Distilled Water ONLY - Rinseless Washes

[FUNX650]

What's the appreciable difference between using distilled or tap water?

Staying within the scope of the OP's thread-starter topic of: Rinseless Washes

When not using distilled water, or its ilk (D.I.; R.O.; "softened")... you are left with the alternative of
using water that has: Some level of 'hardness', as it were.

Taking a Rinseless-Wash product like ONR for example:
1. It is said to contain polymers that will perform duties such as:
-Assist in contaminates' removal by attachment to said contaminates

-Attachment to the minerals in hard water to assist in their being, (let's say for argument's sake),
washed-away/ a-subsequent-removal...from their being deposited upon a vehicle and its surfaces.
Hence...
Much less, to no: water-spotting. Perhaps a water-softening-effect, more or less (?)


2. Now say a person would used water that has had most, if not all, of the minerals removed from it:
-Would it be unreasonable to surmise that there would be more of ONR's-polymers available that would be
put to better use in contaminates' removal... instead of being stuck with the menial chore of 'sticking to' minerals?


3. If mineral-free water is unavailable...
-It is said one can call upon ONR to avail as a "water-softener" by upping the dilution %.


Just a couple of my distilled-thoughts.



Bob

 

[glen e]

I rinseless my car every 5 days - never distilled...a little to OCD for me..never any spots...

 

[Durallymax]

Nice! I would probably pull 100 gallons in a week over here lol it's humid every day. What do you use and where can I get one!

It wouldnt be practical for most on here. You have to have somewhere for the cooling water to go. After the fresh well water goes through the heat exhanger it goes into storage tanks and is fed to the cows. With 700 thirsty cows it works well especially since the hotter it is outside they more they want to drink and the more water we can run through it. I dont know the exact flow rate but there is a ton of water going through it in a day. It cools our 60x80 shop.

For someone else to do it they would need a compressor setup to recool the water. In that case I would suggest a coolant fluid instead. By the time you go theouvh that much work though you can just install an A/C unit I would think.

 

[Harry Da Hamster]

Mineral content. Go to zerowater's website and type in your zip code it'll give you your TDS (total dissolved solids). In my area I have a 400+ TDS score. So rinsing down a car leads to extremely tough water spots, even with a rinseless wash I can get minor spotting that have to be buffed pretty aggressively. And take into account when it rains, water picks up those and deposit them on your car.

I think we should be more concerned with Hard Water rather than Total Dissolved Solids. I don't notice any spotting at all. I live in an area with a 255 TDS score, zip code 96813. I could see this being an issue if you park next to sprinklers and water dries on the surface on a regular basis. If you're using ONR as directed, there simply isn't enough time for hard water to dry and etch the surface. At least that's what i would think.

But nothing wrong with being obsessive. After all, we're car detailing nerds. :xyxthumbs:

Staying within the scope of the OP's thread-starter topic of: Rinseless Washes

When not using distilled water, or its ilk (D.I.; R.O.; "softened")... you are left with the alternative of
using water that has: Some level of 'hardness', as it were.

Taking a Rinseless-Wash product like ONR for example:
1. It is said to contain polymers that will perform duties such as:
-Assist in contaminates' removal by attachment to said contaminates

-Attachment to the minerals in hard water to assist in their being, (let's say for argument's sake),
washed-away/ a-subsequent-removal...from their being deposited upon a vehicle and its surfaces.
Hence...
Much less, to no: water-spotting. Perhaps a water-softening-effect, more or less (?)


2. Now say a person would used water that has had most, if not all, of the minerals removed from it:
-Would it be unreasonable to surmise that there would be more of ONR's-polymers available that would be
put to better use in contaminates' removal... instead of being stuck with the menial chore of 'sticking to' minerals?


3. If mineral-free water is unavailable...
-It is said one can call upon ONR to avail as a "water-softener" by upping the dilution %.


Just a couple of my distilled-thoughts.



Bob

You took it out of my mouth... ehh, my fingers. My unscientific guesstimation would think ONR would encapsulate any offending minerals and upping the dilution a fraction of an ounce will compensate. :xyxthumbs: