[alt-photo] Re: Distilled Water

[Peter Blackburn]

 Bruce: I concur with Mary's response. I use distilled water for preparing dichromate solutions. Water labeled "distilled" can be purchased from most grocery stores and pharmacies.

Peter J. Blackburn

 > Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:24:00 -0700
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> Subject: [alt-photo] Re: Distilled Water
> 
> Hi Bruce,
> 
> If the water says it's distilled, it's probably OK.
> I buy the grocery store distilled water (not the so-called spring water, 
> or drinking water) and have never had any problems. Sometimes it's a 
> little hard to find but most stores carry it.
> In the olden days we used to buy it for using in the steam iron to keep 
> mineral deposits from forming inside. Does anybody iron anymore? 
> clothes, I mean, not prints :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Mary
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/25/12 11:16 AM, Bruce wrote:
> > Hi Don and Danny
> > My concern was that they may have added minerals to the the water such as sodium, but this may not be true. If it works for pt/pd it should work for my Van Dyke.
> > Thanks
> > Bruce McC
> > On 2012-01-25, at 10:05 AM, Denny wrote:
> >
> >
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