Res Care Liquid Water Softener Cleaner – Cleans Fouled Resin – Restores Softener Efficiency – Restores Resin Capacity – Extends Water Softener Life – Removes Contaminants

I used this product in two 64,000 gr resin beds over 5 years old in a house with greater than 5 occupants using the water from our well and water softener. I did each twice. The amount of iron etc. that came out in the rinse was significantly better than with Iron outt and salt alone. I believe the resin bed was cleansed from some impurities that I could not significantly remove during a normal ion exchange cleansing with salt and Iron outt. I have now returned to only using salt and the resin works much better than before the use of this product. I will use this again if I notice the resin bed needing an early regeneration or probably at yearly intervals. There was a taste of the phosphoric acid in the drinking water until the resin had been cleansed with salt only using two additional regeneration cycles. You may want to increase your rinse time on your unit to speed the process. Update: 9.17.15: I was only using salt with the salt purchased in 50 lb bags with the iron reduction addition. After 2 years, the efficiency of the resin bed was decreasing and occasionally I would have to early regenerate a cycle due to the complaint of a smell or hardness occurring. I did not want to run the full strength 4 oz per cubic foot of resin as it previously took 2 regeneration cycles to remove the phosphoric acid taste, thus I tried 2 oz with my longer backwash time as I mentioned earlier. I also changed the setting on my water hardness to a higher number which will cause the control unit to give me less gallons per next regeneration cycle (in my case from 1800 gallons to about 1400 gallons and thirdly increased by brine refill which will utilize more salt and a better ion exchange per cycle). After the 1st cycle the unit works great and with my longer backwash no noticeable taste by family members of the phosphoric acid using 2 oz in the salt tank. I continued manually adding 2 oz to my salt tank prior to regeneration and a month later and the water has been close to perfect in the house. Will use when needed with 2 oz res care per cycle and planning on using it at least monthly to help keep the resin clean and effective. Things to remember: 1. The resin will become less effective over time vs. when new so expect its ion exchange ability to diminish over time 2. If on well water the iron and other hardness factors needing to be removed may change over time. 3. the cost of a bag of salt is meaningless compared to the family complaints of stinky hard water forcing me to get up and run regeneration cycles at night etc. is not desirable; so , prevent this experience at all costs by changing the parameters above and as in my case only getting 1400 gallons divided by 5 equals 280 five gallon bottles or about $700 worth of "good" water if purchased from a supermarket. It's still a good value and don't go for the max 1800 gallons as in my case as it is not worth the risk. I answered unknown blue color question in question section today: unknown blue color in salt tank is probably Ferrous Phosphate precipitate from some phosphate combining with iron in the water (inorganic chemistry lab). I think its quite pretty and of no concern to me. Update: 8.22.17 The water has been good as long as I add about 3 to 4 oz to salt tank with each regeneration cycle as preventative maintenance...

I know some people will disagree with me but for the most part salt is salt. What's different and what people need to understand is you need to keep your resin bed in the best possible condition. If you do that, your softener will last a very long time and one of the things you need to take care of or pay attention to is iron. Iron is the enemy of any water softener resin bed. This is a good product that keeps the iron flushed from your system and restores the resin beds. You need an automatic dispenser for it but it really does the job.

I didn’t know you have to regularly clean your water softener. This chemical helps maintain that condition.

I use Res Care to maintain the health and efficiency of my water softener. I would suggest to anyone with hard water that they buy a test kit. Testing is easy and takes about 30 seconds. Testing your water will confirm how well your softener is working and if the resin beads need cleaning. Whenever my wife mentions that our water feels like it is getting hard, I check the salt level in the tank and test for hardness. Most often the salt level is fine, so I run a recharge cycle after adding Res Care and then test. So far our water always tests back to near zero confirming the effectiveness of Res Care and that the softener is working correctly.

My water softener is 6 years old but it never seemed to get the water truly soft - my well water does not have iron & is not extremely hard (about 12 grains). I had the softener company out a couple of times & they claimed it was working properly, however, I got them to increase regeneration frequency & salt usage anyway - still no significant change. I came across Res Care & got a gallon. I first cleaned the brine tank to get rid of any sludge, etc. & then started using the Res Care with each regeneration. The water is amazingly soft now & seems to be getting even softer over time. For the time being I will continue using the Res Care with each regeneration as it recommends on the label. When this gallon runs out, I'll definitely be ordering more. A gallon of this goes a long way, which makes it well worth the price.

Great price, fast shipping.

We have a home and a lake home that rely on well water and both have water softeners. The one at the lake is a big box store softener installed 16 years but with limited use and the one in my home is a higher end unit installed after we moved in 12 years ago. We allowed the one at the lake to run out of salt on occasion and no amount of regeneration cycles really seemed to provide soft water. While the one in our home never ran out of salt that water just wasn't really soft and a regeneration only provided marginal improvement for a few days. I was strongly considering replacing the cheaper unit and replacing the resin beads at my home. When I saw Rescare I wasn't expecting a lot for the price, but thought it was worth a try. After the first use of Rescare I noticed a marked improvement, but still nothing like when they were new. I have been manually adding the recommended amount to each cycle on both units and they keep showing improvement to where after about a half dozen regeneration cycles they are both functioning like a new softener. I couldn't be happier with the results and the excellent value for the money. I recommend this to all my friends who have water softeners. Update 5/26/22: It's been nearly two years since I discovered this product and I can't say enough good about it. Sometimes products like this help for a short time, but only delay the inevitable replacement. My two water softeners are still operating like they are new. I don't use the product on every recycle only every few months when I happen to think of it. Yet, my water is incredibly soft using 14 and 18 year old softener units. I'm still on the original gallon.

Seems O.K.