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If I'm reading correct some of you perform RWashes with distilled water , why? Isn't that wasting money? With my glass cleaner I always mix it with dw for a final wipe but body panels, really?
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I mix my D115 with distilled from Walmart because the distilled water from drug stores had added minerals (for taste they say).
Yeah, but that would be "spring water" or "mineral water", wouldn't it? They usually have two kinds of gallon jugs of water in the supermarket or Walmart etc., "spring water" and "distilled water"; one's for drinking, one's for your iron or car washing.
http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-rinse-free-express-wash-and-wax-d11501.htmlWhat's d115?
DW doesnt leave water spots on your body panels. I think thats the main reason people use it.
DW doesnt leave water spots on your body panels. I think thats the main reason people use it.
Ok but when I'm doing a rw I don't let the water dry == no spots.
At Walmart, distilled water is about $0.88 a gallon - not very expensive compared to lots of other things. And if you do a RW correctly with 2 buckets, the "wash" water can be used several times negating the cost of buying distilled. Personally, I'm still a "HOSE 'ER DOWN" type, but I mix my D115 with distilled from Walmart because the distilled water from drug stores had added minerals (for taste they say).
I found out the hard way if I don't use distilled in my D115, I can leave streaks and water spots - since my car is black, I have to take EVERY precaution.
Yeah, but that would be "spring water" or "mineral water", wouldn't it? They usually have two kinds of gallon jugs of water in the supermarket or Walmart etc., "spring water" and "distilled water"; one's for drinking, one's for your iron or car washing.
:xyxthumbs:Distilled Water is a colorless, odorless and tasteless liquid. Neither Walmart nor Walgreens or CVS adds 'stuff' to it for taste. That is what drinking water/mineral water/spring water is for.
DW is also unfit for drinking. It has a pH of 7 ideally and has no dissolved minerals which makes it not a wise choice to drink (Drinking water has a pH of 7.8-8 which has alkali minerals dissolved in it which is needed for the electrolytes in your body. DW does not have and should not have any of that.
And that's why you don't need DW. Plus most RW/WW will soften your tap water. Any product that I cut, I will use DW.
Hmmm...Not leaving water spots:i cant see a point using distilled water either,
don't think the normal tap water will scratch
your paint or anything, especially coated
paint like mine, that's a myth IMO !!
just use filtered tap water,
i think distilled water will not leave
water spots, but correct me if am wrong...!
There's an old adage that's broughtWe ALL should be drinking distilled water. Our bodies dont do anything with dissolved solids in water except let them build up in our joints as arthritis. We get our minerals from plants that have converted solid minerals to soluble.