In the equipment room
Reverse osmosis spot-free rinse and water reclaim systems for Tri-State wash bays
Reverse osmosis takes the minerals out of the final rinse so cars and trucks dry without spots, and a water reclaim system puts wash water back to work instead of down the drain.
Chapter 01
Why a spot-free rinse depends on reverse osmosis
A final rinse is only as good as the water behind it, and water across the Tri-State carries dissolved minerals that plain rinse water leaves stranded on paint and glass once it dries. Reverse osmosis pulls those minerals out before the final rinse ever touches the vehicle, which is why a spot-free system sits at the end of the wash, not the start.
DMI lists spot-free and reverse osmosis systems among the equipment it stocks and services for wash operators, alongside the water reclaim systems that handle the other end of the water story. Getting the final rinse right is often the difference between a car that looks finished and one that streaks the moment the sun hits it.
A reverse osmosis membrane rack and storage tank in a wash equipment room
Water reclaim: putting wash water back to work
A water reclaim system takes water used earlier in a wash cycle and puts it back to work on the early stages of the next one, cutting how much fresh water a site draws and how much wastewater it has to handle. It is a quiet piece of equipment room infrastructure, but it changes a site's water bill more than almost anything else back there.
Water treatment does not stand alone either. Belanger's V-Max truck wash system, for example, ships with a water softener as standard equipment, with spot-free rinse offered as an option, which shows how softening, reclaim and spot-free rinse tend to travel together as one system rather than three separate purchases.
Chapter 03
Sizing and service: what DMI checks on a preventative visit
Sizing a water system right depends on the bay's own flow and how many cycles it runs in a day, and that is exactly what DMI looks at on a site visit rather than guessing from a catalogue page. On preventative maintenance visits, DMI checks water levels and hardness directly, so a system that has drifted out of range gets caught before it shows up as spots on someone's hood.
That same visit is part of the monthly service DMI's salespeople bring to regular customers, described on their own site as the only market provider to offer it. Call the Fargo office at (701) 237-6606 to talk through what a spot-free rinse or a reclaim system would look like for your bay.
DMI Car & Truck Wash Systems, 909 Page Drive, Fargo. Preventative visits check water levels and hardness, (701) 237-6606.
A water system rarely stands alone. See the V-Max truck wash page for how a softener and spot-free rinse ship as part of that system.