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      08-22-2011, 04:18 PM   #1
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Destilled or demineralized water?

I hope to get Procede Rev3 and the Vishnu PWM meth kit next week. Today I bought some methanol and now I ask myself if I should buy demineralized or distilled water. Which water do you guys prefer?
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I think it's the same thing. Distilled water has no minerals, and one method to de-mineralize water is via distillation.
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Distilled has been ..... distilled - boiled and free from impurities. not sure about demineralized though.

I go with distilled for meth and for radiator flush.
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I use distilled water and I buy it in 2 gallon jugs at the local supermarket can't go wrong!
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some distilled water, they add minerals but it states it on the label.
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theres also deionized water
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I have been using the garden hose for over 5 years...
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I have been using the garden hose for over 5 years...
to do exactly what? water your petunias?
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I hope to get Procede Rev3 and the Vishnu PWM meth kit next week. Today I bought some methanol and now I ask myself if I should buy demineralized or distilled water. Which water do you guys prefer?
I prefer Branch Water
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to do exactly what? water your petunias?
To add to my mixture, sometimes the water doesn't show up though, so I go to the kitchen and use the sink.
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To add to my mixture, sometimes the water doesn't show up though, so I go to the kitchen and use the sink.
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I have been using the garden hose for over 5 years...
I've resorted to the Brita filter.
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I've resorted to the Brita filter.
Do you fit it in the top of the rdiator? COOL
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The only pure water with no minerals is reverse osmosis. Use it for my salt water tank and no rinse car wash.
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The only pure water with no minerals is reverse osmosis. Use it for my salt water tank and no rinse car wash.
Not true. I work in the pharmaceutical industry and the purest water you can get, as evidenced by analysis, is through proper distillation, which is more than just boiled water and condensed steam.
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I use water from the tap.
Sweden has one of the absolute best and healthiest tap water in the world and I really think my car likes it to...

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Battery water here which is distilled.
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Healthy water means that it has the right amount of minerals for the human body. I don't think your engine needs minerals.
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