Spot Free Water system

choijw2 said:
I been wondering, if you use filter system, can I rinse water, let it air dry and still get away with water spot free car?
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Yes, but only if the car is immediately garaged.

If left outside to dry; dust is attracted to the water remaining on the car and the end result will not be as good.
 
I rent a DI tank from Culligan. Lasts much longer than the largest CR SPOTLESS.
 
LaFawnduh said:
Is this for home or commercial use? And what size is the system and how much does it run?
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I use it at home to wash my car every weekend and for the few cars I detail per month. It's a $15 rental charge per month and $95 every time the tank is swapped out. I would go through 4 big bags of resin( 2 refills) evfery couple months(maybe less) more with CR Spotless which cost $170. The Culligan tank lasted me 3 months and I don't just use it for the final rinse(both systems). Just got my 2nd tank. If you're just going to use it for the final rinse, the CR Spotless might work for you. Then again, he have to buy the system up front in which you don't when you rent. Culligan did say they like to swap out the tanks every 3 months, regardless if the resin is fully used or not. Not sure how strict they are about that. My resin happened to stop filtering at 3 months. I bought a cheap TDS meter.
 
WRAPT C5Z06 said:
I use it at home to wash my car every weekend and for the few cars I detail per month. It's a $15 rental charge per month and $95 every time the tank is swapped out. I would go through 4 big bags of resin( 2 refills) evfery couple months(maybe less) more with CR Spotless which cost $170. The Culligan tank lasted me 3 months and I don't just use it for the final rinse(both systems). Just got my 2nd tank. If you're just going to use it for the final rinse, the CR Spotless might work for you. Then again, he have to buy the system up front in which you don't when you rent. Culligan did say they like to swap out the tanks every 3 months, regardless if the resin is fully used or not. Not sure how strict they are about that. My resin happened to stop filtering at 3 months. I bought a cheap TDS meter.
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You can get a cubic ft of resin for $160 here, which fills the large CR system 3 times. ;)
 
AGOatemywallet said:
You will get more than a 100% increase in the amount of TIME the water is exiting the tip if the Pressure Washer.


You will not see an increase in the AMOUNT of water that the unit will process before the PPM is too high.
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Yes you are right, conceptually I was off. But practically, my point stands. You can wash a car with less water, hence less resin using a pw.
 
I hate to say it and hope I'm not gonna get into trouble. But, C o s t c o. ;)
 
How much money for the setup on a Honda Gx 390 pressure washer100 gallon tank in my transit.
 
Ok. Assuming my water is pretty bad (in the 450 ppm range) and I use the CR spotless system for ALL rinsing of the soap during the wash process, any idea how long the resin/filter will go before being needed to be changed? Just wondered if anyone had a similar situation to give me a rough idea on how much this will cost me annually. The filters and resin are pretty costly, not to mention the $400 initial cost of the system. I plan to just use regular water out of the tap for the wash buckets and rinsing the wheels and wheel wells. I want to use the deionized water for ALL the rinising on the paint though and not just the final rinse. I HATE water spots and struggle with them every year, but this system can get pretty costly very quickly.
 
AGOatemywallet said:
Output for CR Spotless based on the ppm in your water

CR Spotless Water Systems® Facts
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Thanks for that link!

So assuming my water is as bad as I think it is (I get horrible water spots and people in my neighborhood even have fresh water delivered to them) I can expect to get around 190 gallons of water from the CR Spotless system. This would be using a pressure washer and I am referencing the larger two tank system they offer. It's hard to estimate how many gallons of water are used to rinse a vehicle (paint only no wheels or wheel wells), but I would assume it is around 10 gallons on average. So I could get roughly 19 vehicle washes in before needing fresh resin. A fresh resin change is about $53 ($160 for a cubic foot of resin = 3 resin filter changes) which comes out to be $2.80 per a wash not taking into consideration the systems initial cost. It's worth that to me to eliminate water spots and not have to touch my vehicles finish as much.

Any idea how long before the actual filters need to be replaced in the CR Spotless system? At $120 for two, that is another cost I need to factor in.
 
The filters are actually just cartridges to hold the resin and do not need to be replaced. The two cartridges that cost $120 are pre-filled with resin so that a person can unscrew their cartridge of spent resin, remove it, and drop in a new filled cartridge. This eliminates the process of dumping out the old resin and refilling the cartridges from a bag, but as you can see is much more expensive than buying in bulk and refilling on your own
 
98LowRanger said:
Thanks for that link!

So assuming my water is as bad as I think it is (I get horrible water spots and people in my neighborhood even have fresh water delivered to them) I can expect to get around 190 gallons of water from the CR Spotless system. This would be using a pressure washer and I am referencing the larger two tank system they offer. It's hard to estimate how many gallons of water are used to rinse a vehicle (paint only no wheels or wheel wells), but I would assume it is around 10 gallons on average. So I could get roughly 19 vehicle washes in before needing fresh resin. A fresh resin change is about $53 ($160 for a cubic foot of resin = 3 resin filter changes) which comes out to be $2.80 per a wash not taking into consideration the systems initial cost. It's worth that to me to eliminate water spots and not have to touch my vehicles finish as much.

Any idea how long before the actual filters need to be replaced in the CR Spotless system? At $120 for two, that is another cost I need to factor in.
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Actually, you'd probably use less than 10 gallons. Just get a sunjoe or similar PW. It will consume about 1.1-1.7 gpm it doesnt take that long to rinse down a car. Think about the time you once spent at a self serve car wash station... you're probably out of there in as few as 7 minutes of actual useage including using the brush\sponge.

I think its less than 5 minutes of actual rinse time for me which is about 5 ish gallons of DI water. You only count the time that you are holding the trigger down...

Its going to cost you less than 2 bucks a rinse. Totally worth it. Plus if your car is coated, you can easily rinse down your car to knock off a bunch of dirt without scrubbing to get it halfway decent looking.
 
Dan K said:
The filters are actually just cartridges to hold the resin and do not need to be replaced. The two cartridges that cost $120 are pre-filled with resin so that a person can unscrew their cartridge of spent resin, remove it, and drop in a new filled cartridge. This eliminates the process of dumping out the old resin and refilling the cartridges from a bag, but as you can see is much more expensive than buying in bulk and refilling on your own
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Ahhh that makes sense. Yea I think I can manage dumping the old resin out and adding new...haha.


QuickCln said:
Actually, you'd probably use less than 10 gallons. Just get a sunjoe or similar PW. It will consume about 1.1-1.7 gpm it doesnt take that long to rinse down a car. Think about the time you once spent at a self serve car wash station... you're probably out of there in as few as 7 minutes of actual useage including using the brushsponge.

I think its less than 5 minutes of actual rinse time for me which is about 5 ish gallons of DI water. You only count the time that you are holding the trigger down...

Its going to cost you less than 2 bucks a rinse. Totally worth it. Plus if your car is coated, you can easily rinse down your car to knock off a bunch of dirt without scrubbing to get it halfway decent looking.
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Yes, I am going to use the CR Spotless system with my Ryobi 1700 psi pressure washer (1.2 gpm). I might have went a little on the high side with the 10 gallons rinsing per a wash, but I sometimes wash some VERY dirty large trucks and SUVs so I wanted to go on the high side. As long as I can keep it $3 and less per a wash, I will be happy.

I was actually thinking about how well it would work with my coated vehicles. I spent all the time perfecting the finish and carefully washing. This is just another tool to help eliminate potential marring/scratches from drying.
 
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