ONR w/ distilled water overkill?

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efnfast

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I mix my ONR from a tap that goes through my water softener, so the water is softened (plus ONR naturally softens the water). However, the TDS in the water is roughly 650ppm.


 


Most times I wash i don't have spotting, but that's because i'm really moving quickly while drying. However, sometimes I do and sometimes if I get sloppy enough it can etch into the paint and need a light polish.


 


i think in this case switching to mixing the ONR with jugs of distilled water would be a good idea, because even though the water is softened, the TDS is quite high and probably what causes my periodic issues, right?


 


As a followup question, would it be best to mix with distilled water, deionized water, reverse osmosis'd water, or any of them fine?
 
Any of them will work, but the cost per wash will increase dramatically.


Even tough my water has medium hardness (300ppm) I mix it with water from my indoor dehumidifier with great results. The solution is slicker. Maybe something to think about if you have this option.


Otherwise get a filter, it should be cheaper in the long run, rather than buying jugs of DI water.
 
I had been mixing up my ONR-like products with DI water, but recently I've been using distilled (if only because I haven't recharged the CRS lately).  I seemed to get just a tiny bit of a film when I used my regular, softened-and-filtered water, and using DI or distilled has eliminated that.  Absolutely zero spotting with the distilled water, as long as I get all the "regular" water out of the nooks and crannies before I get to that step.
 
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