Hi:  No, there is no sulphur as far as I know. But your idea of
re-distilling the water is excellent, and should answer the question 
as to what's causing the yellow, smelly residue.  Thanks for
thinking about it.

Regards,
:)  Joyce 


On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Dean Woodward wrote:

> Hi Joyce and Bill: I'm puzzled by the yellow residue and the bad smell. It
> suggests sulphur. Joyce does your water supply perhaps have sulphur in it??
> Try this: Distill a gallon the normal way; rinse the containter; put the
> distilled water back in and distill it again. See if the yellow deposit and
> bad smell persist. Just an idea.
> 
> Dean
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tai-Pan [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 1998 9:24 AM
> > To: Joyce Inouye
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: CS>Smells, Sears Distiller
> >
> >
> > Joyce Inouye wrote:
> > >
> > > I have another concern about Sears Distiller.  Someone mentioned before
> > > that dirty, yellowish water was left after the distillation
> > process which
> > > smelled awful. I totally agree with him because I smelled it.
> > >
> > > However, I wonder whether the yellow color does not come from the metal,
> > > not the water?  This question occurred to me after I tried to clean the
> > > metal container with apple cider vinegar : water mixture and with
> > > lemon-water mixture.  I did this to try to get rid of the
> > "burnt taste" of
> > > the water. When I used the lemon-water mixture and left it in the metal
> > > container for about 2 days, the water turned a "rotten yellow" color. It
> > > smelled also, though the smell may have come from bacterial
> > contamination.
> > >
> >  Hi Joyce and listers,
> >
> >  Sorry to hear about all your smell problems.
> >  In early posting I said I never let any thing touch or get into the pot
> > ,only water and my stainless steel cleaning pad. Also dry it well before
> > putting it away. Never had a smell or taste problem. Would suggest
> > puting a pinch of baking soda in the water before distilling to help the
> > taste. The baking soda will be left behind when done distilling.
> >  Always let it cool down before cleaning,just use tap water and the
> > stainless pad. I never would use any organic substance for cleaning(
> > lemon,apple,vineagar). :-)
> >
> >    bless you   Bob  Lee
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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