When you wash in soft water, you feel your skin the way it’s supposed to feel – clean and silky smooth. When you wash in hard water, the soap you’re using reacts with the hardness minerals in the water to form an insoluble residue that’s difficult to wash away, resulting in a “squeaky clean” sound/feeling. This is your skin sticking because of the soap residue. Soft water rinses your skin and hair better than hard water and doesn’t leave a soap or shampoo residue behind. The silky feeling you experience is actually the natural oils of your skin coming through when not blocked by hard water residue. It is recommended after installing a new water softener to cut back on the amount of soap and detergents that you use, as they are designed to combat the effects of hard water that you no longer face.
