Also, I don't know if anyone has previously mentioned this, but I would stay away from car washes unless you can find one that doesn't use recycled water. Most of them do, and when you use them to spray your undercarriage, you're actually spraying salt water into every nook and cranny under your vehicle...in other words, you may be making things worse by taking it to a car wash...
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Originally Posted by grampi
Also, I don't know if anyone has previously mentioned this, but I would stay away from car washes unless you can find one that doesn't use recycled water. Most of them do, and when you use them to spray your undercarriage, you're actually spraying salt water into every nook and cranny under your vehicle...in other words, you may be making things worse by taking it to a car wash...
Good point.
Also, I don't know if anyone has previously mentioned this, but I would stay away from car washes unless you can find one that doesn't use recycled water. Most of them do, and when you use them to spray your undercarriage, you're actually spraying salt water into every nook and cranny under your vehicle...in other words, you may be making things worse by taking it to a car wash...
Good point.
Hmmm, I never considered that. I knew they used recycled water but never thought about the salt, because that isn't easy to remove from water without something like R.O. which would be costly.
Excellent point.
Excellent point.
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Depends upon the jurisdiction. Some municipalities require recycled water. Some don't. Some expressly forbid it, believe it or not.
Originally Posted by grampi
Also, I don't know if anyone has previously mentioned this, but I would stay away from car washes unless you can find one that doesn't use recycled water. Most of them do, and when you use them to spray your undercarriage, you're actually spraying salt water into every nook and cranny under your vehicle...in other words, you may be making things worse by taking it to a car wash...
Grampi, you make a good point but I can't honestly see any drive through type washing place using dirty/recycled water as their medium for washing customers cars.
Even if it is possible, I would imagine the water/salt dilution rate would negate any ill effects of the salt.
I have used drive throughs for many years now, especially in the winter, and not once did I see any of my vehicles or others come out of a drive through looking anything but clean. If they used dirty/recycled water, I am sure the owners would hear about it!
Also, I don't know if anyone has previously mentioned this, but I would stay away from car washes unless you can find one that doesn't use recycled water. Most of them do, and when you use them to spray your undercarriage, you're actually spraying salt water into every nook and cranny under your vehicle...in other words, you may be making things worse by taking it to a car wash...
Grampi, you make a good point but I can't honestly see any drive through type washing place using dirty/recycled water as their medium for washing customers cars.
Even if it is possible, I would imagine the water/salt dilution rate would negate any ill effects of the salt.
I have used drive throughs for many years now, especially in the winter, and not once did I see any of my vehicles or others come out of a drive through looking anything but clean. If they used dirty/recycled water, I am sure the owners would hear about it!
Not here.
The car-washes here use filtered water, not recycled. That information is publicly posed on signs at the location(s).
...and salt isn't used here whatsoever.
Those who live in the great white north (unfortunate for them) can also find non-recycling water car-washes. My brother has used one regularly for years - also posted at that location.
The car-washes here use filtered water, not recycled. That information is publicly posed on signs at the location(s).
...and salt isn't used here whatsoever.
Those who live in the great white north (unfortunate for them) can also find non-recycling water car-washes. My brother has used one regularly for years - also posted at that location.
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Originally Posted by grampi
Also, I don't know if anyone has previously mentioned this, but I would stay away from car washes unless you can find one that doesn't use recycled water. Most of them do, and when you use them to spray your undercarriage, you're actually spraying salt water into every nook and cranny under your vehicle...in other words, you may be making things worse by taking it to a car wash...
Grampi, you make a good point but I can't honestly see any drive through type washing place using dirty/recycled water as their medium for washing customers cars.
Even if it is possible, I would imagine the water/salt dilution rate would negate any ill effects of the salt.
I have used drive throughs for many years now, especially in the winter, and not once did I see any of my vehicles or others come out of a drive through looking anything but clean. If they used dirty/recycled water, I am sure the owners would hear about it!
When I say they use recycled water, I don't mean raw water...it's filtered, but that doesn't remove all of the salt that rinses off of vehicles...that stays in the water to a certain extent...
Originally Posted by grampi
Also, I don't know if anyone has previously mentioned this, but I would stay away from car washes unless you can find one that doesn't use recycled water. Most of them do, and when you use them to spray your undercarriage, you're actually spraying salt water into every nook and cranny under your vehicle...in other words, you may be making things worse by taking it to a car wash...
Grampi, you make a good point but I can't honestly see any drive through type washing place using dirty/recycled water as their medium for washing customers cars.
Even if it is possible, I would imagine the water/salt dilution rate would negate any ill effects of the salt.
I have used drive throughs for many years now, especially in the winter, and not once did I see any of my vehicles or others come out of a drive through looking anything but clean. If they used dirty/recycled water, I am sure the owners would hear about it!
When I say they use recycled water, I don't mean raw water...it's filtered, but that doesn't remove all of the salt that rinses off of vehicles...that stays in the water to a certain extent...
Originally Posted by HYUNDAIFAN0001
Not here.
The car-washes here use filtered water, not recycled. That information is publicly posed on signs at the location(s).
...and salt isn't used here whatsoever.
Those who live in the great white north (unfortunate for them) can also find non-recycling water car-washes. My brother has used one regularly for years - also posted at that location.
I didn't mean salt is intentionally put in the water. I meant salt is in the water when it's recycled, it comes off of the vehicles here and can't possibly be completely filtered out of the water when it's recycled...
Not here.
The car-washes here use filtered water, not recycled. That information is publicly posed on signs at the location(s).
...and salt isn't used here whatsoever.
Those who live in the great white north (unfortunate for them) can also find non-recycling water car-washes. My brother has used one regularly for years - also posted at that location.
I didn't mean salt is intentionally put in the water. I meant salt is in the water when it's recycled, it comes off of the vehicles here and can't possibly be completely filtered out of the water when it's recycled...
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Get a section of pvc pipe and drill holes in it. Sandwich that between two boards. Glue a compatible hose fitting on one end and a cap on the other.
Hook it up to a hose and drive over it slowly. In the summer kids can use it to cool off.
A regular lawn sprinkler works great also, a sprinkler with the whirly spinning top works the best, set on your driveway and idle the car back and forth over the sprinkler.
Get a section of pvc pipe and drill holes in it. Sandwich that between two boards. Glue a compatible hose fitting on one end and a cap on the other.
Hook it up to a hose and drive over it slowly. In the summer kids can use it to cool off.
A regular lawn sprinkler works great also, a sprinkler with the whirly spinning top works the best, set on your driveway and idle the car back and forth over the sprinkler.
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