dashotgun
07-04-2006, 09:11 PM
does anyone out there have naturaly soft water. I sure don't also because of small grit and fdirt on the water line I decided to try the Geeks softener and filter kit. One of my cars is a black acura TL and needs every advantage to stay looking good. I went with the kit b ecasue of convience. People who build home aquariums use both the grit filter and softener to protect there finny friends. Likewise Lowes etc sell filter aimed at drinking water. None suited myneeds exactly. Although you could put something together for washing cars for less the convience factor is importent. I got the deluxe kit which includes to canisters braqcket to hang on your wall a 1 micron filter and resin rechargable softener 1 bag of recharge and two nice mf cloths. 2 lenght of hoses( 3 and 2 feet.) everything was high quality with the exception of the hose ends which were poly and would not fit in well into the canister. A quick trip to Lowes solved that ( but they should have used brass ends for the money involved)
Every thing went together will and I was up washing in no time.
I washed both my cars with my foam gun and indeed it has not foamed so well. Both cars have recentlybeen detailed with Klasse and the acura has had its lsp so the sheeting action may not have been due to the water. i purpously left some water on to dry and there was minimal spotting.
Over all i would recomend this to anybody. the one micron filter does kill water pressue a bit and next filter ( good for about 3 months of daily use probably last a bit longer with intermittant use will be a 10 micron) Why clean dirt of your car then mar it with microscopic grit in your water? The advantge of using softer water is eaiser clean up less or no water spotting. Cons a bit pricey grit filter probably should be a 10 micron and chintzy hose hardware. Over all recomended
Every thing went together will and I was up washing in no time.
I washed both my cars with my foam gun and indeed it has not foamed so well. Both cars have recentlybeen detailed with Klasse and the acura has had its lsp so the sheeting action may not have been due to the water. i purpously left some water on to dry and there was minimal spotting.
Over all i would recomend this to anybody. the one micron filter does kill water pressue a bit and next filter ( good for about 3 months of daily use probably last a bit longer with intermittant use will be a 10 micron) Why clean dirt of your car then mar it with microscopic grit in your water? The advantge of using softer water is eaiser clean up less or no water spotting. Cons a bit pricey grit filter probably should be a 10 micron and chintzy hose hardware. Over all recomended