will household softened water spot?

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i'm just curious what others experiences are since this thread popped up-

http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-forum/15782-waterspots-atop-opti-seal.html

i've always been under the impression that it was helping me to use the custom interface setup i have in my garage that is hooked up to the softened household water. i have a hot and cold outlet that are both connected to a mixer to control the temp of the supply to my hose.

i have a system like this one, with a tank like the one in the middle

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usually spotting is the minerals in the water, and softners to my knowledge do not remove minerals.
 
Mine does! It aggravates the hell out of me. I need a in-line filter in the garage. I guess it is better than hard water.
 
I have well water, so we have a softener. It certainly makes a big difference, as the ground water is quite hard down here. No comparison. Even if I was on city water, I'd probably still use a softener & carbon filter as most municipal water supplies seem to be chlorinated and hard (barely any suds while lathering up during a shower, for instance). I hate traveling and being at hotels where your skin feels like rubber after a shower. Yuck! Obviously, that's no good for car washing.
 
killrwheels@autogeek said:
usually spotting is the minerals in the water, and softners to my knowledge do not remove minerals.
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I'm not an expert, but yes the salt minerals are still there in the softened water, however, it is a considerable improvement over non-treated water as there is certainly less scale as the water evaporates.
 
For more information see the “Water Filtration” article; one of a collection of detailing articles I’ve written for DetailingWiki; a series of informative, knowledge based, unbiased articles dedicated to automotive detailing
 
I occasionally use an inline filter on the hose when doing a very thorough detail
 
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