[AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

[Richard Strobel]

Thanks Phil...got two on order and also plan on using with power washer.

Take care,
Rick




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Vorwerk - UCU Inc" <pvorwerk at newulmtel.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'" 
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Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip


>
>
> OK, here's the link to where I bought my filters (no affiliation 
> whatsoever)
>
>
> http://www.spadepot.com/shop/Pre-Fresh-Spa-Pool-Water-Fill-Filter-P784C635.a
> spx
>
> It does just screw on the end of a garden hose; I use one in line with a
> power washer.
>
>
> I half remembered the price right. $30.00 for the first one, add a second
> one for an additional $20.00. It ends up working a lot better and costs 
> less
> per use than the Mr. Clean system I had tried.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Richard Strobel
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:40 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip
>
>
>
>
>
>   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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