Deionised water for detailing?

[Craikeybaby]

My drive is at the front of my house, the outside tap is at the back. I’m not a powerfully built director, so it is a mid terrace house.

Recently I got a Worx Hydroshot battery pressure washer, which can take water from a bucket etc. Up until now I have been filling it from the tap, but I am pouring about 4l of “deionised” water down the drain every day from the dehumidifier. Could I use this for the pressure washer? Or at least the final rinse?

[Chris32345]

Sure absoltly no reason you can't use it for the final rinse
You can buy filters to go on a hose pipe for rinsing your car but they get expensive

Edited by Chris32345 on Saturday 9th January 18:29

[Craikeybaby]

It was my Dad mentioning that he was going to get a filter that made me think of saving the water from the dehumidifier for the final rise.

[G600]

Craikeybaby said:

It was my Dad mentioning that he was going to get a filter that made me think of saving the water from the dehumidifier for the final rise.

I recently found out that there's a company selling the water from unmanned pumps allover the place, it might be a cheaper way, I filled a 25l bottle for about a quid
https://www.spotlesswater.co.uk/

[Chris32345]

G600 said:

I recently found out that there's a company selling the water from unmanned pumps allover the place, it might be a cheaper way, I filled a 25l bottle for about a quid
https://www.spotlesswater.co.uk/

Not cheeper then the op with waste dehumidifier water however

[trickywoo]

Isn’t dehumidified water distilled and not deionised?

Either way I’d use it over tap in the scenario you describe.

[Penelope Stopit]

trickywoo said:

Isn’t dehumidified water distilled and not deionised?

Either way I’d use it over tap in the scenario you describe.

Thought the same when reading this yesterday

[G600]

Chris32345 said:

Not cheeper then the op with waste dehumidifier water however

Possibly cheaper than his dad getting a filter though

[Craikeybaby]

trickywoo said:

Isn’t dehumidified water distilled and not deionised?

Either way I’d use it over tap in the scenario you describe.

I thought I had read that it was from my dehumidifier and it has an "Ionizer" feature, however I looked through the manual again at couldn't find it mentioned.

G600 said:

Chris32345 said:

Not cheeper then the op with waste dehumidifier water however

Possibly cheaper than his dad getting a filter though

It definitely seems worth knowing about.

I'm going to start decanting the dehumidifier water and see how I get on with it.

[Penelope Stopit]

Craikeybaby said:

It definitely seems worth knowing about.

I'm going to start decanting the dehumidifier water and see how I get on with it.

Could the machine pull in Covid 19?

What about Legionnaires disease?

[randlemarcus]

Penelope Stopit said:

Could the machine pull in Covid 19?

What about Legionnaires disease?

Because I always lick my car when I have finished detailing it.