Comment on Thursday SOTD Thread - December 21, 2023
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months agoOh man, congrats on the water softener. We have one and I agree, it’s amazing.
I actually don’t like fully-soft water, and I’ve adjusted the bypass valve to allow some unsoftened water through.
merikus@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
Interesting. Can you tell me more? I admit my water feels a bit…slick, for lack of a better word.
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 11 months ago
There should be a valve to bypass the softener (for maintenance, etc.). I don’t know what yours might look like, but mine is directly in front of the softener tank. It might be labeled on/off, but you can also do “in between”, so a bit of untreated water bypasses the softener.
Allowing a little bit of hardness to bypass makes the water less slimy feeling, while still being good and soft. Fully soft water is a bit undesirable, just like hard water. It can be corrosive over time, plus you use more salt with the softener on “full blast”.
It takes some time to find a good setting. It’s just a trial and error type of thing.