Anybody know of another spot free rinse system other than CR spotless? I ordered their DI100 system 2 weeks ago and it still hasn't shipped. Would a reverse osmosis system work as good as a deionization system?

**UPDATE**
The system came in friday and I put some RO/DI water on my brothers just waxed black H2 and it dried completely spot free. I put some tap water on the other side of the hood and it dried leaving white spots.

IT WORKS

If you are looking into getting the RO/DI system, I would just purchase the unit for $150 and find a cheaper pump somwhere else. Or you could just pour the water on the car instead of using a hose or pressure washer.

 

I've got the Mr. Clean one. It works good, but you have to be sure to rinse well to not have any water spots. I only use it on the Saturn and Toyota.

 

works great...use it on all my vehicles

 

I have to change my autodry filter too much and it becomes costly. I have been trying to find a large system in which i would not have to change the filter often. I found a RO and DI system and compared that to the price of CR spotless. Here is what I found.

This system has the water go through 2 pre-filters then a reverse osmosis membrane and then a Deionization cartridge. Going through the RO membrane should take care of most of the water so the DI cartridge will last longer. Each DI cartridge is supposed to go through 400-600 gallons before it's obsolete and after that I can replace it for $20. Unlike the CR spotless system which would cost $171 to replace the cartridges for(using 600 gal. also).

CR spotless DI system
System $309+$40 shipping to florida

Replacement cartridges for 600gal $171+shipping


RO and DI system
System $150+$154 for 5 gal/minute pump+$25 Brute trash can from home depot to hold the RO and DI water for pumping(I got shipping included)

Replacement cartridges for 600gal $20(DI)+$16((1) 1 micron sediment filter, (1)1 micron carbon block)+shipping

So,
initial investment for CR spotless is $349
initial investment for RO and DI system $329

Replacement cartridges for 600 gallons
CR spotless $171+shipping
RO and DI system $36+shipping


NOW hopefully the RO and DI system will give me a good spot free rinse like i've heard the CR spotless system does.

It should be here by monday.

 

Love the Mr. Clean system, works great, saves a lot of time and relatively inexpensive.

 

Mr Clean works for me..........low $$..........only problem its to dainty...if you drop the unit, it falls apart ( have to put -snap cover back on & re insert filter)..i have the initial model however not the better model that came out a few months ago. ...............Woof

 

Easy to use + inexpensive + effective= MR. Clean

 

MR CLEAN! i've been using it for a couple of years now on the vette's i've owned.20 bucks.good stuff IF YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS!!!

 

A water softener may help your spotting also. I have a softener with charcoal filters. When I wash and dry off with a waffle MF towel I never get spots.

Making sure you keep a good coat of wax or sealant on the car will also help. I don't think special filters are worth the money just for car washing.

 

I threw my Mr. Clean system in the trash.

Total waste of money.

 

Mr. Clean only works at the most 75% in reducing water spots. If you use it in conjunction with a blower and a soft drying cloth you should be good to go at around 95%. IMO to get your car perfect, prepare to spend hours and alot of elbow greese.

 

Mr. Clean has worked VERY well for me. Here's what I do:

• Wash wheels with regular soapy water and terry towel; rinse with regular hose water.
• Wash entire rest of car (including windows) with Mr. Clean and fresh microfiber cloth; do one section at a time, rinsing each section before moving on to next. (Rinse microfiber cloth in bucket of clean water between sections.)
• "Paint" entire car (top to bottom) with Mr. Clean using "ionized water" setting.
• Blow dry entire car with electric leaf blower. This gets roughly 90% of the water off.
• Pull into garage and allow to finish air drying overnight.

Result is NO swirls, NO spiderwebs, and VERY FEW (if any) waterspots. (Any few that might show up polish out very easily with regular wax.)

I'm very picky about this stuff and the Mr. Clean has exceeded my expectations. It only costs around $20 so it's certainly worth trying.

 

I used to swear by the Mr. Clean system on my pewter 99 C5 but on the DSOM C6, the color is darker and shows water spots easier. I gave up on Mr. Clean on the DSOM because while it is maybe 80-90% effective if used right, I still always had a few water spots here and there. I went back to my sheepskin chamois.

Mike

 

Mr. Clean works good and you might *think* it's cheap because your only spending $9.99 at a time buying filters. The Mr. Clean filter says it can get 10 washes depending on water hardness(I can maybe get 5). So at $9.99 for 10 rinses in which I believe I would use 3 gallons for each rinse with the Mr. Clean mist? So that's $9.99 for 30 gallons of water vs. $40 for 600 gallons.

Mr. Clean 33 cents a gallon
RO/DI 7 cents a gallon

Now I calculated this using the maximum number of gallons claimed by the RO/DI system but estimated how many gallons I would use for one rinse with the Mr. Clean system.

Now for calculations
initial investment
Mr. Clean $25
RO/DI $329

Filter(s) for 600 gallons
Mr. Clean $199.80
RO/DI $34+shipping

You can decide for yourself wich route would be better.

 

It does what it claims you don't have to do any wiping or drying.

 

CR works for me.
Large black vehicle w/chrome wheels. I cannot get the car wiped off fast enough to keep the wheels from spotting or the van for that matter.. Now I can wash in the direct sun and not spots!

Later,
JU

 

Can you get away with washing your car in the sun with the CRSpotless? My car is black and that is my biggest complaint, I will start to wash it and just as I am finishing up the clouds will part and the sun comes out full force. Of course as soon as I am done dryuing the clouds return.

 

Unbelievable as it may sound. The first day I had it was 90 degrees and full sun, dirty black mini van. I figured what the heck, this is the best test. I normally wash in the shade. To conserve water (you do have filters that get used up) I use softened water from the house for my soap bucket. You will get minor spots from dirty water draining out of the chrome or window edges in older cars (fastbacks) but I use a small blower to blow out the edges before I hit the road.

I never though I'd spend the money But I was too frustrated trying to stop the spots.

Later,
JU

 

bought mr clean and very shortly sent it back for refund. don't buy it unless you can do the same,because you will. bc

 

After washing mine I just blow it off with compressed air. Works good and gets the water out of the nooks & crannies as well!