I do both Mike. dee On 10 Jan 2010, at 05:17, M. G. Devour wrote:
> Sol writes: >> ...The point of boiling before distilling is that preheating the water >> before putting it into the still shortens the distilling time somewhat. > > Also, it will drive off volatiles that might be in the water which have > boiling points below 100C. They'd boil off, condense in the distiller > and go right back into your product if you didn't vent them to the air > first. > > Another way to do the same thing is to simply discard the first part of > the batch which would contain the volatiles and use the rest. > > Thanks, sol. > -- 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: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
