Bought clairol aqua curl used and didn't have instruction booklet, how much water do you put in machine for mist setting?

Hello FREIDA GRAYDEN,

If you are not TOTALLY SATISFIED... and that has
the SHARPER IMAGE price tag...
(in y opinion... I would return it to SHARPER IMAGE
and us the REFUND to buy 3 to 5 equivalent units ...
(like HoMedics) for a whole lot LESS...!!
(in my opinion)).

More units... less WATER spritzing around =
HAPPY FREIDA (I think).

I sincerely believe... the "chalky" you speak of is
merely a product of the CALCIUM level in your
water... and a mist type of humidifier. Nothing
wrong with your humidifier (follow owner manual
cleaning instructions) BUT what you see is normal
Sharper Image EV HD15 Instruction Manual Page 3

THE VISIBLE "mist" Your humidifier puts out are
solid water drops... It WILL mark whatever it
lands on...

I think there ARE things you could try...
Obviously turning down the humidifier to
merely moist... rather than SPRITZING water
on everything (solid/visible).

Spread the load between multiple machines
(as described above)

Perhaps...filtered water might help

Dietary CALCIUM is a very good thing... and humidity
is much more warm and comfortable... but the combination
is going to give you those SAME results...

But at those SHARPER IMAGE prices I would
expect YOU to be TOTALLY SATISFIED.

Carnac the Magnificent

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you may need to empty the water that went into the base and retry putting the top tank back on sometimes too much water gets into the bottom and it wont put out vapor. at least mine does that and it is an ionic cool mist humidifier which means uses no filter

It may have a scale and calcium build up. Particularly, if you use well water.

To clean it, unplug the unit and empty in water that is in the tank. Mix a 50/50 solution of White Vinegar and Bottled Distilled Water (enough to fill the tank. Pour the solution in the tank and allow it to set for 2 hours. Then turn the humidifier ON and place you hand in front of the misting nozzle , to feel if it's working. If it is, allow it to run until the tank is 3/4's empty, Empty te tank of the remaining solution and refill the tank with more Bottled Distilled Water and run for an hour. This will flush the 50/50 solution out of the system. It it wasn't working when you first tested it, allow it to set over night and try again the next morning.

In the future, use Bottled Distilled Water rather than tap water.

95% of the time, this will solve the problem. I hope this helped you. Please let me know.

If the instructions didn't mention how to clean the unit of scale and mineral deposits, that's more than likely the problem.

If that's the case, here's what you need to do: Empty the tank of any more that's still in it and mix a 50/50 solution of White Vinegar and Bottled Distilled Water. Fill the tank with the solution and allow it to set 8 hours or over night. Then tunr the unit on and place your hand in front of the mist nozzle, to see if it's producing mist. If it is, let it run for at least 45 minutes and turn the unit OFF. Empty the remaining solution and refill the tank with Bottled Distilled Water. Run the unit until the tank is 1/2 empty and refill with more of the Bottled Distilled Water. Now, you're set to go. In the future, I'd recommend that you always use Bottled Distilled Water rather than tap water. As it's mineral and scale free.

Hope this helps to solve the problem. Please let me know. Thanks.

My Guess is that the reletive humidity in the room is not low enough to see any vapors coming from the machine. Normaly you won't see these anyway. Some models in the stores seem to make more mist than what you get at home. If the humididty level in a room is close to what is coming out of the machine there will be no signs of any mist coming out. Just make sure the filters are clean and check and make sure the water level is going down on the machine and this will tell you its workin. the faster you are using the water in the tank the more you are putting in the air! If this is a hot mist machine then I would say the heating element in the machine is not working.

with cool mist humidifiers your not suppose to see any mist. if it's a warm mist there should be. but by your model number i'm finding that it's a cool mist. that's why your not seeing any mist.

cool mist humidifiers don't put out any mist. only the warm ones do. now if you put your hand over the area where it's coming out for about 2 minutes and take it away your hand should feel damp. almost clammy. if it feels like that the unit is working fine. so your not doing anything wrong. if you have any other concerns please let me know.

I put 1 Cup of bleach in it with warm water and let it set for about an hour. The tank is clean and you can use it over and over again. Good luck and hopefully this has helped you. I just love this machine and am glad I bought it for my son.