DI or RO - Pure Water Window Cleaning Systems 

What a great explanation. I was just watching videos about DI and going down a rabbit hole. I’m glad I didn’t have to go too far to see that it is preferred to use the ro and di together and not just the ro by itself.

excellent info. thank you! After 24hrs looking for something you explained it in 5 minutes.

Great video bro, I've been researching pure water systems for a while. It's great to hear a pro brake down what all the parts do.

HOLY SHIT SOMEONE ACTUALLY EXPLAINS HOW IT WORKS? amazing. Thank You.

I use two squirts of Jet Dry in my unfiltered tap water and the results have been good enough to earn me $80k for a month of seasonal commercial work per year for twenty years. 45 ft. aluminum pole system is about $800, 1/4 hp pump is $299, 250ft. 1/4 in. nylon hose is $150, brushes are $20 ea. and some copper tube with holes drilled for the spray was $5. Old RCMP Suburban 2500 was $9k and the 5'x5'x4' water tank came on a high pressure, hot water sewer blaster trailer the city crew had dumped at the local metal dump. A Warwick Ind. 20' manlift also came from an old cable company van at the metal dump. Wiring, new hydraulic motor and mount welding, $900. All figures are CDN dollars.

Thank you for the great simple but ample Midwest logic -- very good -- Dave --Denver

Perfect. I have a TDS of 21 in South Carolina. So I’m buying a DI tank now! Thanks dude!

Excellent... you were really teaching the audience the difference, not merely explaining, and not easy to do, especially when put simply!

Thanks for this video buddy, super helpful. I'm headed into month 4 of my business and it's finally time for me to get a pure water system... This just saved me TONS of time & research!

Great Video! My TDS/PPM reading here out of tap is 250+ So, I collect rain water in a 275 gallon tote, runs about 2 to 10 ppm. Then I transfer it to my 275 gallon tank on my enclosed trailer, and then through my di filter. Note: I also do mobile detailing. I also recharge/regenerate my own di resin. This saves a lot of money. Maybe one day I’ll make a video on this. Thanks for the videos guys, really enjoy them!

thank you for the clarification that you dont need the carbon filter with DI! I knew I wasn't crazy

So... Back when I washed windows in college, my boss (who was the owner) would send me out with mile of garden hose, a giant aluminum tucker pole, and the worse field repair kit you have ever seen... The guy had huge contracts all over the greater Seattle area (public, private, you name it). Turns out Seattle area water was between 140ppm -170ppm and we never used any of this filtration stuff... And me being new to window cleaning, I had no clue it was even a thing. Yet the windows always turned out looking awesome.... Fast forward to today I'm living in a place with water that ranges from 170-200ppm and I have some jobs that would be easy to rock with a tucker pole (COVID got me back into window cleaning)... Yet, I'm wondering, what do you actually get from any of these filtration systems in a lifetime? I used to do multi million dollar properties every day using no filtration on either tucker pole nor the pressure washer... And, I've personally seen new windows destroyed by hard water (200ppm), and know how long it roughly takes (a new wing was added to a building I did regularly, I told the landscape guys they were installing sprinkler heads too close to the windows and the overspray would ruin them, they didn't listen. Turns out I got to witness first hand the destruction process of the bottom 2 windows getting blasted by hard water sprinklers overspray around the whole building)... The sprinklers ran 1 hour in the morning and 1 hours in the evening every day, it took 3 days (6 total hours of hard water exposure) before any hard water spots started to appear upon close inspection (meaning, you had to clean and squeegee the window, then angle your face right, and you could begin to see the rings of mineral deposit forming). By day 7 (14 total hours of hard water exposure) for the stains to become obviously noticeable standing 3 feet away. After 14 days (28 total hours of hard water exposure) you could touch the glass start to physically feel the raised mineral stains, and by a month (50 ish hours of total hard water exposure), the raised stains become mounds that ceased to grow anymore and the glass was so rough it would just destroy a squeegee... So, my question is... If a water fed pole (using say 200ppm hard water) is on the glass for say 30 seconds and it takes 6 hours of constant hard water exposure (which equates to roughly 720 tucker pole cleanings) before hard water stains even become barely noticeable, how is the cost for such a system justified? Because the tucker pole jobs I did, they would never get done if you had to lug all that stuff around... But maybe my perspective is all wrong because I might have been taught to do windows by morons and not known any better...

Nly video you need to see if need any information on this topic.Thanks for posting bud.

Your explanation was very clear and simplified. Thank you for that info.

Thank you Reanna and Luke, hope your fall season is going well? I just ordered a DI system. Where I live in Idaho most of the area is 100 ppm kinda late in the season for some, but I have new customers on Residential that want the WFP so its a no brainer for me. Investing in myself and time is how I look at it.

Great video. My little bro was using double DI which cost him load until he got his RO. The only advantage is there is no waste water

Haven't got any of these yet, go to know when I need to invest in when the company grows

Loved your video. Thanks for dummying it down for me. I try & explain this to people but it doesn’t come out right.

Good explanation! I just made a video about my full set up for $500. Like you said, I only use it about once or twice a week. So it just makes sense for me.

👍🏻 good info just got my xero pure 2 weeks ago

This was insanely helpful. Thank you!!

Great info brother

It would help newbies to explain first what "RO" is and what "DI" is.

Great video. We have to run a four stage system some of the areas we work have pretty dirty water.

Yay new video!

Huge help. Great info Luke thanks!

This is as a great explanation. Thanks for sharing. Looking to get a system for my detailing business.

Great Video. Thanks for the easy to understand explanation

Thanks for this video!! I really understand now!

For the past 5 years I used I di tank but I wanted to get fancy and I didn't research enough about the xero pure system so long story short I'm struggling big time with the water pressure on the zero pure it sucks and I'm having to connect a pump almost every job now all this jobs are the same customers I clean with my Di tank has no problems!! Is there anything I can do ? I already replaced all the small hoses for bigger ones still no change😡

About how many houses with normal windows can you wash with just the Deionizer tank. Tku

Nice video man!!! Happy 4th of July

Thank god for the water in South Carolina, 21 TDS out of my faucet!

Hey, Luke just wanted to give you some additional information from a water treatment point of view. So all water has Calcium and Magnesium (both of which have a positive charge) in it, the more you have the harder the water is. Now the reason you have to exchange the resign is that when Calcium and Magnesium pass through the resign (which is saturated with Sodium ions) they will exchange their place with the Sodium ion. Now in traditional water softeners at home, you would backwash with a strong sodium solution to replace the sodium ions on the resin that were lost, but because you can not do that on the IO systems you have to replace the resigns. Also, the way a RO membrane works is they are constructed with tightly wound fibers (I want to say they are fiberglass) water is being forced through those fibers leaving behind any impurities. PS. Love the videos man! Source: I am a Water Treatment Operator :)

Can you make a video on how yo maintaince the Xero ro system

Where do you get your resin, and which brand and mix/ type do you use?

Miss this channel. Like is top notch!

Good information

How many houses can you typically run through before you have to change the resin?

So its like a water softener

i was able to make my own ro/di system for less than $500. carbon filter takes our chlorine which harms resin too.

How often do you change the ro and what’s the cost? Same with charcoal filter?

Happy 4th Luke an Brianna... What woukd you say is the average life span in gallons for the DI before the resin needs to be changed.

If you have a TDS of 300 could you buy a 2 L di vessel if you're just using it on your own house

Thanks for the video! How do you know when the resin needs changed? Is it just whenever the output TDS readings start going up?

Where can i buy that tester

The TDS in my area is 349.5

typically how long does your r/o membrane last. i built my own system for under $500. my membrane lasted only about a year, the area here has lots of wells though.

Hi, does the water pressure coming out of either of the two options differ? Eg: is it lower pressure from either of the two? Thanks

Thank you for the video! I noticed you also use the Tucker. Do you prefer one over the other? I cant decide between Xero and Tucker or if the packages are a good idea compared to getting the items separately.

Good info love my 3 stage xero pure. Plus you can run it DI only if needed./ James Riley

The TDS in my area is between 20-60.... everywhere....really wishing I only bought a DI.... my machine cost so much :(

How often do you have to change out the filters on the Xero pure? When do you have to change the RO?

@Luck The Window Cleaner :The Reverse Osmosis tank; isn't that basically the same thing as the tank on a water well system? BTW that link says my TDS is 0 That has to be a bug Good info BTW, thanks.

Great video Luke! How often, if at all, should the RO be replaced?

hi is there any quality difference in resin, how I know if I buy good quality I'm in the Philippines, its all-new here

Holy shit! Our water is at 21 ppm on a bad day. What makes tap water upwards of 300 ppm?

the main reason i dont like to use my 3 stage system is water flow and water pressure. I get way better flow and water pressure with my Unger Hydro Power

Where did you get the DI tank

How long did 1 bag of particles last you ?

Can you flush you RO tank to get the cotaminants out?

Do you lose flow using the 3 stage system? I have used the di resin many years no problem with water flow! Thanks for your w.c content!

Where do I get that water tester?

Can you not regen the resin?

would there be a difference if the RO filter and the DI tank were swapped in your 3 stage set up? I was under the impression from talking to someone in the car wash business that a 3 stage system went 1. Charcoal Filter, Water Softener (DI) and then RO Filter. Just curious on you thoughts regarding that. Thanks in advance.

What type of resin ion or cation ?

Thank you for your share, it's a pH number is important too? and iTDS must 0 or can be between 0 - 5? cheers from Indonesia

Hey Luke! I’m about to get a xero water fed package but before I do just curious what size pole you use the most or recommend I get?

Great video

U mention some put a filter on thier resin cylinder is thier any benefit at all to that

Question for you Luke. How long will the Xero pure system last before having to change anything out? Let's say your running it every day.

Hi luke and reanna I need your help I started my own company about 2 months ago and I only have 3 clients I do have business cards and I have been passing them out is there something else that I can do to get more clients I really want my business to grow

hey the link for the tds website isn't working, is it just me?

How many gallons does a 3 stage system do versus a DI tank?

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