'Hard' water and washing car

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'Hard' water and washing car

Post by david7m » Mon Jun 19, 2006 11:21 am

Hi

Since I moved down from the Midlands to Milton Keynes, my car does not seem to have the same shine as before after washing :cry:

Will the 'hard' water leave a dull finish?

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Post by Dippy » Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:39 pm

Yes. I put a valve in so that I can feed soft water from my water softener directly to my external tap for car washing.
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Post by david7m » Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:05 pm

Dippy wrote:Yes. I put a valve in so that I can feed soft water from my water softener directly to my external tap for car washing.
He he, no need to take the pee :roll:

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Post by S4INT » Mon Jun 19, 2006 4:38 pm

Think you will find he was being serious! :)

As a result of the hosepipe ban, I have recently installed a water butt to collect the rainwater from my house roof, this is naturally soft water and I have been using it lately for rinsing the car off - leaves a really good finish with no water marks at all!

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Post by ronaldmacdonald » Tue Jun 20, 2006 8:00 am

Dippy wrote:Yes. I put a valve in so that I can feed soft water from my water softener directly to my external tap for car washing.
me too!
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Post by bogie » Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:11 am

just get an in-line water softener on your hose or get a Flash car wash thingy from Halfords - works a treat
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Post by Dippy » Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:42 pm

Yes I was being serious. I'm moving house soon and need to put a new water softener in - and I'll do the same there.
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Post by david7m » Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:23 pm

Cool, i'll look into that then :)

I've also noticed that my screen wash bottle looks a bit furry around the rim where I fill it up and spill the water/screen wash.

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Post by ScottyBoy » Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:36 pm

I always try and wash my car in the rain then use one of those blade thingy's, comes up a treat
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Post by Flipper » Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:52 pm

failing that - get an aqua gleam inline filter. works brilliantly.

http://www.cleanandshiny.co.uk/ProductD ... ctID=10004
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