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My house is on well water. While it is filtered and run through a water softener, leaving me with soft water (0 grains/gallon) and no dissolved iron, my water is rather acidic. It has a pH of 5.5. How does this affect the various Adam's chemicals? What should I do to alleviate the issue while cleaning my car? The water at my house is very odd. Normally hard water (prior to the water softener, mine is 14 gpg) is not acidic because the limestone bedrock (calcium carbonate) neutralizes the acidity. Acidic water is normally treated by running it through a calcium carbonate filter, which would had a couple points of hardness. A water softener is generally not needed after a calcium carbonate filter because the total hardness for the neutralized water would only be 3-5 grains per gallon. To treat acidity to the extent of ours, we would need to actually inject fly ash into our well. On the plus side, we never have to worry about bacterial growth in our well.

LOL I suppose I should have specified for under $50k and new since I drive 2k miles a month! My wife really wanted me to get a convertible. The Miata trunk was 2" too small to hold my tool box and the Camaro trunk somehow managed to be less usable then the miata's. People kept telling me I should have gotten a miata and just put my toolbox on the passenger seat. I point out that works fine until I go around a right turn and find myself in neutral and holding my 60lb toolbox on my lap.

Thanks! I love your 67 C10. I have a 72 C10 LWB that I really hope to have the time to restore one of these years. My brother teased me for getting the SS rather than the Vette that was in the background. I wanted a car with rear wheel drive, a manual transmission, a big engine and a trunk capable of holding luggage and my work toolbox. That left me with pretty much just the SS. I also like having a color that's more fun. My wife and I figured we couldn't go wrong with a color named "perfect blue metallic" I'm hoping to go to spring carlisle on Saturday the 25th, if the weather is nice. I kept teasing my wife last year that I was going to go and buy yet another derelict old car to keep my truck company. now that we have the new car, I'm not allowed to do that anymore. I also promised to take her hiking every weekend as marital payment for the SS. Hopefully, I can convince her that walking carlisle counts as hiking!

Thanks! Seth, I live in Newtown Square, a suburb of Philadelphia.

I'm Dave! I just purchased a new Chevy SS. It's the first vehicle I've owned that has been worth really learning how to wash and detail. After many hours of watching videos and reading about how to properly clean a car, I spent way more than I should on Adams products. I'll practice on my '03 GMC Sonoma then my wife's 2013 Outback before touching the SS.