Salt Water Softener

[Ted Feight]

We moved into a new home in the country in September. Life out here is a little different than the city.

Thus my questions: Should I worry about washing my cars with water softener salt water? The water is currently to salty tasting.

Thank you in advance!

God bless!

Ted Feight

[JUSTA6]

3 hours ago, Ted Feight said:

We moved into a new home in the country in September. Life out here is a little different than the city.

Thus my questions: Should I worry about washing my cars with water softener salt water? The water is currently to salty tasting.

Thank you in advance!

God bless!

Ted Feight

Leaves white marks if it dries before you can get to it.  I start from the top and wash down, hood, trunk then one side at a time. 

[Ted Feight]

Thank you Justa6.

I was worried about rust?

God bless!

Ted Feight

[JUSTA6]

2 hours ago, Ted Feight said:

Thank you Justa6.

I was worried about rust?

God bless!

Ted Feight

Not enough to worry about.  When washing at home, I like to blow out the bottom of windshield and rear windows with air compressor as these spots hold water.  I try NOT to get water on door windows, as it ends up in the door bottoms.  But that's JUSTA me.

Edited December 7, 2020 by JUSTA6

[Ted Feight]

Thank you again!

That is a good idea.  I have to wash the engine on the Catalina and will use the air pressure on that.

Good bless!

Ted

[Frosty]

Ted - some other ideas are from the Griot's Garage catalog

A portable mineral de-ionizer $300 - it connects to your garden hose

https://www.griotsgarage.com/product/portable+water+deionizer.do?sortby=ourPicksAscend&page=2&from=fn

An Airstream Drying gun - $110

https://www.griotsgarage.com/product/airstream+drying+gun.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=fn

Or an 8-HP air blower at $450 - a little pricey for my book

https://www.griotsgarage.com/product/8+horsepower+air+blower.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=fn

[Ringo64]

9 minutes ago, Frosty said:

An Airstream Drying gun - $110

https://www.griotsgarage.com/product/airstream+drying+gun.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=fn

Or an 8-HP air blower at $450 - a little pricey for my book

https://www.griotsgarage.com/product/8+horsepower+air+blower.do?sortby=ourPicks&from=fn

Both these seem a little pricey for what they are but suppose from them it's probably quality.

[JUSTA6]

2 hours ago, Ringo64 said:

Both these seem a little pricey for what they are but suppose from them it's probably quality.

Not otta my pocket.....Leaf blower for the win!   If you don't have an air nozzle for your compressor, they are less than $5

[Frosty]

2 hours ago, Ringo64 said:

Both these seem a little pricey for what they are but suppose from them it's probably quality.

I would spring for the de-ionizer if I thought my water was hard enough. Ditto the hand gun if I didn't own an air compressor already.

13 minutes ago, JUSTA6 said:

Not otta my pocket.....Leaf blower for the win!   If you don't have an air nozzle for your compressor, they are less than $5

Gas or electric? I would think electric would be the only one you would want to use in this scneario JUSTA avoid any sort of gas contamination off of your clean ride - especially avoid a two-stroke leaf blower (which I also own).

 

Again - I wanted to give Ted some options, nothing more.

[JUSTA6]

41 minutes ago, Frosty said:

I would spring for the de-ionizer if I thought my water was hard enough. Ditto the hand gun if I didn't own an air compressor already.

Gas or electric? I would think electric would be the only one you would want to use in this scneario JUSTA avoid any sort of gas contamination off of your clean ride - especially avoid a two-stroke leaf blower (which I also own).

 

Again - I wanted to give Ted some options, nothing more.

 YES I am that cheap.  I've used my electric leaf blower to get Maple seeds N leaves from cracks N crevaces in ALL my cars and boat. 

[Frosty]

I know you are cheap - you and your neighbors won't even pave your own road to save on car washes. LOL! 

[Ted Feight]

These all seem like great ideas.

I have always used my leaf blower, professional grade.

Great to hear from you all.

God bless!

Ted

[JUSTA6]

1 hour ago, Ted Feight said:

These all seem like great ideas.

I have always used my leaf blower, professional grade.

Great to hear from you all.

God bless!

Ted

Ted could ya help the Pontiac Museum in Pontiac Mich with a couple votes over the next week?  Would sure be nice to win the grant $$.   Thankz 

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Edited December 8, 2020 by JUSTA6