autogeekonline car wax, car care and auto detailing forum Autogeek on TV
car wax, car care and auto detailing forumAutogeekonline autogeekonline car wax, car care and auto detailing forum HomeForumBlogAutogeek.net StoreDetailing Classes with Mike PhillipsGalleryDetailing How To's
 
Thanks Thanks:  0
Likes Likes:  0
Dislikes Dislikes:  0
Results 1 to 8 of 8
  1. #1
    Regular Member Divine Details's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Thomson IL
    Posts
    195
    Post Thanks / Like

    Idea for homemade water deionizer

    I've been doing some research on di water. I came across a guy on ebay trying to sell a homemade di system. Its basically a 3ft 3" PVC pipe with hose connects on either end. My idea is to use that design and put the cr spotless resin in it.
    Any opinions or improvement?

  2. #2
    Regular Member Divine Details's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Thomson IL
    Posts
    195
    Post Thanks / Like
    I'll try to get a pic up of the one I saw later

  3. #3
    Super Member octane's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2012
    Location
    Ottawa, Canada
    Posts
    398
    Post Thanks / Like

    Re: Idea for homemade water deionizer

    I built my own, with a couple (3) 2.5 by 10 inch water filter housings, 2 refillable di resin cartridges, and a 5 micron filter. works great and if you look on the web, you can find info on how to recharge the di resin with Lye and Muriatic acid, a lot cheaper than buying di resin. only problem with my system is that with 60ppm water (which is pretty good), I do about 10 cars before needing to recharge the di resin, and I only get 1 gpm flow. But that is all I need to rinse. in the pic you can see I also added an inline tds meter which helps me monitor the water quality. total cost was around 100$.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Idea for homemade water deionizer-filter-jpg  

  4. #4
    Super Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    New Jersey
    Posts
    15,023
    Post Thanks / Like

    Re: Idea for homemade water deionizer

    Quote Originally Posted by Divine Details View Post
    I've been doing some research on di water. I came across a guy on ebay trying to sell a homemade di system. Its basically a 3ft 3" PVC pipe with hose connects on either end. My idea is to use that design and put the cr spotless resin in it.
    Any opinions or improvement?
    You're going to flush the resin right out.

  5. #5
    Regular Member Divine Details's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Thomson IL
    Posts
    195
    Post Thanks / Like

    Re: Idea for homemade water deionizer

    Quote Originally Posted by Setec Astronomy View Post
    You're going to flush the resin right out.

    Yeah that what was thinking when i saw this on ebay there must be some kind of mesh holding it in or something

  6. #6
    Regular Member Divine Details's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Thomson IL
    Posts
    195
    Post Thanks / Like

    Re: Idea for homemade water deionizer

    Quote Originally Posted by octane View Post
    I built my own, with a couple (3) 2.5 by 10 inch water filter housings, 2 refillable di resin cartridges, and a 5 micron filter. works great and if you look on the web, you can find info on how to recharge the di resin with Lye and Muriatic acid, a lot cheaper than buying di resin. only problem with my system is that with 60ppm water (which is pretty good), I do about 10 cars before needing to recharge the di resin, and I only get 1 gpm flow. But that is all I need to rinse. in the pic you can see I also added an inline tds meter which helps me monitor the water quality. total cost was around 100$.

    thanks i think thats how im going to do mine. just cant bring myself to pay $200-300 for one.

  7. #7
    Regular Member Divine Details's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2012
    Location
    Thomson IL
    Posts
    195
    Post Thanks / Like

    Re: Idea for homemade water deionizer

    would runninng a water softener before the di units prolong the life of the di resin?

  8. #8
    Super Member
    Join Date
    Aug 2010
    Location
    New Jersey
    Posts
    15,023
    Post Thanks / Like

    Re: Idea for homemade water deionizer

    Quote Originally Posted by Divine Details View Post
    would runninng a water softener before the di units prolong the life of the di resin?
    No, water softening is an ion-exchange process, it has the same number of ions before and after.

Similar Threads

  1. Portable water deionizer
    By Azure in forum Auto Detailing 101
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 06-15-2020, 12:51 PM
  2. Deionizer AND water softener....overkill?
    By 98LowRanger in forum Auto Detailing 101
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 06-10-2019, 09:21 AM
  3. Water containment (setup) good idea for mobile as well
    By 215Detailing in forum Off-Topic
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 01-29-2018, 10:00 AM
  4. Running Hot Water Through Deionizer
    By medicscott in forum Auto Detailing 101
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 06-20-2015, 07:24 AM
  5. Got an idea for those living with water restrictions ie California
    By ihaveacamaro in forum Auto Detailing 101
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: 04-07-2015, 08:39 PM

Members who have read this thread: 0

There are no members to list at the moment.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

» March 2024

S M T W T F S
2526272829 1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 123456