Car cleaning

[David W.]

Hard water here so problem drying car quick enough to stop watermarks on paintwork and glass. Are the water softening hose pipe attachments any good please?

[Gday2]

I have the same problem, tried a hose attachement decalcifier, did not work. I guess the waterflow is too high for the thing to work. My solution is a leafblower to dry the car and microfiber drying towel. Cumbersom and not very flash but did not find a better solution yet.
Any helpful input welcome

[psi310398]

You could use a blower but I just use a couple of large and super-absorbent Plush Feck's Philosophy Professor Plush Drying Towel. They are about 1200gsm IIRC and £13-14 a pop. Pat the car dry quickly using the towel folded in four to avoid swirl marks, turning an unused portion of the folded towel after every four or five "pats". I imagine YouTube will yield a clip or two showing the technique as it is recommended by many detailers.

You might also consider getting a ceramic hydrophobic coating which will prevent water settling on the body and which will allow waxing on top of it.

HTH

Peter

[quench]

https://crspotless.com

[old phart]

Just ordered one.

[David W.]

Couldn't get hold of Unicorn tears to rinse off with so tackled hard water droplets issue with some artificial wind.

[divetheworld]

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Job done!

[Gmw76]

I use Race Glaze 7L refillable cylinder. I plug in line with pressure washer inlet for a final rinse then let ar dry. Good idea to get a tds meter to check resin for when it gets exhausted. Some people said that I could not use with pressure washer due to amount of water going through. That is not the case. I checked volume flow rate and pressure washer uses less than standard hose ! Not had to change resin yet but lots of places online to get it.

Mark

[DocW]

Another supporter of deionised water here. I have the Raceglaze system. Here in South Yorkshire/ North Derbyshire water (not too hard) the granules last about a year with weekly final rinsing after a two bucket wash. The replacement granules are easy to change as you can get a wide neck funnel to help refill the canister. The guys from Raceglaze were at Burghley last year and were really helpful.