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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: LWC on January 23, 2008, 11:51:39 pm

Title: using untreated rainwater
Post by: LWC on January 23, 2008, 11:51:39 pm

i have rain water at 001, lots of it lol,  i havent got enough pure water for tomoz, you reakon i should try it?

itl be mixed with a little pure

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: LWC on January 24, 2008, 06:42:10 am

anyone gonna stop me before i go out and fill the van up with rainwater?

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: Londoner on January 24, 2008, 07:06:40 am

Go for it.

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: LWC on January 24, 2008, 08:27:18 am

well just filled my tank, well, around 100 litres pure, 200 litres pure, cleaned my downstaires windows quiclky...not a run or spot anywhere

shame my rainwaters reading at 003 today. but it seems to be ok...this could be the start of something!

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: matt on January 24, 2008, 02:32:23 pm

Quote from: LWC on January 24, 2008, 08:27:18 am

well just filled my tank, well, around 100 litres pure, 200 litres pure, cleaned my downstaires windows quiclky...not a run or spot anywhere

shame my rainwaters reading at 003 today. but it seems to be ok...this could be the start of something!

003 will be fine aswell

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: Tim Rose on January 24, 2008, 03:36:11 pm

You may well get away with up to 010 TDS.

Good luck if you can.

Are you in a softwater area?

I don't think I would rely on rainwater to be the same each time, as you might pick up all kinds of different contaminents depedning on other factors.

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: LWC on January 24, 2008, 04:41:56 pm

well io tried it, unfortunalty i picked up anew hotel this morning (which is great) but meant i had to try the rainwater out on it, it looked really good!

but i dont think i would rely on it unless i had a DI in the van

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: bluez on January 24, 2008, 05:23:04 pm

Have a look at xxxmatty'sxxx post and see his home made harvesting system. No need for a DI

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: Jeff Brimble on January 24, 2008, 05:27:27 pm

I have this sneaky suspicion that untreated rainwater with a tds of say up to 17 and collected from an impervios roof like felt/plastic , MAY be OK even though the tds meter says 17. Because there is no calcium/salts in it.
Ok lets say its dilute mud.
Maybe when dry, the dry mud just drops off the glass as fine dust. I mean theres plenty of non 000 tds rain about. Not sure the suppliers will like this idea though.

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: LWC on January 24, 2008, 05:38:29 pm

i dont know is this is poor workman ship from my new employee, but just had a complaint...oops  ::)

havent had a complaint in a long time. she was ok and im going back to sort it out

oh well worth a try isnt it

Title: Re: using untreated rainwater
Post by: LWC on January 24, 2008, 05:57:28 pm

im not saying it doesnt work, i do actualyl think it does

this was an existing customer for about a year

although im not sure, my new employee is great, and if im honest i have been a little bit lazy and not being doing above the frames and he does. trained well  ;D