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    Does anyone else do this final rinse method?

    I buy 2 bottles of distilled water for $1.50 from Walmart. After I'm done washing, I use the bottles to sheet the surface with the distilled water, then I take a big waffle weave around the car. This solves my problem of water spots that occurs from dripping after drying (mirrors, trunk, gas tank). Cheap solution I think, rather than going all out with a water deionizer system if all you use it for is rinsing. I'm getting my TDS meter today anyway, just to find out what kind of water I'm working with.

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    Re: Does anyone else do this final rinse method?

    How often do you wash? $1.50 per gallon or per 2 gallons? $75 a year isn't all that bad but a softener system would benefit your entire household.

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    Re: Does anyone else do this final rinse method?

    Quote Originally Posted by Just02896 View Post
    How often do you wash? $1.50 per gallon or per 2 gallons? $75 a year isn't all that bad but a softener system would benefit your entire household.
    72 cents a gallon, $1.44 total

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    Re: Does anyone else do this final rinse method?

    and I wash at least once a week.

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    I use distilled water when cleaning door jambs or other areas that I find too sketch for a hose. Never thought of using it for final rinse though! I'll have to try it.
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    Re: Does anyone else do this final rinse method?

    distilled water in a pump sprayer, then do a spot free rinse? depending on how big the car it, it helps.

    i've tried doing it on my wheels, but it seems like you have to use a lot of water for it to be a benfit, in order to get rid of the rest of the water that has minerals in it. having a filter system would be amazing. wish i had one

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    Re: Does anyone else do this final rinse method?

    I add a capful of ONR to my foam gun and do my final rinse with that. Very little spotting, if any.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Heisenberg View Post
    I add a capful of ONR to my foam gun and do my final rinse with that. Very little spotting, if any.
    That's a really smart idea! I forgot that ONR softens water.
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    Re: Does anyone else do this final rinse method?

    Quote Originally Posted by Heisenberg View Post
    I add a capful of ONR to my foam gun and do my final rinse with that. Very little spotting, if any.

    Glad you brought that up...

    I was doing my ONR wash at 7 am and was thinking....

    Man, this is a pain in the ass ...spraying my detail spray before I wash with the towels dunked in the ONR bucket..

    What if I used the Foam Gun instead of the spray bottle to dwell on the car before the towels????


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    Quote Originally Posted by mikesal57 View Post
    Glad you brought that up...

    I was doing my ONR wash at 7 am and was thinking....

    Man, this is a pain in the ass ...spraying my detail spray before I wash with the towels dunked in the ONR bucket..

    What if I used the Foam Gun instead of the spray bottle to dwell on the car before the towels????


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    As a pre rinse for ONR, I would think the dilution ratios would be too low compared to what we put in a spray bottle.
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