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Incubus

I may try it, but I'm gonna be pissed if I have to rewax my car sooner...just kidding. I find waxing to be therapeudic.

animeS2K

I was under the impression that the filtered water was what kept the Mr. Clean system from spotting (you have to change the filter once it starts spotting).

Spotting, from what I understand, is the result of minerals and such in water drying around the edges of water droplets. I guess the Jet Dry (as a wetter) would keep the water from drying on the car, but a very well-filtered water stream might get you the same effect without the Jet Dry.

At least that's what I remember reading a while ago when the Mr. Clean came out (and I got one and it worked as advertised, but I found it a pain).

Will

The Mr. Clean system has two parts--the soap that's included has an additive that makes the water sheet (it's not in the rinse water). The rinse goes through a filter to take out contaminants that would leave spots.

mntony

Calcium *dissolves* in the water. You can't filter it out. That's why those of us with really hard water have to use water softeners which exchage sodium ions for the calcium.

I have an awful time with spots - our water is very hard. If I had forsight, I'd have added an outside tap connected to the soft water lines. Maybe I should still do that!. Anyway, those of you who've used these products with some success, how hard is your water? In other words, how bad a problem are you trying to solve?

DosEquis Driver

Just get rid of the spray nozzle and rinse your vehicles with the solid, single stream of water that comes out of the end of the hose... It creates the same "sheeting" action that these water additives are designed to achieve when a spray nozzle is used.

I've found that fitting a large volume shut-off valve on the end of the hose and a steady single stream of flowing water is far more effective and causes less trouble when rinsing off with any type of nozzle.



For wetting down the vehicle before washing -- where the benefits of the single stream aren't as important -- the shut-off valve can be opened a 1/4 way to produce a flat spray.

Incubus

Yes, if you use Meguiar's Car Shampoo, it'll tell you not to use a spray nozzle. That's what I do, Albertson's sells these things for 99 cents apiece.

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