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Yes, they come off very easily. They are the waterproof type of stickers that don’t rip when you pull them. It’s a very smooth surface nothing really sticks to it permanently.

@@CarsWithKeav thanks for the response.

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If you flow the same amount of water from the source pressure will always increase when you reduce the size it goes through. For centuries this is how the hydraulic mining is done by taking a big creek and slowly decreasing the area and forcing it through a pipe that gets smaller and smaller creating a pressure stream enough to tear down mountains. Same goes for pressure washer nozzle you increase size the pressure decreases and allows more water flow. Exact opposite when you decrease size PSI increases and water flow decreases. Smaller size decreases water flow (GPM), but increase pressure (PSI).

They got some good stuff.

Not sure what you mean? But anytime you use filters it will limit the water flow to a certain amount as the filters need time to clean.

Agreed

So many way to do it there is no wrong way just the way that makes it most enjoyable for you. I tried the rv mods as well it didn’t blow up, but it was sending resin through my nozzles and clogging them up so went back to the cartridges.

@@CarsWithKeavthat’s why mine blew up. Resin got packed in the CR spotless top and water couldn’t pass. So one of the blue tubes exploded. The dude said it’s never happened etc. As soon as I bought those shity tubes I asked to return them and he declined. They have a crap O ring that doesn’t seal.

@@CarsWithKeavI wasn’t clear what your 500 gallon bladder was for. When you first said it I figured it was in a mobile detail setup but it’s in your backyard. What’s the use for it how you are doing?

@@whitey4311 yeah, several in my video I made on going back to the cartridges said they had resin getting through as well. Jamie the cleaner said his did it as well. Now these tank style is the same type of method, but they seal way better as they were designed for that purpose. I have seen no resin get through any that I have tried. At one point the shower setting on my garden hose sprayer would barely run because the holes are smaller than the resin. Was a pain to clean out.

@@whitey4311 I use it to do all types of stuff mix chemicals for the yard, occasional grass watering, golf cart battery fills and I will pump it back to my pressure washer and use it to wash cars. It mainly to not waste good expensive DI water when doing these tests. DI water not the best for watering grass all the time as it has no nutrients, but in a pinch it will help out.

That is tough you need the biggest one you can get to give plenty of cleaning time on the resin. I think a 4 foot tank would do best, but they are going to be $600 or reach out to Culligan or one of those companies to see if they will rent you one it is much cheaper at that ppm. Many at that ppm will run an RO system and store the water to be used later. Using gravity feed or a pump to deliver the clean water back through a DI system for the final clean.

Absolutely you can, but won’t be as good as dedicated type sprayer that does just liquid spraying, but it makes this a good dual threat as it comes with the ability to change it to a liquid sprayer that doesn’t foam.

Always best to rinse down most will foam then rinse and then do the rinseless method. I would always do that unless you don’t have that ability or water restrictions. As long as you coat the surface well and don’t reuse the wash media you should be fine. I myself though would move on to the newer generation of Rinseless washes the technology has gotten so good and ONR is no longer even in the top 10. DIY detail is really good, ADD, Koch Chemie, etc.

You’re welcome and thanks for the kind words.

You sure could, but sounds like a lot of work plus you run the chance of accidentally not seating the pipe connection properly. Quick connects would be the easiest fix though no swivel needed then.

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All depends on what you plan to do I always run tests at what the products states or at least 2gpm minimum. Griots stated their numbers were at 4gpm. I myself like some others use unrestricted garden hoses with high flow nozzles for the final rinse so I want a higher GPM. Some also like to use gas pressure washers and those mostly range in the 2.5 to 3.5 range. Your flow will always be reduced down to whatever the nozzle is so you would be correct that a Ryobi would pull much less. Some pressure washer companies always give a minimum input flow they would like to have and some they say they need basically double their output not sure why though. 2gpm pressure washer asking for 4gpm minimum input. Can’t remember which one it was though.

Prices are always changing with these and mainly up. That’s our current world we live in.

Always need to have some kind of pressure for the water to push through can be from a bucket or container, but has to be gravity fed. Might not be much flow to be useful though. A pump is an idea as well.

@@CarsWithKeav Ah I see, thank you for the insight, hmm i wonder if gravity fed from a bucket water source would work with my 600psi ryobi power washer, it's only .7GPM, if can avoid a pump I would because it would impact my goal of being very light weight and mobile.

@@whatarewedoing2024 Is that the ez clean Ryobi? It for sure can pull from a bucket. It comes with a bucket hose just for that. Made a video on that unit I love it. ua-cam.com/video/Vot1miL9aes/v-deo.htmlsi=FI4MhIPug6rSnHI5 If you mean to pull through the DI system with the bucket as the source I think it might be possible as long as you don’t break the self priming. The bucket would have to be at a heigh above the filter and the hose running down. Should work as a gravity feed. I just have not tried to know if it would 100% work.

Funny thing Matt hasn’t found an accurate enough one yet either even the $400 ones seem to be off. That’s why we still use the bucket method to measure GPM. 🤣

@@CarsWithKeav hasn’t found an accurate what?

@@1thechosenjuan1 He was joking about the Amazon flow meter being off by 23%.

@@CarsWithKeav gotcha. Btw just watched the long video with you, og and Josh. Boy does Matt sure love to talk. Thought the whole point of having guests on your podcast was to ask them questions and gain their insight. Lol. I almost 🤯 too as I thought he was about to try and say he was the first person in detailing to use kranzle and mosmatic. Lol. Must have forgotten about detailers domain and how they were selling kranzle long long before he ever used one. So much for him honoring the source

@@1thechosenjuan1 He talked about detailers domain and was working with him for awhile to help sell products. Matt made them popular for home enthusiasts through his UA-cam and website. Way more reach than a forum. I think he meant he was the first to really show and use them on youtube to a large audience. He loves to talk that is his biggest skill the ability to talk clearly about a subject for an hour. 🤣

At least if you do it yourself you save on labor, but how much do you value your time? Is your time worth more than the labor you would be paying for a pro to do it.

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20 gallons or so depending on your flow rate. It is recommended by manufacturers to run for a few minutes to make sure everything is flushed out correctly. Since this was at 4gpm maybe 2 or 3 minutes would be a better suggestion. I had always done 5 minutes, but that was mainly 2gpm flow rate so only 10 gallons. Most DI system instructions say 5 to 10 gallons for the first initial run to flush out manufacture debris and get the resin fully submerged and filtering.

@@CarsWithKeav thanks! I currently rent a big DI tank from Culligan for home use, but would love one of these portable ones for mobile detailing.

@@orthodox1717 The Culligan rental really is the best value option I think. Plus you can do lots of flow. I think some can do up to 8 or even 10gpm.

@@CarsWithKeav just read a review on Griots site. One guys water was just below 400ppm. The Griots unit got it down to 97ppm. That's esentially worthless. Does this make sense? Thanks.

@@orthodox1717 I don’t read much into reviews unless they state flow rate and others contributing factors to resin not having enough time to clean. Maybe they got the inlet on the wrong side who knows. 🤣 all these tanks are the same and the resin is pretty close as well. If it didn’t work with the Griots probably wouldn’t work with any other except the others are usually filled all the way. If the Griots was at full capacity it would clean that just fine if it was in the 2gpm range. If they had 400ppm water and it was heavy in Chlorine that could be problematic as well if only 12lbs of resin in there.

So you are only running 1 20 inch resin canister correct? What water flow are you running at and are you using it for the whole wash or just final rinse? Not so sure if it’s city water you would need a sediment filter of course depends you might need it. Just one 20 inch you would have to be at 2gpm or less to have enough cleaning time on the resin. Switching to a 1 micron carbon filter would pickup both chemical and sediment. Then you could add another resin filter to help with cleaning time to match the flow. if I’m getting 400 gallons at 50ppm which my water acts like 100ppm due to the chlorine. So if I say double to 200ppm equivalent then 200 gallons would be a possible expected amount. Not sure how much gallons you use, but typically if you use spotless water for a whole wash it would be between 15 and 20 gallons. At those rates your gallons usage is within I would expect at 180 to 240 gallons. Is this all being run through a pressure washer? Just trying to figure out the flow rate going through the filter. Usually when it rises fast like that is due to flow being too high for the amount of resin.

@@CarsWithKeav Correct, only the last canister is resin. I use it with the Zwift foam cannon with 1.1mm nozzle. Final rinse thru a Dewalt DWPW 3000 pressure washer with the 40 nozzle (don't know the nozzle dia.). I just checked the water again but let it trickle much slower and got 2ppm. I try a flow meter and see what the flow is.

@@MikeMJCW I mean that pressure washer isn’t a lot of GPM so flow should be less than 2gpm, but hose could be pushing a lot of pressure on the Input side.

It is a great hose I prefer the more rugged build with the braiding vs the ultra flexible hoses.

On the go doesn’t make theirs as far as I know they just source them. They are made by Clack who also makes this DI unit for Griots. The head and tank are both Clack. The exact same size unit from On the go is $400+ which is the double standard one when this one is $300. You would need to buy 8 lbs of resin to get to the amount On The Go puts in theirs so probably about $50 to $75 worth of resin. They are all good and you can’t go wrong as they are all the same just different sizes. I think this Griots unit is the the best value at around $375 to be at 1/2 cubic foot. Like I said though either way you will have a great DI unit. Serv A Pure has the exact same ones as well like the Washpak 50 which is the same as the Clean Garage 50.

⁠@@CarsWithKeavperhaps semantics but while Clack is a mfr of the components (and a catalog of many other pieces), I don’t think consumers can buy direct from them, nor do I think Clack is actually making “kits” for any companies. I think Clack just has a catalog similar to Raybestos, and then you have someone like OTG that as you said sources all the components needed to create a “turn key” kit that’s then also sold to Adam’s and others as mentioned. Or you have someone like Serv a Pure which is a distributor/seller of Clack’s individual components to the business/consumer if needed. I’m not sure about Griot’s……it’s certainly possible they have a relationship direct with Clacks. But for Adams’ and some others, the tank label and customer service specifically points to OTG for support. Even Northern Tool sells the OTG kit now. (No, I don’t work for OTG lol)

@@Mike-tg8si Nothing on the Griots mentions On The Go I assumed since it being much cheaper that they were getting it direct. Labels all say Clack and any warranty information says to contact Griots. In the end we know all of these are basically the same just different sizes and prices. The resin is where I can’t pinpoint exactly who has the best or if that is ever changing based on what they can get their hands on at the time. Yeah, I knew Adam’s and Clean Garage where On The Go for sure. Thanks for all the info all of this helps down the road to designing our own system for the best possible value.

@@CarsWithKeav Mostly FYI for anyone in future: My Adam’s kit came with quinoa-looking resin, which is obviously vastly different than the “rusty soil” resin that seems to be common. Called OTG and they told me that’s perfectly normal and depends on what’s sourced. My unfiltered ppm is around 80-90 and goes down to 1 with the kit, so it’s definitely working objectively and also subjectively (no water spots)

@@Mike-tg8si Yeah, I would assume like all things there are only a few producers of the actual resin and sometimes you got to shop around for inventory and pricing. That’s why with cheaper pressure washers one model year might sound different than another due to shopping around pumps or motors.

Yeah, they are all the same just like pressure washers lots of companies selling different ones, but only a few actual manufacturers of the pumps. Most of these are made by Clack. When you search around you for sure will see they are all the same head and tank just different sizes and colors. Obviously each company could be using different blends of resin to get the costs where they want. Serv A Pure has their 100 system as does Clean Garage. On the Go has theirs as well. It’s basically a one cubic foot tank which is twice a the size as this Griots one. 4k gallons is one heck of a claim when the other ones are saying half that. All depends on the water, flow rate and quality of resin. They could be running a 60/40 high grade blend of resin to get higher numbers as well. Some might be using regenerated resin to keep costs down. Griots says to run their at 4gpm which obviously mean the resin will wear out sooner. If you lower the flow you would extend the life. 1.8gpm to me is just too low a flow for a system of that size. I would rather run higher flow and change resin more often. Obviously if my water was much harder I would have to sacrifice flow to extend resin life and filter time as resin isn’t cheap.

For convenience using the pressure washer while off works well, but deionized water is corrosive to open metals like brass and can leach metals from the internals of the pressure washer over time. I prefer myself to use it out of a garden hose just have to make sure you are not flowing too much water as it will not get cleaned enough to be spotless. I like using quick connects whenever I can on a mobile cart. If they are quality they won’t leak just have to make sure they have Teflon and torqued down good on the thread side.

I have heard good things about this one, but have not tried myself. amzn.to/4cgz2x6 I have not bought many 1/4 hoses which is perfect for the craftsman. I usually have a good bit of extras from all my Active pressure washers they come with good wire braided stock hoses.

@@CarsWithKeav Nice thanks, was going to pair the setup as well with the $20 M22 Swivel Spray Gun. What budget foam cannon do you recommend? I saw the Bear Force one for $28 in budget pressure washer video seemed to pair well.

@@spencerblack7691 I love the Bear Force as a good budget one. It is a bit higher than a lot of them out there, but the weighted ball, balance and other things make it well worth the $28.

I think it all depends on your water quality, if you want wall mounted, you need lots of water flow, etc. so many variables in deciding on a DI system. Griots is great out the box. Waterdrop takes a little work to switch to bulk resin containers to get better resin life.

That’s great I hope the video helped out.

I must be very human as I get lots of bloopers. 🤣

Works great that is all I have been using with it so far. Just as strong as steel braided just much lighter due to the Aramid strainds.

It can be a tight fit you hav ego push down pretty hood and the twist it.

@@CarsWithKeav thank u ima try again

If you see the bloopers at the end I did the same thing when I first hooked it up. 🤣

@@CarsWithKeav yeah I seen that lol didn’t feel so bad after I saw you do it but thankful I made the correction only after 1 wash. Had my own DI tank made with 40lbs of resin.. 👌 love it.. great content man.. keep it coming )

@@eastcoastlife3547 Nice, I have looked at the big systems, but always wondered to myself would I be better off running two of these 1/2 cubic foot units and running separated resin instead of mixed bed.

@@CarsWithKeav buying two separate resins two separate set ups, is it worth the cost for the amount of extra rinses you get ?who knows.. )

@@eastcoastlife3547 I guess it depends on how much you save and how quickly you deplete resin for there to be an ROI. You could improve resin refill times by 10% even up to 20% depending on your type of water. Changing out your cation more often as the anion will most likely last longer. When running mixed bed you have to change when the cation is depleted even though the anion is still good. That’s the reason there are 60/40 blends to combat that, but they are usually more expensive and not worth the price increase. Two Griots units for example is the same cubic foot as the big $600 On the Go cubic foot ones so equipment wise about the same money. I will probably run mixed bed most of the time, but if I ever get into regenerating my own resin I’ll probably run a 3 stage system. Separated resin in the first two and mixed bed in the third. Aquarium guys have tested that is the cleanest water possible and that final mixed bed almost never needs to be changed.

Later after this video I started getting the surging issues with the Uberflex. I switched to my Kevlar braided hose and have not looked back. There is for sure issues with the 2.0 and the flexible hoses which expand under pressure causing the pressure switch to not act right. The wire braiding helps keep that expansion from happening.

@@CarsWithKeav Could you post a link to the Kevlar braided hose you use? Good to get his issue our there.

@@tc9148 Right now I can only find 35ft and 75ft hoses both are on this listing. 50ft have been sold out for awhile. amzn.to/3RGCsAZ

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I didn’t add any resin I tested with the way it came and weighed the resin and out it back. Just suggested there is much more capacity to be used. You could get the rest of the resin in easily and as long as you got water above the resin then it will go in there may take some time, but the water being in there makes it so much easier. Just make sure to run the water for 5 minutes to get any resin that might have been forced through the filter out so it doesn’t clog nozzles.

@@CarsWithKeav I was thinking the same thing about how would adding more resin to fill up the tank up would affect its' performance. Since your Spotbye DI System testing performed better with a smaller tank & less resin before the PPM numbers started climbing. Which one would you pick between the 2 while ignoring the bypass on the Griots? Do you think the resin that they came with made a difference?

@@enj9400 The difference between the two had a lot to do with me running at 4gpm vs 2.5gpm on the Spotbye. Once the resin breaks down to a certain point you need extra time on the resin to stay at a lower ppm. They both are the exact same type of system so they should not perform any different if at the same flow. Griots possibly could have lower quality resin as well. But no way to know that. I do think if Griots was at 2.5gpm it would have been well beyond the 400 gallon mark before going above 0ppm. If you got good water the Spotbye is a great value. If you want to change refills less often the Griots is the way to go.

@@CarsWithKeav I think the Griots system is the best value (extra capacity + bypass) for my Active 2.0 but I'd still toss an extra bag of that colombian bam bam to fill that tank up 🤣

@@enj9400 Adds a little spice to the mix. 🤣

I’ll be putting in my lab coat soon and coming up with a whole easy to use system to regenerate resin and save us money. Going to take me awhile and many fails I’m sure, but I’ll figure it out. Resin is so expensive to refill all the time when you have hard water.

If it’s coming out of where it swivels then I’m not sure much can be done. Unless it’s a leak internal and it’s coming out of the gun at the swivel. There are a few areas that can be tightened if you remove the plastic coverings. If it’s a threaded area Teflon and leverage to tighten might help.

I’ve taken it apart already and tried teflon tape, still leaks, I’ve read on UA-cam someone said blue lock tight. I’ll see how that works if not I’m buying a new gun. Thanks for your input.

@@blandry021 Non problem, if buying a new gun I always suggest the MtM SGS28 a bit more expensive, but built to last has the easiest pull trigger on the market by far.

Hard water sucks and not just the system isn’t cheap the resin to replace and refill gets very expensive as well.

They will have a Marine line as well not sure on when it will be available, but marine equipment has a different surface and there are specific coatings for them. Gtechniq Marine is a very good line of Marine products and coatings.

I got everything at my local Home Depot.

This all depends if you want spotless water or not. If you are not having issues with water spots after washing then it’s not needed. Some of us just want to have all the cool toys whether we need them or not. I’m guilty of that for sure. 🤣

I knew it! I thought it was either Geoffrey the Giraffe from Toys R Us or it was Cleetus McFarland 🤣

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That is some potent swamp water it even blows up pressure washers. 🤣

Removes (decreases) minerals from water that typically cause water spots.

Exactly

Mineral removal much like distilled water just a different way to use ion exchange resin to pull the minerals out of the water. You can use this water to mix with coolant, use in batteries, wash cars spot free, chemical dilutions, works real well for clear ice too.