Water Filter/Softener

[dazza]

Washed the car today no water marks  We will see what happens when it gets warmer. The wife even complained that the water felt weird lol.

I've bought a TDS Meter for £5.00 so i can do a bit of testing.

[KieranED30]

Congrats dude 

[lukemk5gti]

TDS meters give wild results. Take about 20 tests and get your average because the results should be worlds apart! Glad you got it sorted.

I'm working on my new system now after getting the few bits!

[dazza]

I think i was just lucky as it was a very overcast day. I will update once i've taken a lot of readings with the TDS meter.

[dazza]

TDS meter arrived today. Took a reading without the softener running 443 PPM. I think that is pretty bad??

[dazza]

Ran the softener for a while 478 PPM. Does not give me much confidence washing the car now that its starting to get hotter.

Don't know if its worth getting a DI resin vessel with water that is so sh*t?

[lukemk5gti]

You're not having much luck with it unfortunately!

That water is muck!

I'm very lucky to have crystal clear water at my parents house but the same muck in the apt. The difference is crazy. Those watermarks dry in in minutes and just won't budge!

If I were you, I'd personally opt for sourcing a cheap supplier of purified water and buying in bulk then connecting up the power washer to the drum.

Yes you can sort out the filters but it's hit and miss and several variables effect their results. One simple problem I had was a reduction in temperature by just a few degrees caused an awful scale build up. Try again if you can keep costs low but from then I'd get to know a person down the road with better water or a cheap supplier of purified water.

P.S. I'd like to see you prove me wrong and get the system working. I just wouldn't be in a place long enough to warrant installing such a system. Good luck!

[dazza]

Ive bought a DI resin vessel most people seem to be getting readings of 0ppm but as my water is really bad i'm not holding out much hope.

[rich83]

How long do those last for daz?

[dazza]

It depends on a lot of factors water quality etc.
Where water is of a normal standard people only use it for the final rinse or for the complete wash when its hot.

This is worth a read http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=104955&highlight=DI+resin+vesse&page=3 the op has been using it a lot and still getting readings of 0ppm after one year. When the PPM readings increase you replace the resin.

[dazza]

The DI resin vessel arrived last week.

Below you cam see a reading of 403ppm without the vessel.

And a reading of 0ppm with the vessel. In theory i can rinse and not dry with these readings.

[rich83]

Epic.

[dazza]

Did a wash today. Tried it on the beater first. I was pretty appalled by how dirty it was this was the first time id ever washed it by hand.

I then washed the golf by now it was pretty hot tried to sheet off the water best i could and left it sit in the sun while i dumped a can of Klima cleaner in the AC. There are some water marks 99% buff off with a QD. But some dont. Could these be from the soap? There is a chance they are old marks i did not notice.