okey, dokey... I'll throw in a monkey wrench (or not since this is totally unfamiliar territory for me)... >wink<
Several weeks ago I was researching water filters/processes to remove fluoride from tap water. Somewhere in all this research (don't ask for links, please, as it was a hit/miss search and I didn't save any of it) I read that boiling tap water increases the amount of fluoride in it!! I have no idea what, if any, affect this would have in distilling the water - just throwin y'all a curve. (maybe?) Anyway, from that search I decided what I needed was a reverse osmosis filter system. I'm looking for a very cheap way to rid my water of fluoride... but have decided to keep my pots and pans for cookin... LOL Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: M. G. Devour To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 3:06 PM Subject: CS>Distilling technique... Those of you who've been making your own distilled water for a while can probably answer this... Now that I've been able to make a few gallons of my own "distilled" water, I'm less than thrilled with the taste of it. If I didn't know any better I'd say it tastes a bit like plastic, though my senses of taste and smell are marginal at the moment. In any case, it definitely has a stale or chemical kind of taste to it. The distillate path consists entirely of the glass lid and glass jar. Could the glass be leaching something? I let the water come to a rolling boil before putting the lid on, so I'd assume any volatiles are boiling off. Is that adequate? Or, are there things in the tap water that are close enough to the boiling point of water that they're getting carried through the distillation process? I suppose I should filter the tap water before distilling, right? That and maybe collecting rainwater? <grin> Any advice? Thanks! Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [mdev...@eskimo.com ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
