Use rain water in washing your car

[Steeljack]

Guys, try to use rain water in washing and rinsing your cars, guaranteed no water spots since rain water water is soft, unlike most tap water.

But if you live in Metro Manila and other highly urbanized cities, forget it. You will just be washing your car with acid rain.

[yebo]

actually rain water is dirty. rain drops form on dust and salt particles, so for every drop of rain there are particles of dust and salt with it (salt comes from the sea spray that is carried by the wind high up into the atmosphere). this is true even if you live in the most remote island in the pacific. that is why you will find silt in the bottom of the container used for collecting rain water.

[rayana]

you must be kidding, steeljack.

[BlueBimmer]

rain water for car wash?? :bwahaha:

[Steeljack]

I don't know about your rain water but I've tried it and it worked - no water spots compared to our tap water.

Anyway, here in our place, the tap water is very hard, full of minerals.

[yebo]

well maybe that's just it, rain water in your area is cleaner than your tap water. is the water utility in your place pumped from underground sources? if so then it is highly possible that the water aquifer from where it is coming is salty or has plenty of dissolved minerals. as for metro manila tap water is cleaner than rain water (at least that's true where i'm at in quezon city).

[Steeljack]

as I said earlier, this would never apply to polluted places like MM, but in our pristine and pollution-free farm, rain water is the better option.

[rst619]

Wilkins na lang. :D

[BlueBimmer]

bongga ha!

[Psylocke]

Noong bata pa ako gamit ng mga mekaniko ng mga truck ng lolo ko tubig-ulan para sa baterya, distilled daw yung tubig ulan...

[cutedoc]

rain water is not clean depende kung saan nakuha o nanggaling yun tubig, pag sa mining area me sulfur yun, so depende, meron din namang malinis but u cant be sure

[Bogeyman]

I doubt if there is still such a thing as pure rain water, given that particulates from emissions all over the globe are already blanketing the atmosphere which rain passes through.

[marlon22701]

IMO, it's totally inconvenient...
- you have to wait for the rainy seasons to come to get "rain water"
- you should also have a lot of water containers if you'll actually do this as well as a big space in your garage
- and lastly since it's already the rainy season...i dont think you'll be bothering yourself to clean your car that often....

just my 2-cents

[empy]

IMO, it's totally inconvenient...
- you have to wait for the rainy seasons to come to get "rain water"
- you should also have a lot of water containers if you'll actually do this as well as a big space in your garage
- and lastly since it's already the rainy season...i dont think you'll be bothering yourself to clean your car that often....

just my 2-cents

this is exactly what i'm thinking. the thread starter may be right, but who has time to gather enough rain water to properly wash a car? or is he saying that you should simply leave the car outside when it rains and then wipe it off? :hihihi:

[StraightSix]

this is exactly what i'm thinking. the thread starter may be right, but who has time to gather enough rain water to properly wash a car? or is he saying that you should simply leave the car outside when it rains and then wipe it off? :hihihi:

Apply some shampoo first before it rains, and let the sun do the drying

It doesn't really matter where you get the rainwater. Evaporated water doesn't fall as rain in the same place because of this thing called "wind".

[chain]

can't do for me..

[leinahtan]

No ways. Rainwater is distilled thus vulnerable to acids.

[zero]

tubig ulan? ang alam ko...

gamot daw yan sa bungang araw?

[leinahtan]

tubig ulan? ang alam ko...

gamot daw yan sa bungang araw?

I think that's the idea. When it rains, get exposed while washing you car. Double purpose ika nga. P.S. Iwasan mo lang pawisan, baka magkasakit ka.

[marlon22701]

I think that's the idea. When it rains, get exposed while washing you car. Double purpose ika nga. P.S. Iwasan mo lang pawisan, baka magkasakit ka.

and how exactly would a guy perspire under the rain?