[MalteseJane]

I not even know what you are talking about ! :HistericalSmiley:now you know how much I know about it :HistericalSmiley:seriously what is it for ?

 

[MalteseJane]

Ok now I know. We have a water softener. They want us here in Sun City Festival to use potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride because they would like to recycle the water to use in the golf ponds. The only thing is that potassium chloride is a lot more expensive and hard to find locally and not as effective. If you want to buy it online, the shipping cost is prohibitive.
I have heard about the no salt water softening system but I am skeptic too.
Do salt-free water softeners really work?
Water Softener Consumer Reports - Which Products Performed Best

 

[MalteseJane]

I don't know much about them either, just that after we moved in...oh way back in 2002. We bought one that we were going to install... Well, 8 years later, its still sitting in the garage still wrapped in plastic. :blink: We just never got around to it. If we ever get it hooked up, I'll let you know how well it works!

:HistericalSmiley::HistericalSmiley:very helpful too :HistericalSmiley::HistericalSmiley:and if it does not work, I think the warranty is expired now :HistericalSmiley::HistericalSmiley:

 

[MalteseJane]

Terry you are right. Those bags are heavy. The day we cannot lift them anymore we will have to ask our son in law to put them in. I don't know if this is true or not, but the guy who sold us our fence said it's all nice that they want to recycle the water and use it for the ponds and grass. But they will end up with a lot of algae in the ponds if we use the potassium.
Isn't your husband diabetic ? Read this :

23) What are the health implications of using a potassium chloride-based product?

The level of potassium contributed from potassium chloride softened water is safe for normal healthy people. For healthy individuals, potassium from the diet is absorbed slowly from the gastrointestinal tract and the excess potassium is excreted. However, in certain individuals with medical conditions such as kidney disease, diabetes, heart disease or high blood pressure, the body may not excrete excess potassium. Individuals with these conditions must consult a doctor prior to consuming potassium-softened water. If you have any questions as to whether your health condition allows you to use potassium based water softener products, please consult your doctor.

 

[MalteseJane]

We have hard water and don't use a softener but have been thinking about getting one as I think it may be causing staining on Aolani. I notice that he's staining on his face and paws now - could be allegies to something else, but I also notice some staining on his neck hairs. That area gets pretty wet when I wash his face and I know he can't reach that area to lick it so it must be the water??? He doesn't like to be blown dried so I dry him up as much as I can with a towel and off he goes to air dry, which he does pretty fast. Does anyone know if there is any correlation with hard water and staining on our malts?

When we were living in Houston we did not have a water softener and the water was pretty hard there too. Shower doors were a mess and we had to replace multiple times the inside stuff in the toilet water tank. So when we bought the house here and had the option to add a softener we took it. From my experience it has not changed anything on hair staining. Alex's staining stopped when we were still in Houston. He never had staining on his paws only on his eyes.