School me on home deionized/spotless car wash setups

As the title states. Would like to get a spotless car wash setup at home. I did a search on Amazon, which brought up a bunch of units from CR Spotless. But I'm sure the Beeb break it down to a slightly smarter than Metalhead level a little better.

 

Its just a food grade water filter system on a spigot, right?

 

I had some filters a couple years ago and they worked awesome. You can get some DIY cartridges and build a system at home. Then add in your standard cartridge of choice. I think mine had a spun filter for sediment and then 1 or 2 ion cartridges. Add a couple hose fittings and your ready to rock. Lots of info online. I havent used it in a while...because truck and living in the country equals dust and DGAF.

 

Most of the setups I've seen look something like this. With replaceable filter pods of some sort.

 

one word for "real systems", spensive. dry your shit fast after a wash, no need for special water treatments. your results may vary. Ski

 

the guy in your pic, is doing it wrong, never wash in direct sunlight. always early in the morning, late at night with cool to the touch panels, in the shade, or cloudy day. ski

 

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That’s exactly what I do but with black cars and trucks it will still spot. I have a blow dry set up with heater but that takes some time. I was also thinking the filter might be worth a try for the truck.

 

We use a smaller version of that for our ice machines, filters are about $130 to replace, spin on cartridge that looks similar to that setup on the driveway.

 

What is this washing of vehicles you speak of ??

 

Why is the wife not doing it between sandwiches

 

10 minutes with a shammy ? Bonus of putting eyes on everything...
Priceless

 

High velocity air solves the problem and is useful for other purposes. In other words...a blower is the answer. If you don't let the water spots dry on the car then there won't be spots.

 

If it's sealed - clean it when it rains. Let the car soak, use clean microfiber towels to remove the dirt, go inside, let the rain rinse it, come out and dry it off when the rain stops (depending on how particular you are, you can even let it air dry and it will still look better than you think). You'd be surprised how much time you save by not having to keep the car constantly wet or rinsing it afterwards.

 

Leaf blowers are cheap these days

 

So only a few washes a year out here then.

I remember thinking when I moved to California at 25, wow since it doesn't rain often, I bet my car will stay clean longer. Nope.

 

PFM microfibre drying towels ala Griot's Garage. one thick gray one, and one of their gold microfibre towels will dry most mid size cars, trucks. full size, you will need 2 of each. worth their weight in water. Ski chamois balls up, crustifies, and ends up doing more damage than drying, just my honest opinion.

and if you are using chamois on black... that is on you, damage that cannot be easily overcome. Ski

 

Just go watch the obsessed garage YouTube channel and you will be asleep in first few min. Guy has worst voice ever for narration and presentation. He turns nest subjects into complete snooze fests

 

With the car washes in my town charging 20/month for unlimited monthly membership I can't figure out why you'd do this unless you're going to car shows or have a Ferrari, etc.