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We have had well water for 2 years (East TN). Our property has no access to public water. It's been a learning experience. We have a water softener in the house due to it being extremely hard water.
Question....is there such a thing as water being to soft? Now it seems like soap never washes out of anything!
Also it's killing my hair as in either it strips all the natural oils out of it (hard water) OR leaves it feeling like the conditioner never rinses out.
Ideas? Is there a certain kind of salt that would be better for the water softener? We just use the kind at Lowes.
I grew up with well water and a water softener, and my hair was basically terrible until I grew up and moved out. Even treated by a water softener, extremely hard water is just really rough on hair. My hair texture actually completely changed once I was no longer using hard water exclusively.
I've lived on well water with a hard water filter system for years. You get used to the soapy feel. Your hair will never feel as good as when you are away lol.
The GOOD thing is, is that you aren't ingesting any chemicals from city water and well water generally tastes better. Get a Britta filter if it tastes nasty (like iron).
as mentioned above, water softening via salt units is not the only way to treat hard water conditions.
check out the other options from your local water treatment companies.
I, too, didn't like the "soapy" feel to the salt water conditioner water softening process. We discontinued using the water softener and would rather deal with the hard water issues in the hot water heater or appliances. The water taste, by the way, is excellent. Far better than the treated muni water in the city with no chlorine or flouride. We get our water checked every year or two and it's always been cleaner than the standards of the muni water supply.
Some of us use a bypass valve so that the finished water is a mixture of softened and unsoftened water. I keep mine at about 45 ppm hardness (about 2.6 grains per gallon). Completely softened water tends to be corrosive to plumbing fixtures.
An alternative that dates back ages is to use rainwater for washing and showers. It involves setting up gutters and a cistern for storage of it. A company that sets septic tanks should be able to set a cistern, or a poly stock tank (lightproof to limit algae growth) can be used. If you look at old laundry product and hair care product ads, you will see "Rainwater Soft!" as a catchphrase.
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