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Title: Tap water
Post by: David lyddon on October 04, 2011, 09:22:49 pm
Spoke to a young lad yesterday with a pure freedom 250 trolley,never usedanything but tap water.I asked to see the results,he took me round the back of the cottages he was cleaning,the backs had dried and looked good.
how is this possible.
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: Richard Neal on October 04, 2011, 09:24:37 pm
He must be filling up in a very very soft water area
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: Pope vader on October 04, 2011, 09:26:38 pm
i had this last week, had a tds of 120 and all came up great,  i think it has to do with the flow and weather the windows are really clean before
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: stuart mc on October 04, 2011, 10:07:20 pm
trust me he will lose work as soon as there is a low winter sun :D
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Post by: dave f on October 04, 2011, 10:09:52 pm
 ??? ??? ???  explain
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Post by: Dougaldum on October 04, 2011, 10:16:04 pm
BIG WIND UP DONT GET SUCKED IN ;)
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: stuart mc on October 04, 2011, 10:23:38 pm
??? ??? ???  explain

use tap water on your own windows and find out, make sure the insides are clean first, the parts that sheet will be fine but nothing else will, it will look fine from the outside, but sit on the inside and look out, now I agree certain windows can be a pain whether the water is pure or not, it is far worse with non pure water
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: poleman on October 04, 2011, 10:28:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rqz1tVKOK8k
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Post by: mikecam on October 04, 2011, 10:29:34 pm
The great "pure water " myth busted !!!!
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Post by: wpclean on October 04, 2011, 10:44:15 pm
Thank goodness for that, I have slung my DI vessels in the green bin and have cancelled my order to Daqua !
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on October 05, 2011, 05:24:30 pm
Thank goodness for that, I have slung my DI vessels in the green bin and have cancelled my order to Daqua !

me too ive just binned my 650 gpd ro! infact im just gonna carry a pole from now on and plug straight into custards tap!
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: Ian101 on October 05, 2011, 05:51:42 pm
Would it work better with a bit of fairy liquid in it ?
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on October 05, 2011, 05:57:02 pm
Would it work better with a bit of fairy liquid in it ?

yes defo  ;) lubricate the glass innit!  ;D
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: Nameless Drudge on October 05, 2011, 06:06:42 pm
i had this last week, had a tds of 120 and all came up great,  i think it has to do with the flow and weather the windows are really clean before

And maybe what the tds`s are,maybe some just dry to a non stick powder that falls off the glass.Seems for a long time now that people running high tds by accident have reported  no probs and i sort of settled in my mind that up to 30 is absolutely ok,though i still go out with 000.Time for a few controlled experiments.
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: Pope vader on October 05, 2011, 06:18:59 pm
i sort of did an experiement,  did a few houses i know thta i can check with the tds this high and all came up great,  the only time i have had problems,  no matter what the tds is, is when ,my  flow has been low
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: Scoop on October 05, 2011, 06:39:17 pm
I use tap water, bleach and TFR everywhere.

Brings my wheelie bins up a treat  ;D
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: GB Window Cleaning on October 05, 2011, 06:39:47 pm
i sort of did an experiement,  did a few houses i know thta i can check with the tds this high and all came up great,  the only time i have had problems,  no matter what the tds is, is when ,my  flow has been low

interesting mate :-\
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: Pope vader on October 05, 2011, 06:42:17 pm
it could of been that the windows where all ready clean,  ie monthly cleans  and there was hardly any thing on it
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Post by: john tomkins on October 05, 2011, 07:54:10 pm
i sort of did an experiement,  did a few houses i know thta i can check with the tds this high and all came up great,  the only time i have had problems,  no matter what the tds is, is when ,my  flow has been low

So by your experiment if I use a high flow rate then I could even use water out the canal, save me a fortune on resin :o
Title: Re: Tap water
Post by: Pope vader on October 05, 2011, 09:34:40 pm
try it and see,  like i said, it got that high by accident and when checked had no probs