Water spots after washing

[Ratboiler]

I did a search for water spots but nothing.
Did a wash yesterday looked perfect.
This morning lime scale runs under the mirror on a dark car looks terrible.
Reading on Google most are using white vinegar, is it safe?
How do you deal with them?

 

[WShudds]

This is what I use and it's excellent.

https://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/gyeon-water-spot-remover

Some APC products are able to remove the water spots too. Heard of white vinegar and I'm sure it won't hurt but I don't know how effective it is.

 

[MikeM]

In a hard water area it’s worth investing in one of these.
https://raceglaze.co.uk/shop/race-glaze-car-care-exterior/race-glaze-car-care-exterior-washing-drying/race-glaze-water-filter-14-litre/

 

[gasgas]

plus one for pure water filter to do final rinse,

 

[mickjaguar]

I have an 11 litre vessel from these people.

https://vyair.com/product/pressure-vessel-filled-with-mb-151-deionisation-resin/

 

[Anonymous]

yep, same as me

use a di vessel .. in fact, I have 2 one feeding the other

 

[Anonymous]

Also, when short on resin, which is getting expensive now I rinse with rain water which has a very low PPM value (also TDS)
all the best

 

[Anonymous]

Just the other day rinsed our P300 HST with harvested rain water

 

[Anonymous]

I use water cans from our 3 water butts .. never have used a leather since ... also yes our drive needs weeding a job for this week

 

[mickjaguar]

yep, same as me
use a di vessel .. in fact, I have 2 one feeding the other

And you matched them to the colour of your car

Resin did get crazy expensive the year before last. It went down to £48 for 25 liters when I bought some last year. The other option is to buy the pure water that the window cleaners use. There are dispenser points located around the country for filling up container.

 

[Anonymous]

OK I did not know that ..
thanks for the heads up

 

[NCE 61]

The water is very hard in our area so invested in a water softening system six months ago, this combined with using ground water/rain water for rinsing the cars and no more water marks. Previously used quick detailer to remove any water marks.

 

[Jaguandy]

40 litres of demin water is roughly £1 from a Spotless Water self service station. I use a camping shower to final rinse the car, maybe 10 litres, then blow most of it off with a pet drier.

 

[Kev]

also yes our drive needs weeding a job for this week

I bought one of these for my Mum and she's been questioned by a few people when using it, an absolute time saver for block pavers and no aching back or being bored silly

 

[Cluck]

I've taken to running the condenser tumble drier water through a coffee filter and using that to rinse the cars with at the end. The water is testing consistently at <5ppm. It takes a long time to save enough up though!

I have DI canisters but the standard water here is just over 300ppm and the resin is going off so quickly that I can't be bothered getting refills now unless the price drops significantly. I now try and blow the water off quickly but as the temps are now getting up it is almost impossible to do that before the water has dried.