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Old 07-29-2008, 08:03 PM
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Next time use this....
http://crspotless.com/
Crspotless is amazing, worth every penny!! I'll post pics of my set-up later
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Remember; with hard water shade makes no difference.

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This used to happen with my Avalanche. The only thing you can do to avoid it is to wash the car in shade if possible, and in sections. You could try that Mr. Clean thing and it might help.
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The DIY place I wash mine at has a "Spot-free Rinse". It's water that's been filtered and softened. Really makes it easier to dry spot free. Even if you let it dry on it's own it hardly leaves any spots.
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I use a water softener but then again I'm on well water. When I used municipal water I also had a softener. Bummer is the cost of salt and the maintenance but the end result is nice clean soft water.

I'm considering another method like the EasyWater System which uses electronics instead of salt.

http://www.easywater.com/
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Here is an electric one on FleaBay for $239.95. I don't know how good these are but for washing a car I'm sure it will do just fine.

http://cgi.ebay.com/WATER-ZONE-Elect...QQcmdZViewItem
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Remember; with hard water shade makes no difference.
I mentioned shade because it gives you more time to dry off your car before it starts to form water spots.

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Old 08-03-2008, 01:52 AM
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Stop the presses. I parked my X in one of those same neighborhoods and didn't notice that someone's sprinkler system got me. Whew..... Took a lot of work to rub those spots out. Now I know what their talking about.
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Stop the presses. I parked my X in one of those same neighborhoods and didn't notice that someone's sprinkler system got me. Whew..... Took a lot of work to rub those spots out. Now I know what their talking about.
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CR Spotless indeed saves the day !

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You know what? This is a great suggestion but the person requesting the info is just a 20 year old kid. He doesn't have much money so we're going to have to do this on the cheap.

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