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 why salt?

Salt is used to make brine to flush clean, or 'regenerate', the resin beads.

Always use a high purity salt product specifically designed for use in water softeners. Fine cooking or table salt could interfere with the performance of the softener, whilst coarse sea or rock salt may contain impurities.

It is particularly important to use an 'ion-exchange' water softener - that is one that uses salt to cleanse the resin which captures the hardness minerals. Devices claiming to use magnetic or electrical forces may be cheaper, but will not remove the hardness.

 

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