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Rainwater or distilled water
"babeedoll" wrote in message
om... Can rainwater be substituted for distilled water in soap recipes? If so, should it be prepared in any certain way? Thx. Aloha, Maybe it could once, but nowadays with all the industrial pollution, I don't know. Probably depends on where in the country you are, assuming you're in the USA. Maybe ask your local agricultural extension office, if you have one? Check in the phone book. If not, do you have a local college or university with a Human Ecology (used to be Home Economics) department? This is up their alley, too. Or, do you have a local library with an information desk? They're supposed to be experts at tracking down answers. I think some of the major libraries like the Library of Congress and the New York Public Library might be online now and may be set up for you to send questions to their information desks. .. . . Oh, here, I did a Google search (at http://www,google.com ) for [rainwater "distilled water"] and found http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/purewatr.htm Using pure water in the aquarium, RO, distilled, deionised, rainwater - - - - begin quote - - - - ... Rainwater is in theory pure, because it is water which has evaporated and then condensed, similar to distillation, but on a planetary scale! However, a lot of rainwater is likely to be contaminated from the pollution in our atmosphere. If you live in a largely unpolluted part of the world, and decide to use rainwater, there are a few things which should help to ensure it is as pure as possible: Do not collect water after a long dry spell, there is likely to be a higher-than-normal amount of contaminents from the atmosphere. Collect after an initial rainfall has 'cleaned' the air to some extent. Collect the water from a clean roof or other source, and store in clean well-aerated containers. Filter the rainwater through carbon as an extra precaution - carbon will remove a wide range of toxins and impurities. Apart from the concerns regarding purity, remember that rainwater may be a rather inconsistent source of water at times, so for many people, rainwater is not likely to be a practical source of purer water. Note that spring water, - - - - end quote - - - - (I'd recommend reading the whole page, it looks like some of the other comments might be important to you.) Also look at http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/acidrain.html Acid Rain which includes a rough do-it-yourself test for acidity of rainwater, which is a very rough indication of the pollutants in the rainwater. (Note that it uses red cabbage juice as a home-made acidity indicator instead of litmus paper. Litmus paper is based on a similar coloring agent that used to be, and maybe still is, extracted from a simple plant, I forget whether it was an algae, fungus, or lichen. Lichen, I think.) Also http://ag.arizona.edu/OALS/oals/dru/...arvesting.html OALS: Desert Research Unit: Casa del Agua: Rainwater Harvesting Notice the water is filtered for use in irrigation, NOT for drinking or washing yourself in. And http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/o...719003772.html Can I use rainwater, snow, aquarium water, or dehumidifier water on my orchids? - Orchids Good luck, -- "Mad" (not angry, just strange) Lansing, Michigan, USA |
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We sell oak Kentucky whiskey barrels for use as rain barrels. Rain water IS
distilled water but it will need to be filtered for some uses. most of the solids will settle to the bottom of whatever container you use to catch the water. -- Kentucky Rustic Furniture http://www.moffetts.biz "babeedoll" wrote in message om... Can rainwater be substituted for distilled water in soap recipes? If so, should it be prepared in any certain way? Thx. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 |
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