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« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2009, 03:27:49 PM »
in a related (but slightly off-topic) story, the professor I work under is a big fish collector and has one of those giant 50 Gallon tanks, apparently he only uses deionized water and has the change it only once a year...he mentioned something along the lines of when the water evaporates there is less precipitate left in the tank = less cleaning


I remember back on that show Pimp My Ride, they were sponsored by mr. clean and would always show them using it and mentioning no drying needed. Also, I was looking up info on this and some of the really high end detailers (like the ones that show up with a giant truck full of supplies and detail nothing but Ferraris) carry around giant tanks in their trucks full of dionizied water for the final rinse.
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« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2009, 11:23:01 PM »
The spots are caused by hard water...dissolved minerals in the water.  A water softener should be sufficient to prevent water spots.  Higher degrees of filtration such as reverse osmosis and deionized water is a bit excessive.  We use deionized water for molecular genetics work in my lab...I don't think you need water that pure to wash your car...but if it floats your boat go for it.
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« Reply #17 on: May 15, 2009, 11:31:43 PM »
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The spots are caused by hard water...dissolved minerals in the water.  A water softener should be sufficient to prevent water spots.  Higher degrees of filtration such as reverse osmosis and deionized water is a bit excessive.  We use deionized water for molecular genetics work in my lab...I don't think you need water that pure to wash your car...but if it floats your boat go for it.

I just love my car so much lol, maybe i'll add some DEPC for good measure!
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« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2009, 04:38:56 PM »
I've tried the Mr clean thing and returned it...

The best system I know of if you truly want to be able to rinse your car and let it air dry is the CR spotless. Many detailers use this system.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.as ... d=11201522
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« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2009, 12:56:31 PM »
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I've tried the Mr clean thing and returned it...

The best system I know of if you truly want to be able to rinse your car and let it air dry is the CR spotless. Many detailers use this system.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.as ... d=11201522


I was hoping you'd chime in!  I remember talking about this last year when it was on sale in the Canada Costco warehouses.
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« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2009, 01:07:12 PM »
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I've tried the Mr clean thing and returned it...

The best system I know of if you truly want to be able to rinse your car and let it air dry is the CR spotless. Many detailers use this system.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.as ... d=11201522


is this what you use?

pretty pricey for your average car owner, but i'm sure it's worth it for a detailer
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« Reply #21 on: May 18, 2009, 10:43:47 AM »
The spotless rinse at the car wash places is a joke.  Those places never change the filters for the spotless rinse.
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« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2009, 05:46:44 PM »
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The spotless rinse at the car wash places is a joke.  Those places never change the filters for the spotless rinse.
Agreed!
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« Reply #23 on: May 25, 2009, 05:48:15 PM »
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I've tried the Mr clean thing and returned it...

The best system I know of if you truly want to be able to rinse your car and let it air dry is the CR spotless. Many detailers use this system.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.as ... d=11201522


is this what you use?

pretty pricey for your average car owner, but i'm sure it's worth it for a detailer



I dont have water spotting issues here... I have thought about getting it just so I wouldn't have to be bothered with drying but haven't yet forked out the coin justto skip the drying step...
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« Reply #24 on: May 31, 2009, 01:52:11 AM »
man I wish I had one of those systems today..went home for the weekend and took advantage of the drive way to clean my car first time in 4 months...it was so hot today water would evaporate so fast leaving white spots...had to keep rinsing the entire car every 5 minutes to keep it wet and prevent the spots from forming...
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