Does anyone else do this final rinse method?

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I buy 2 bottles of distilled water for $1.50 from Walmart. After I'm done washing, I use the bottles to sheet the surface with the distilled water, then I take a big waffle weave around the car. This solves my problem of water spots that occurs from dripping after drying (mirrors, trunk, gas tank). Cheap solution I think, rather than going all out with a water deionizer system if all you use it for is rinsing. I'm getting my TDS meter today anyway, just to find out what kind of water I'm working with.
 
How often do you wash? $1.50 per gallon or per 2 gallons? $75 a year isn't all that bad but a softener system would benefit your entire household.
 
I use distilled water when cleaning door jambs or other areas that I find too sketch for a hose. Never thought of using it for final rinse though! I'll have to try it.
 
distilled water in a pump sprayer, then do a spot free rinse? depending on how big the car it, it helps.

i've tried doing it on my wheels, but it seems like you have to use a lot of water for it to be a benfit, in order to get rid of the rest of the water that has minerals in it. having a filter system would be amazing. wish i had one
 
I add a capful of ONR to my foam gun and do my final rinse with that. Very little spotting, if any.
 
Heisenberg said:
I add a capful of ONR to my foam gun and do my final rinse with that. Very little spotting, if any.
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Glad you brought that up...

I was doing my ONR wash at 7 am and was thinking....

Man, this is a pain in the ass ...spraying my detail spray before I wash with the towels dunked in the ONR bucket..

What if I used the Foam Gun instead of the spray bottle to dwell on the car before the towels????


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mikesal57 said:
Glad you brought that up...

I was doing my ONR wash at 7 am and was thinking....

Man, this is a pain in the ass ...spraying my detail spray before I wash with the towels dunked in the ONR bucket..

What if I used the Foam Gun instead of the spray bottle to dwell on the car before the towels????


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Mike
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As a pre rinse for ONR, I would think the dilution ratios would be too low compared to what we put in a spray bottle.
 
conman1395 said:
As a pre rinse for ONR, I would think the dilution ratios would be too low compared to what we put in a spray bottle.
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maybe someone can figure it out...

there are 5 or 6 settings on the Foam Gun...

say, in the bottle, theres 2 oz ONR and 30 oz water...1/16
whats the foam gun dilutions?
 
Also account for the flow rate (dispensed ONR and actual flow rate of water from hose)
That's what I think makes it tricky to find out.
 
Just use a pump sprayer to pre-soak - much easier than the spray bottle and you can control the ratio better than with a foam gun.
 
Kyle_Elantra said:
Just use a pump sprayer to pre-soak - much easier than the spray bottle and you can control the ratio better than with a foam gun.
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So which type spray pumps do you suggest?

1/2 gallon, 1 gallon, 2 gallon, etc. ?


Some examples:
 
another option may be to go to your local supermarket and fill up a 5 gallon water jug (you'll have to buy one) with those coin operated water dispensers, it's usually only $.40 or so...
 
conman1395 said:
Also account for the flow rate (dispensed ONR and actual flow rate of water from hose)
That's what I think makes it tricky to find out.
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You can figure this by mixing up a fixed amount of diluted soap in your foam cannon bottle (say 1oz of soap to 16oz water). Then use the foam cannon on its highest output and see how long the it takes to use up the 16oz of soap solution. Multiply that amount of time in minutes by the gpm output of the pressure washer and you can easily calculate the ratio of soap to water. (e.g. 5 minutes at 1.4gpm = 7 gals. If you are using one ounce of soap in your spray bottle you are using 1 oz per 7 gals.)
 
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