Dean, This makes sense, because when water evaporates, it does not take any salt with it. Just like calcium, the salt stays behind as pad or tank residue. You would have to spray the salt water on the strings for it to cause string corrosion. It's just like my salt water pool: Water is constantly evaporating and being replaced by the float valve, but I never have to add salt, except for when the pool is drained and filled with new water. The pool is drained every 2-3 years because all the water being added to counter evaporation adds calcium and other minerals, which build up to a level that begins causing problems. Where I live, the calcium content in the water is very high. Dean May wrote: > This seems to be in the category of wives tale. It has a ring of truth to > it, but has been dispelled by Roger Wheeler himself in the post below when > you've made similar claims 3 years ago. I also have many years of anecdotal > evidence in scores of systems to demonstrate that using soft water does not > contribute to string corrosion. YMMV >
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