Where do you get your Distilled Water?

Hey Bob, Is that distilled unicorn meat?? Lmao

I get my distilled water at the grocery. For the few gallons I use per year, I don't sweat the $1.19 price here in NY.
 
Swift said:
I swear to god I'm never going to go out and buy Distilled water. Why? I got the water checked it had Total Dissolvable Solids of about 60. Technically distilled water should have TDS below 10. Medical saline water is free from all impurities. What people buy from stores, could be pretty much purified water using Reverse Osmosis.

Use water from RO system, its good enough.


PS: I'm not from US, so I'm not sure quality of stuff sold there. But, here they call it distilled water, but its just water from RO system.
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What's with mentioning medical saline water? It's a saline solution with dissolved sodium, which is an ion, which is basically opposite of what de-ionized water is meant to be.
 
AuroraDetailing said:
What's with mentioning medical saline water? It's a saline solution with dissolved sodium, which is an ion, which is basically opposite of what de-ionized water is meant to be.
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But this thread is about distilled water, not de-ionized water.
 
Looks like Otis has been spiking the water crock again.
 
Jomax said:
I buy sparklets by the case from my local ford dealer. I pay a bit more then walmarts. But I don't have to deal with WALMART lol
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I don't like shopping at Wal-Mart

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Walmart. A neighbor loves the place and he brings me back whatever I put on a list. I almost always have four 2.5 gallon dispensers on hand.
 
I have a reverse osmosis system for my fish tank. Produces 0 total disoloved solids
 
poyo150 said:
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I don't like shopping at Wal-Mart

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I've renamed Walmart to The Hundred Dollar Store. Can't walk out the door without spending $100 or more.
 
Pats300zx said:
It's like .88 cents at my local Walmart. I usually pick up a gallon when I am out grocery shopping. Lately I have been emptying my dehumidifier into gallon jugs and saving it for mixing chems.
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I use the dehumidifier as well. Mine measures 0 TDS, and it's free. The water that your home heat pump is pouring out is likely just as clean too.

Swift said:
I swear to god I'm never going to go out and buy Distilled water. Why? I got the water checked it had Total Dissolvable Solids of about 60. Technically distilled water should have TDS below 10. Medical saline water is free from all impurities. What people buy from stores, could be pretty much purified water using Reverse Osmosis.

Use water from RO system, its good enough.


PS: I'm not from US, so I'm not sure quality of stuff sold there. But, here they call it distilled water, but its just water from RO system.
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Medical saline is free from all impurities except......salt. It's 0.9% sodium chloride w/v. Pretty good chance that will leave spots.
 
The dehumidifier in my basement holds 2 gallons. It's as good as any distilled or processed water you can buy. I use it to mix all my chemicals and to make rinse less and waterless wash solutions.
 
Eldorado2k said:
But this thread is about distilled water, not de-ionized water.
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Distilled water and DI water are essentially the same when in reference to detailing. They will serve the same exact purpose. Distilled water bought from a grocery store is free from ions to the point it will not conduct an electrical current. I have personally tested this myself in a lab environment. DI water is just produced in a different manner, and is not necessarily more or less pure than distilled. Just depends on how much it's been filtered. So for all intents and purposes, the resulting water is the same for use in cleaning solutions.
 
ekennett:

Really? No problems?

I've always considered that since i pull off about 1-2 gallons a day in my basement. But, there is a small layer of caked on sediment in my collection bin. It's very minimal, but it's there and it makes me think that there are some solid elements that collect from the hardware within the dehumidifier.

Maybe I could run a hose into a carboy or something like that.
 
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I grab the dog's water bucket and pour it through an old sock. Easy peasy!
 
kevincwelch said:
ekennett:

Really? No problems?

I've always considered that since i pull off about 1-2 gallons a day in my basement. But, there is a small layer of caked on sediment in my collection bin. It's very minimal, but it's there and it makes me think that there are some solid elements that collect from the hardware within the dehumidifier.

Maybe I could run a hose into a carboy or something like that.
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Yeah, I've never had any issues. My wife just bought "purified" water for our newborn daughter. I can't get over paying money for water :-p (at least outside of what we pay to have it piped directly into our homes)
 
ekennett said:
Yeah, I've never had any issues. My wife just bought "purified" water for our newborn daughter. I can't get over paying money for water :-p (at least outside of what we pay to have it piped directly into our homes)
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I'm with you. When I was a kid, we got water from the tap or hose. Guess no big corporation made money with that.

And congrats on the new daughter!!! :D
 
poyo150 said:
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I don't like shopping at Wal-Mart

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I avoid it like the plague!! Just get it at Dollar General, grocery store, even at the drug store..... most I ever paid was $1.10 gal and don't use that much of it...... not worth dealing with Wally World to save .02 gal.
 
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