[AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

[Dave Rotigel]

Hi Ron, See: http://www.edmunds.com/mercedes-benz/sl-class/2013/?mktcat=makemodel-mercedesbenz&kw=mercedes+benz+sl&mktid=ga11327950&gclid=CMO2p9D5-LACFTRe7AodqUkeQQ
	Dave

On Jul 1, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Jennelle wrote:

> Phil,
>     I must be out of tune.  What the heck is a black SL?
> 
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
> On 7/1/2012 3:37 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Good tip Phil.  Thanks.  I'll look for those filters.
>> My truck is midnight blue metal flake.  I think it might be harder to deal
>> with than black.
>> I would never have believed it until I bought it.
>> Mostly I just don't worry about it.  The thing stays dirty most of the time
>> but
>> when I do try to clean it up good I have to deal with those water spots and
>> streaks.
>> 
>> Charlie
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Phil Vorwerk
>> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 8:53 PM
>> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
>> Subject: [AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip
>> 
>> 
>> At the risk of bringing something up that is common knowledge, I realized
>> something this year that I wish had dawned on me years ago.
>> 
>> I have a black SL, a mixed blessing.  Looks great when clean but shows
>> everything.  I had sworn many years ago that I would never own another black
>> car, but when I found this one everything else was so right that I went
>> against my long standing rule.
>> 
>> One of the frustrating parts of washing a black car is trying to get rid of
>> all the water spots.  I had gone to using only soft water, and bought a
>> special car wash sprayer that had a filter that was supposed to give you a
>> spot free rinse.  Besides the resulting low water pressure from the filter
>> that made rinsing the car rather tedious, I was underwhelmed with the
>> results - still a lot of streaks or water spots that were left, even using a
>> high quality, clean, chamois.
>> 
>> This spring I was getting ready to wash my SL when I had an "Aha!" moment.
>> On the shelf I had a couple of water filters that I had bought to fill my
>> hot tub.  For the heck of it, I decided to use one of the hot tub water
>> filters instead of my special car wash filter.  Unbelievable.  I have never
>> been able to get such a clean, streak and spot free finish before.  And the
>> best part is these filters are not expensive to use.  The cost was less than
>> $20.00, and it is supposed to be good for 8,000 to 10,000 gallons before
>> replacement.  This one has at least 5,000 gallons run through it already (my
>> wife uses it to change out the water every week in our 500 gallon fish pond)
>> so I think the rating is pretty legitimate.
>> 
>> Anyone else tried this?  I hope I'm not bringing up anything that is already
>> commonly done, but I'm so thrilled with the results that I just had to share
>> it with the forum.  Black cars do look just awesome when they're clean.....
>> 
>> Phil
>> Sunny Courtland, MN
>> 
>> 
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