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    tap water hardness 120, distilled or not?

    tap water in my area has a hardness of less than 120. Is it good enuf just to use tap water? for glass cleaners, ONR, OPC, etc?

    in what case do I absolutely need distilled water?

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    Re: tap water hardness 120, distilled or not?

    IDK about that but I just use filtered water from my Fridge.

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    Re: tap water hardness 120, distilled or not?

    Quote Originally Posted by twobucket View Post
    tap water in my area has a hardness of less than 120. Is it good enuf just to use tap water? for glass cleaners, ONR, OPC, etc?

    in what case do I absolutely need distilled water?
    You have hard tap water meaning that there is a lot of mineral's, and such distilled water don't have a hardness though you can use tap water with any your product's but it may effect it's power ever so slightly now if you seek the maximum performance of the product or have that special car then distilled water is a better choice.

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    Re: tap water hardness 120, distilled or not?

    That's fairly hard. What about a RO system in your house instead of running out to buy distilled?
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    Re: tap water hardness 120, distilled or not?



    I only have this.. not sure it will soften water..

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    Re: tap water hardness 120, distilled or not?

    Quote Originally Posted by twobucket View Post
    tap water in my area has a hardness of less than 120. Is it good enuf just to use tap water? for glass cleaners, ONR, OPC, etc?

    in what case do I absolutely need distilled water?
    You have what I'd call moderately hard water.
    Except for a very slight increase in soap/detergent usage...
    you should be good to go with your tap water, IMO.

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    Re: tap water hardness 120, distilled or not?

    I pay $4 per case (6 gl.) of distilled water. That is a miniscule cost for peace of mind in my opinion. I've never been one to settle for "good enough".

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    Re: tap water hardness 120, distilled or not?

    Quote Originally Posted by spiralout462 View Post
    I pay $4 per case (6 gl.) of distilled water. That is a miniscule cost for peace of mind in my opinion. I've never been one to settle for "good enough".
    that's good deal, where do u get it?

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