stevoe88

My friend was telling me about this at a meet the other day .. Does using deionized water to dry work? he said you just rinse the car with deionized water in the end and it'll dry of without leaving any water marks by itself

JackS

Just a guess but deionization to me me seems like a method to remove contamination of solid particles. It would seem that distillation would accomplish the same purpose.
Use pure distilled water and you will have no water spots.

wanabe

and my question is...\


on such a small car, whats the big deal about wiping off the water with a big blue?? no chance of etching due to water spots...

FMINUS

Deionized water is very very pricey, but yes it will dry without water spots, foam your soaps more, and the best way to wash your car/mix your chemicals.

Distilled water is next in line.

stevoe88

Like how much are we talking? Seems like a better deal than buying a leaf blower ...

fastgsx

You just need a deionizing filter and the corresponding filter housing. Maybe $50-70 in parts, depending on how you need to set it up.

http://www.waterfiltersonline.com/DI-Deion...ter-filters.asp

Ubetit

[QUOTE=wanabe,Sep 2 2007, 07:33 PM] and my question is...\


on such a small car, whats the big deal about wiping off the water with a big blue??

FMINUS

I only used Deinonized water on my customers cars. They also tend to marr the paint less due to the lack on minerals in the water.

Jaeden09

That's ****ing hot... Buying one when I get back from basic.

macr88

I've been thinking about this and did a bit of research and it got pushed to the side due to the recent purchace of my pc 7424.
I don't mind drying but it's the spots you can't get to that bug me. I know minerals are building up.
I have a charcoal filter and a water softener (great oaks water sucks) and it helps a great deal but not quite enough.

From what I read is the guys that power wash the cars at the dealerships use DI water and I never see them dry the cars.

I think I'm going to try it. If it saves a bit of time it might be well worth the money spent.