Dealing with high iron water (a washing question)

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08-20-2002, 10:01 AM

voughtt

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Dealing with high iron water (a washing question)

I've just moved into a house served by well water. The "outside line" untreated water has an extremely high iron content (the house isn't supposed to be orange) and from the smell, a fair bit of sufur as well. I've been warned off of washing the car with this water - even without drying, the water will leave deposits of iron on the surface.

Is there a solution to this problem I'm overlooking, or an in-line device that can remove some of the iron before the water hits the car? There's a car wash stall a couple of miles away that I'd like to avoid. (You can only buy tokens $5.00 at a time...but the car wash charges $3.00 per six-minute wash!)

I decided this forum would be a great place to check for answers since the detailing knowledge here runs to what one might consider the esoteric.

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08-20-2002, 10:08 AM

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I believe there are filter for this situation at home depot

the Marina water where we keep our boat is the same, we have a filter that gets the crap out for us.

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08-20-2002, 10:17 AM

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We use one of these on our well water -- works well -- HomeDepot has something similar.

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