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[ValeTudoGuy]

I made some vodka like that once.

Next step is a pressure cooker, copper pipe and a drill!

[big bopper]

Because we just can't find distilled anywhere. I went to five pharmacies looking for it, one said they had to order it.

I got mine from here, cheap enough, but shipping is ?5.95 (next day with UPS). Making my own was becoming a pain and heartfelt beads call for distilled water only, de-ionised isn't the same.

http://www.medisupplies.co.uk/7467_-Medical-Consumables/Sterile-Water.html

[PeeJay]

Raises the question of why its not readily available.

[L-Ski]

I get my distilled water off ebay from a company called APC Pure. I use beads as well and have also read not to use plain de-ionised water. It's ?6.45 for a litre delivered but they do bigger sizes and the more you but the cheaper it gets, 5 litres is ?14.95 delivered and 25 litres for 24.90 delivered - obviously thats probably going to be a bit excessive.

[PeeJay]

It never occurred to me to look on the Bay

[tommy]

I made some vodka like that once.

Next step is a pressure cooker, copper pipe and a drill!

Which is exactly what I have now. I have an oil drum in the garden set aside for a custom still next so that I can do 25l at a time.

[rascal]

Distilled water is more expensive in the UK due to the energy needed to heat the water. It is not used like in other countries instead ask you pharmacist for purified water about 5 quid for 5 litres. I stopped using deionized water water due to the fact it has no minerals but no one says its bacteria free as it's for irons or car battery's why risk it. Purified water has the a lower shit rate ( you know what I mean) than distilled.


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[butternutsquashpie]

Distilled seems bloody expensive there.
We have em for $0.9 for 4l here. Probably because of the petrochemical industry.

Your prices are just overly ludicrous. Rascal seems to have a good idea there. Didn't know that purified water works like that.

HOWEVER. Keep in mind you don't need distilled or de ionised water to refill Boveda. When water evaporates, only water evaporates, little to no ions evaporates.

I just use tap water and my bovedas have been going strong. Obviously, don't pour the darn water over it.

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[PeeJay]

Why's that Jeremy?

[ValeTudoGuy]

Distilled water is more expensive in the UK due to the energy needed to heat the water. It is not used like in other countries instead ask you pharmacist for purified water about 5 quid for 5 litres. I stopped using deionized water water due to the fact it has no minerals but no one says its bacteria free as it's for irons or car battery's why risk it. Purified water has the a lower shit rate ( you know what I mean) than distilled.


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Purified is just a generic term... It could mean Distilled, Deionized, Reverse Osmosis, Carbon Filtered, Electrodialysis and a number of other "Purification" techniques.

Distilled and Reverse Osmosis is about as "Clean" as it gets... but realistically, Deionized is going to be pretty clean.

[rascal]

Purified is just a generic term... It could mean Distilled, Deionized, Reverse Osmosis, Carbon Filtered, Electrodialysis and a number of other "Purification" techniques.

Distilled and Reverse Osmosis is about as "Clean" as it gets... but realistically, Deionized is going to be pretty clean.

The one I buy has most of the above done to it. Says on the label what's been done


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[ValeTudoGuy]

Distilled seems bloody expensive there.
We have em for $0.9 for 4l here. Probably because of the petrochemical industry.

Your prices are just overly ludicrous. Rascal seems to have a good idea there. Didn't know that purified water works like that.

HOWEVER. Keep in mind you don't need distilled or de ionised water to refill Boveda. When water evaporates, only water evaporates, little to no ions evaporates.

I just use tap water and my bovedas have been going strong. Obviously, don't pour the darn water over it.

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From a technical standpoint, that's massively incorrect.... If the "Impurities" have a boiling point of equal to or less that water whats going to happen?

From a layman's perspective, I agree that its probably going to make less of a difference than Canada in WW2.

[ValeTudoGuy]

The one I buy has most of the above done to it. Says on the label what's been done


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Ok fair point, just pointing out that "Purified" is slightly sweeping.

[L-Ski]

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This is the 'spec' of the one I get, I have no idea what it means but it sounded good to me!

Prefiltered through carbon filters, then Glass Distilled and finally polished through a de-ionisation system

Both the Conductivity, pH and TDS levels are monitored at all stages of production and recorded for each batch.

Certificate of Analysis available for all batches shipped.