not, but I occasionally go through a place called Goo Goo was and they have a spot free rinse.
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The quarter wash has one of those things too. I haven't really tested to see if their "spotless" rinse is just snake oil, but I guess I could give it a try.
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The quarter wash has one of those things too. I haven't really tested to see if their "spotless" rinse is just snake oil, but I guess I could give it a try.
It's worked the couple times I have used it. It usually sprays at a slower speed though, so you have to be quick to get all the "spot" water off the car
As far as results go, a water softener will probably give you the same effect (As long as it is not salt tablet based)...Deionizied water is just another step above that.
I wonder how much a home based dionizer would cost. Only experience I have had with them besides at the car washes are the large wall mount ones found in labs. Those are probably over the top for a car wash, they run the water by UV light along with some intense filter lol. the one in the lab I work in gets the particles down to 18ppm....to bad we autoclave it after that as well to make sure there is absolutely nothing living in there lol.
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You could just get one of those Mr Clean spray and wash things. I dry my car after I wash it, so it's not usually a step that I take at the quarter wash.
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You could just get one of those Mr Clean spray and wash things. I dry my car after I wash it, so it's not usually a step that I take at the quarter wash.
Ya I usually do that, but at school I have no driveway to wash my car and don't really feel like doing it in the parking lot :/
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I used the MR Clean deal in the past, and it actually seemed to work. I never used it on the accord because the filters for it get a little expensive. But, I used it to wash my black camry all the time, and with no drying I got no water spots.
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You could just get one of those Mr Clean spray and wash things. I dry my car after I wash it, so it's not usually a step that I take at the quarter wash.
Ya I usually do that, but at school I have no driveway to wash my car and don't really feel like doing it in the parking lot :/
Then you're in the same boat as me since I don't have anywhere to hook up a hose at my apartment. I just use the quarter wash down the street. It's great for not making a mess on your driveway when you clean your engine!!
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yea the mr. clean thing works the same way - surprisingly good actually
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I had one of those things when I lived in Waltham and had a hose. I'm sure it works just about the same as the one at the quarter wash. Maybe I'll give it another try one day.
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i might pick it up. its nice not to dry your car. less chance of picking up dirt and created swirl marks on your car.
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