[AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

[charlie hill]

Ron,  I'm not exactly sure what he meant but SL is a trim level on Some GM 
vehicles and also on Some Mercedes vehicles.
I figured that's what he meant.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jennelle
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 12:22 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

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
>
>

_______________________________________________
AT mailing list
http://www.antique-tractor.com/mailman/listinfo/at