Salt and hard water!?

[Amour]

I heard that salt can make your water softer!?! Anyone know if this is true? or have any experience in softening their water with salt!?!

 

[HoneyDew]

Some home water softeners require salt, but I am not sure I would want to shampoo with salt water.

I am sure the water softeners have some process that uses the salt, but then cleans it so that you can have crisp clean water for your home.

Many of the softeners these days are salt free, too.

(I only know this because I was shoppign for one a few months ago)

 

[Isis]

Salt water can eat through your hair, especially if it's chemically processed. I'm sure there are alternatives for hard water, like ionic filters or magnetic filters.

 

[missnappylady]

IMO, I think you would be better off using baking soda rather than salt.

 

[smitmarv]

Some home water softeners require salt, but I am not sure I would want to shampoo with salt water.

Yes that is true and I'm sure it is a special formula of salt. Also you put in a bag of salt and it takes the softener months to go through that bag. The water is drinkable and you never taste any salt. I would never just add table salt to some water to wash my hair because no matter what you will add too much and like I said, I'm sure it is a different type of salt.

 

[Sharpened]

http://forums.longhaircommunity.com/...ad.php?t=51184

Basically, she used tiny amounts of citrus and ascorbic (vitamin C) acids in a gallon of water, using that gallon for all of her washing and rinsing of the hair. Although the cost of each product and the aquarium tester may be around $20, over time it would save you money on buying distilled water. I am going to try it soon.

 

[tnorenberg]

It's not table salt. It is a special salt crystal that actually filters the water and softens it. I have my entire house on this. There is a remarkable difference in my hair using this type of water filter rather than regular city water. It's the same filtration system they use in hotels that leaves your skin feeling so soft. It seems my hair products work better with this also.

 

[skoloco]

It's not actually the salt that softens water...the salt that is put into a softener system makes a brine that then regenerates softener resin, or beads, that actually do the softening. The salt brine never enters the water supply, because when a softener is regenerating the system is designed to be bypassed during that procedure. That's why, for those of you that have a softener, it usually is set to regenerate in the middle of the night when water generally is not in use.

I used to sell these--I work in the water industry...I hope this make sense.

 

[tnorenberg]

It's not actually the salt that softens water...the salt that is put into a softener system makes a brine that then regenerates softener resin, or beads, that actually do the softening. The salt brine never enters the water supply, because when a softener is regenerating the system is designed to be bypassed during that procedure. That's why, for those of you that have a softener, it usually is set to regenerate in the middle of the night when water generally is not in use.

I used to sell these--I work in the water industry...I hope this make sense.

That's it. I love mine. Unfortunately the unit is right by my bedroom so i do hear it going off in the middle of the night. ha, ha.