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Household Hints & Help

Melissa G

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6. I had that same science class memory

Reply to Curmudgeoness (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 09:21 PM

Dec 2011

There must be a way they get the chemicals out. I guess the heavier minerals stay in the boiling pot. I know we use distilled water in our fountains and steamers to keep the deposit build up out.

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A water question [View all] quakerboy Dec 2011 OP

Well, with the proper equipment, nothing to it. Denninmi Dec 2011 #1

I don't know about distilled, but I have a Berkey Ruby the Liberal Dec 2011 #2

Love my Big Berkey! Melissa G Dec 2011 #3

Well - then get yerself busy and tell OP why we are in Ruby the Liberal Dec 2011 #4

I would not put dye and crud in my Berkey 'cuz then I'd have to scrub the ceramic filter. Melissa G Dec 2011 #7

The one I have has those big black filters, and I agree Ruby the Liberal Dec 2011 #8

It sounds like a neat filter quakerboy Dec 2011 #9

Ah. Misunderstood. Ruby the Liberal Dec 2011 #10

Thanks quakerboy Dec 2011 #11

My understanding of distilled water Curmudgeoness Dec 2011 #5

I had that same science class memory Melissa G Dec 2011 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Dec 2011 #12

Here you go: How to Distill Water Using a Paint Can & Copper Tubing. Arkansas Granny Jan 2012 #13