Now my pappy always said when it's distilled right, it's = "Moonshine"= when
you distille it the wrong way it's =="White Lighting"==, and my pappy
should know, he had stills all over the place fer years, don't have to put
none on yer neighbors car either, just poor a little on the kitchen table,
throw a match to it, if the color is blue, it's " Shine", if the color is
purple, It's "Lighting", always light it before swallowing, saves yer bottom
in the a.m. on the stool. "FT"
----- Original Message -----
From: David Massey <105671.471@compuserve.com>
To: Philip Haldeman <haldeman@accessone.com>
Cc: [unknown] <triumphs@autox.team.net>; [unknown] <pboldtrix@juno.com>;
[unknown] <technical@iwnet.screaming.net>; [unknown] <peb3@cornell.edu>;
Charles Stores <charles@kempf.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: Distilled Water is BAD??
>
> Message text written by "Philip Haldeman"
> >(2) ". . .ordinary tap water can cause the carefully balanced chemistry
in
> an antifreeze/coolant to become unstable. Tap water [and also bottled
> drinking water, incidentally--P.H.] contains sulfate, chloride, calcium
and
> magnesium that can be harmful to your cooling system. . . . But PRESTONE
> Scientifically Purified Water uses a special multi-step purifying process
> to
> remove these harmful impurities. NOT EVEN THE PROCESS OF DISTILLATION can
> get to the level of purity that PRESTONE Scientifically Purified Water
> offers!"
>
> Okay, now. Who's ignorant? Mercedes-Benz or Prestone? How can there be
> two such completely opposed views in the year 2000 on such a basic
> automotive subject?
> <
>
> Phil,
>
> What I read was carefully scripted salesmanship on the part of prestone.
I
> think that their use of the word "purified" is different than ours.
> Distillation will remove minerals (and other impurities that vaporize at a
> temperature higher than that of water). But I think that their water does
> not remove all impurities but only those that have a tendency to
> precipitate out in a cooling system. But they couch it in terms that are
> at best vague and at worst misleading. Just look at the antifreeze
> commercials. Notice that they say: " NOT EVEN THE PROCESS OF
DISTILLATION
> can
> get to the level of purity that PRESTONE Scientifically Purified Water
> offers!"
>
> Notice that they don't say that distilled water is less pure than theirs
> but they do say that the purity level is different!
>
> Does the bottle say that it is potable?
>
> I think that this is yet another snake oil.
>
> Dave
>
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