Use rain water in washing your car

[dynamo1131]

tubig ulan? ang alam ko...

gamot daw yan sa bungang araw?

nice one!!

pero rain water, not for me.

[jerkky]

tubig ulan? ang alam ko...

gamot daw yan sa bungang araw?

oo nga! kaya wash ko car ko sa ulan kapag tinubuan ng bungang araw.

ngayon, kaya pa naman ng fissan kaya tap water muna. hirap maghugas pag umuulan. nakakabasa....

[ram]

i've tried it myself lots of times. sa experience ko lang compared to tapwater it won't give you waterspots. di kasi nahahalata waterspots sa tapwater kasi pinupunasan agad :D Pero try mo sya matuyo normally dami spots. Lalo na sa akin, black ang car color.

Kaya lang who would wait for the rain to pour first bago maglinis ng car nya? :D

[wrecker]

water spots won't happen if you properly dry your car, whether you use rain water or tap water

[mazdamazda]

water spots won't happen if you properly dry your car, whether you use rain water or tap water

exactly!!!

[finchy18]

wlang water spots kapag rain water gamit? wow!
ang alam ko lng di maganda ang rain water dahil may acids yan..
gusto mo wilkins nlang distilled din yun.. hehe joke..
wipe it hangan mawala ang water spots.. bili ka yung yellow na mag soak ng water.. di ko alam name nka limotan ko

[cardo]

You know what guys, may sense din yun rain water na sinabi ni steeljack . although i have to try it...

Usually when we go for a vacation in tagaytay(or go to our folks up in Baguio), the house we have there can only sit 1 car. The other car has to stay out. Light rain coupled with/or some mist(or mildew) forms overnight. When I'm too lazy(or if I forgot my wash kit) to wash the car the next day, I just leave it outside the whole afternoon. And amazingly, there are no hard water spots when it dries up. Sometimes I just QD it and viola! Ayos na. When I'm in manila, DACP na yun pantanggal ko ng water scales its hopeless to leave your car outside in M.M. - a detailing nightmare

[yebo]

You know what guys, may sense din yun rain water na sinabi ni steeljack . although i have to try it...

Usually when we go for a vacation in tagaytay(or go to our folks up in Baguio), the house we have there can only sit 1 car. The other car has to stay out. Light rain coupled with/or some mist(or mildew) forms overnight. When I'm too lazy(or if I forgot my wash kit) to wash the car the next day, I just leave it outside the whole afternoon. And amazingly, there are no hard water spots when it dries up. Sometimes I just QD it and viola! Ayos na. When I'm in manila, DACP na yun pantanggal ko ng water scales its hopeless to leave your car outside in M.M. - a detailing nightmare

the "rain water" you speak of here is not rain but DEW. as i said in my previous post, rain drops form on dust and salt particles suspended in the air. DEW on the other hand is water vapor that condenses on solid oblects (like your car) when the temperature drops during the night. it will not have the same dirt and pollutants associated with rain water. it's like apples and oranges, they're not the same.

[maykel]

ok cguro ang rain water basta hindi polluted ang lugar... hindi lang talaga applicable to sa Manila.

[ILuvDetailing]

There's no beating a good detailing job on your car if you want maximum protection against the elements. It doesn't matter if you use tap water or distilled water when washing your car, you just have to dry off to prevent water spots.

Plus I doubt if you will have the patience in collecting rain water to wash your car. It's not applicable here in MM where leaving your car parked will guarantee thick dust accumulation,

[lakay]

it rain so much here in Seattle that I just let the rain do its job. Actually, I was thinking the same when its raining hard in here, just go ahead, scrub my truck and let the rain rinse it off.

[Steeljack]

Plus I doubt if you will have the patience in collecting rain water to wash your car. It's not applicable here in MM where leaving your car parked will guarantee thick dust accumulation,

We have a rain-collecting system in our farm. We use the rain water collected to irrigate a portion of the farm so we save a lot on water bills, and as said earlier, to wash the vehicles and farm implements.

My father was aghast to rise early in the morning one day only to see me washing and detailing the John Deere tractor.

[cardo]

lakay.... it rains 10 months of the year there! hehehe kakatawa dyan whenever there's a slight ray of sun pa carwash agad lahat ng tao hehehe. pero ganda ng summer dyan. kung gano kadilim ang tag-ulan, ganun din kaliwanag (hanggang gabi) ang araw. kainis pa, during the coldest months of the year like in january... ice ang kalaban ng kotse mo. it's like your car has fangs on its bumper hehehe and we thought that rain was the worst thing we could have on cars

tama nga pag malakas ulan get your rain coat tas scrub/wash like hell then go back into the house hehehe..

yebo, well i know dew since they are fine particles of water. rain just leaves lots of water beads all over and... the ground is wet hehehe. I get exempted from watering the garden I dont know, it must be the NXT that I put on

[voltes_V]

Dati pagmalakas ang ulan sinasabayan ko ng car wash and goli hehe. Wala naman problema, tipid pa.

[ILuvDetailing]

We have a rain-collecting system in our farm. We use the rain water collected to irrigate a portion of the farm so we save a lot on water bills, and as said earlier, to wash the vehicles and farm implements.

It ain't applicable here in Metro Manila unless you want swirls all over your car.

[chain]

as mentioned earlier and in a previous thread, this thread would give detailers the creeps hehehehe.

[badkuk]

well, some hardcore aquarium hobbyists actually prefer rain water kesa tap. mas banayad sa fishies i think. dunno if it extends to metal and paints though.

hmmm...i guess you can filter the rain water through some sort of cloth, let is settle for a couple of hours, and then just decant the topmost portion of water. siguro naman wala nang suspended deposits yan


kaso, depende rin siguro sa lugar ung quality ng rain water. pag medyo industrialized/polluted, chances are na contaminated yan. pag sa probinsya, wala dapat. ang pagkakaalam ko, wag mo muna icollect ung rain water for the first few minutes -- yan usually ung pinaka marumi

i remember an article in Reader's Digest regarding industrial pollution in the US(mga 70-80's pa ata to). in some areas, acid rain has the same level of acidity as vinegar! can you imagine what it would do to your car, or the environment for that matter?

[ILuvDetailing]

hmmm...i guess you can filter the rain water through some sort of cloth, let is settle for a couple of hours, and then just decant the topmost portion of water. siguro naman wala nang suspended deposits yan

Thats too much work for just washing your car... Pa carwash mo na lang sa labas mas mura pa...