On Mon, 10 Aug 1998, Daniel F. Smith wrote: > Joyce, > > Is there any possibility that the water you are using has dust or some > kind of organic mater in it?
Answer--I don't think the water contains too much dust or organic contaminants--it is supposed to come from the "pristine mountains". Our naive mayor wanted to bottle and sell our city water, but it has poisons such as chlorine and fluorine added to it. (Dr. Clark warns us against drinking these industrial waste products. Chlorine weakens our immune system, and I heard that fluorine destroys a portion of our brains and make us submissive to authority. Do any of you know about this research?} The legislatures are passing laws to force cities to put fluorine into the water, but some cities defy the laws and use ozone to purify their water. > Also, you might start the Sears distiller in the morning and stop it > about an inch before it fills the jug. That way the water temperature > should be no more that 212F which should be cool enough to avoid > 'toasting' the water. I've tried drinking the water after about an hour, and it still tasted burnt. > Finally, do you clean the vessel after every couple of batches? We use > a coiled stainless steel 'Scrub-bud' to clean the build up of calcium > and other minerals. Occasionaly we use 'Lime-Away' which has a mild > acid that bubbles the deposits away. We always rinse thoroughly several > times after using the 'Lime-Away' (Simple Green company also has a > 'Lime Scale Remover' that we have used on occasion.) I've made only about 3 batches so far, so the vessel is still quite new. I like your idea of using 'lime-away' or perhaps a dilute vinegar-water mixture to dissolve the minerals. It may work well if left in the vessel overnight, then it could simply be rinsed out in the morning. (The 'scrub-bud' may scrub out too much metal from the vessel.) > Hope this is helpful, Thanks, it has given me more options to try. Right now, I'm distilling the 50:50 whiteVinegar-water in the vessel to clean out the coils. (I first made the mistake of simply POURING the 50:50 mixture into a straw down the coils, which didn't work.) If the vinegar and vodka doesn't work, I might try "lime away" next. Thanks for the info, Joyce -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
