will this help with hard water or only chlorine. looking for a inline hose filter to help with water spots when washing our cars?
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as far as i know hard water needs to be treated not filtered i might be wrong
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I use it for my garden to filter out chlorine and heavy metals. It is a carbon based filter so it should soften up water too. I would recommend shopping for a filter that specialized for hard water if that's what you are looking for.
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not going to help much with hard water. In fact, sometimes carbon INTRODUCES minerals into the water (I use carbon to add minerals to water for kefir.). You can buy distilled water and rinse your car with that-- definitely a better solution than carbon filters.Also try one of those car squeegees that you run on the car after rinsing. It takes off a lot of water quickly. Also, wash in the shade...
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Not noticeably - water tends to gather some white particles from the filter - frankly think my car spotted worse with it on the hose.
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I really don't think it does. If you read the description, it says: *Removes Chlorine, Chloramines, VOCs, and Pesticides/Herbicides. My concern was the chlorine since I use it on my compost - chlorine kills the good bacteris. That said, all the other stuff in city water will probably kill me sooner or later! I hope this was at least somewhat helpful. Also, I mentioned in an earlier post, look at both ends before putting it on the hose, the one that does not have the screen should be tipped up when you remove it from the hose after use because the carbon will run out.
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I used a simple chlorine tester kit and it showed this filter doesn't neutralize chlorine. 4-5ppm with hot water, 1-2ppm with lukewarm. The only filter I've used to totally neutralize has been Vitashower SF-2000, but it only lasts one month.
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After you clean it, start using filtered water and this will end your hard water problem. I buy gallon jugs of filtered water and haven't had the problem since I started doing this.
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sorry, I don't have hard water, so I'm not sure. the only con I've found is that it does take forever for the water to filter thru all 5 filters!
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Possibly.... it cant hurt. But it may just be the amount of chlorine in your water? I tested it with my PUR filter- to see if the filter worked! Glad to say it did.
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To much iron in the water gives it a rust color. If this is what you mean, then it should. The product description says it removes harmful minerals. Most particulate filters will remove iron color from the water, and this is a much better filter.
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Yes, it filters chlorine plus a lot of other bad things. If you want the floride to be removed, you need to buy additional filters.
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I have used this on my auto windows several times and each time the hard water spots remain. It will remove grime and grease.
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Yes this filter will remove chloramines. However, chloramines take longer to remove so you have to be sure to control your water flow. This allows the water more "dwell time" in the filter allowing it to effectively remove the chloramines. For best results you should have a regulator that limits flow to 40psi and a flow rate of 1-2 gallons per minute. If you do this, then the filter is very effective at removing chloramines.
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Not sure, I've only used it to kill weeds. It might be worth a try. There is a product called Lemi Shine that works wonders with hard water and hard water spots. You can buy it at most grocery stores and walmart.
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Try contacting the company through their website: www.waterwise.com. If chloramine is the new chlorine, then I would think they would like to make sure their filter works for that too.
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In my opinion, it works a lot better. I find it cheaper as well, with subscribe and save. We have exceptionally hard water where I live and this has helped keep build up off the machine, spots off the utensils and just overall works as a booster to our detergent.
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yes it reduces chlorine taste but not enough for our taste we stopped using it shortly after buying it and now use a different filter.
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Yea I used hose peices off my old filter as cheat easy fix.. have to clean filter weekly though..
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wow ..don't know how to answer this. love my water chef water filter. filters chlorine and minerals.. things that used to really dry my skin and played havoc with my hair. but dirt in your water? Call water chef (see website) and talk to Sayra,(Sarah), and see what she may have to say. hope this helps. MP