[AT] OT: Car Cleaning tip

[Phil Vorwerk - UCU Inc]

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




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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Richard Strobel
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:40 PM
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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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