[AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

[Richard Strobel]

  Phil, could you look and see who makes this filter and does it screw onto 
a garden hose?

I have very hard water and hopefully this will help.

Regards,
RickinMt.




>>>>> -----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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