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Distilled Water vs Purified Water
I bought distilled water for my record cleaning machine but when I got my RCM this morning the cleaner bottle said to mix with purified water. My scientist wife said that distilled water is cleaner and therefore better for this purpose. Are we splitting hairs?
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Google is your friend...
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-di...purified-water |
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Distilled Water vs Purified Water
The distillation process removes the dissolved solids so it will help eliminate water spots, which are caused by left over minerals (mainly calcium & magnesium, but also iron, sodium, etc).
Purified water may or may not remove the minerals, depending on the method of purification. A simple mechanical filter and a carbon filter can be considered “purification”, but it won’t remove these dissolved minerals. Reverse osmosis is another purification method and does a good job of removing these minerals. I would avoid commercially available “purified” drinking water since they usually contain added minerals for taste. Distilled is probably the easiest “purified” water to get since it’s available at grocery stores for $1 or $2 a gallon. Last edited by Cohibaman; 08-23-2018 at 12:42 PM. |
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on the 'surface' your wife is correct, though I do believe Reagent Grade Purified water is superior.
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Never heard of that Dave. I went with distilled water and it worked fine. It's interesting that they don't mention the ingredients in the cleaning solution, just not to drink it.
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The Okki Nokki. Played side 1 of Aja after a cleaning and no residue on the stylus. The wife set me up in the guest bedroom with a nice table and a cabinet for my supplies.
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Jack - she set you up in there so she can close the door and not have to listen to the Okki Nokki running. While my Clearaudio is somewhat quieter, I'm saving for an ultra-sonic machine of some sort to get the noise down to a tolerable level. Cleanliness is definitely next to godliness with LPs.
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I like reverse osmosis water.
There are different qualities of distilled water. Distilled water will have its minerals removed, but lower quality distilled water may still contain other dissolved materials that were boiled off but re-condensed upon cooling. Last edited by GaryProtein; 08-24-2018 at 12:55 AM. |
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