Oh brother... Here he goes again. (Lot's of pics)

SuperBee364 said:
The spot free Mr. Clean cartridge works really well. I had previously used a dual cartridge water softening system, but it's just an ion exchange... exchanging calcium ions for sodium ions. It pretty much left salt stains on the paint and started corroding my pressure washer gun. The Mr. Clean cartridge is a true de-ionizing water filter. It removes the calcium instead of exchanging it for sodium. They are kind of expensive, though. The label says they're good for about ten washes. I get about five out of them.



Blasting off the spot free water with the leaf blower gives the finish shown. I imagine when it gets hot, it's going to be tough to do this part fast enough.



I had been using a waffle weave to dry, but wanted to go totally touchless.
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Ive never had that problem with my filter set-up. I have dual filters, one is a 1micron carbon filter and the other a resin filter. I usually soak it in salt every 20 or so washes. I only only use the filter for the final rinse down.



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TH0001 said:
The black surface does look dirty in that after picture, IMO.
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SuperBee364 said:
Check out the "after" shot of the back end. The black vinyl sticker on the trunk didn't fare very well. It's still dirty and water spotted. There's no vintage on it to protect it. QD's make the flat matte finish of the stickers too shiny, so I'm going to ONR them tonight.
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It was a long read, and easy to overlook that part. ;)But yeah, the black vinyl stickers (and not just the one on the trunk) didn't fare very well at all.
 
Do you think putting the carbon filter after the resin filter would make a difference superbee? Right now I have the carbon filter before the resin filter but Ive never had a problem with water spots.
 
I'm not sure... I don't have a carbon filter. Both of the ones that are in the picture are just regular water softening filters. I think I'll buy a carbon filter and a de-ionizing filter. Should be a good combo (I hope).
 
SuperBee364- Thanks for explaining about your water. Yeah, mine isn't all *that* hard pre-treatment (but had other issues as well as regular hardness).



And yeah, I know how the costs can add up :o I just got two "berm filters" (like softeners without the brine tanks), two softeners, a UV sterilizer for the RO line, and assorted other stuff...plus that CRSpotless. I'm sure spending money on this stuff :hmph:



SaintlySins- Hm..I didn't think about my water pressure :think: Hope it's not an issue as I'm sure not gonna run over to the house and shut down the booster pump when I rinse a vehicle with the CRSpotless. This has me thinking "uh-oh..." and I haven't even unboxed it yet :o



BlueLibby04- Huh, you don't get flow restriction with the 1-micron filter? I run 5-micron ones as anything finer dropped my delivery too much for my liking.
 
I think my pressure is unique to the area I live in and may not be an issue for most people/places. My township owns the water supply, and the area of town I live in is on the lowest side of town, almost directly under the water tower.

Still, I think it's a combo of factors, mineral impurities, pressure (GPM at faucet), and more that had to do with my requiring the larger canister CR Spotless.
 
Accumulator said:
BlueLibby04- Huh, you don't get flow restriction with the 1-micron filter? I run 5-micron ones as anything finer dropped my delivery too much for my liking.
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Definitely have a loss in pressure and water flow. Like I said though, I only use it for the final rinse down so it doesnt matter. Only thing I need is a slow steady stream of water and thats exactly what it gives.



However, the water pressure at our house practically doesnt exist. If the sun is out and its drying while Im washing(trees dont have leaves yet) Ill use the filter the entire time. Since the water pressure sucks with those hooked up, I use a pump to push it back up to 60psi(before the filters). Using the pump with the filters gives me more pressure than just hooking the water hose up to the house.



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a trick i saw here that was really neat was putting the final rinse water in a gardening watering bucket. much easier to flow the water off and it uses a lot less water than trying to do it with a hose. plus they're cheap.
 
admac- That wouldn't work for me as I need to really get the water into the nooks/crannies/etc. lest I get waterspots from drips later.



BlueLibby04- OK, now I understand why the 1-micron filter works OK for you, thanks for explaining.



SaintlySins & BlueLibby04- My pressure (with my pump) never drops below 80 no matter the flow/demand and is almost always a good bit higher than that. Wonder if I oughta call CRSpotless before I have regrets :think:



SaintlySins- Which model CRSpotless did you end up using (i.e., which is this "bigger one")?
 
[quote name='Accumulator']admac- That wouldn't work for me as I need to really get the water into the nooks/crannies/etc. lest I get waterspots from drips later.quote]



That is so aggravating. It seems to happen every time I wash. A couple hours later, I'll notice drip stains running from my exterior rear view mirrors, gas door, and spoiler mounts, no matter how hard I try to make sure they get ample deionized water and hit with the leaf blower. I guess the only for-sure solution would be to use deionized water for the entire wash, but that would get expensive fast.
 
SuperBee364 said:
.. I guess the only for-sure solution would be to use deionized water for the entire wash, but that would get expensive fast.
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Well, I might find out how expensive if this CRSpotless thing works OK with my pressure.



Yeah, the drips are irritating even after I spend *forever* (not like just 10 minutes) with the air compressor after I've dried it conventionally.
 
Sorry to take so long to get back to this ... but the CR Spotless that I run with is called the DIC 20 ... Now, I'm not sure if I have the letters right, but it's the one on it's own cart - NOT the wall mount one.

For all the talk about pressure, you'll be surprised how restricted the pressure is coming out of these systems. It's quite soft, and took me a while to get used to after having the intense pressure off the hose I have.

Talk to Chuck at CR Spotless - he's very helpful with technique and knows his product.
 
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