Philip Poburka on wed 1 aug 01
Dear Ian and All,
As much so as we may decline 'Tap-Water' for Glazes, or for any deliberate
or considered 'chemistry', so too, or moreso, should we presently avoid it
for ourselves.
The quality of out Tap-Water in much of America now is so poor, so sloppy of
'production' and contaminated, that it is best avoided.
Crytpyosporidium (sp?) and other of discreet animaculae mischief-makers are
turning up more and more...chemical contaminants of all kinds as well.
Many places here, in sunny 'las vegas', the water WILL make you nausious and
induce vertigo or other with but a couple swigs.
People who stop drinking it feel better in a few days...with minor
exema-like things clearing up, with less nausia and vertigo, better
mental-concentration, vision, complection, etc.
My place is on the old deep City wells that tapped the deeper Auquifers.
There were 'Artesian' springs here once...the water was sweet.
I am in the old geometric 'center' of Town...the 'eye-of-the-Hurricane', you
could say...
Then when that got 'low' they started to pump water from 'Lake-Mead' into
them...some days, that water smalls like rank 'fish-lake' brackish
stuff...smells like the slosh in a rented boat.
Run the 'tap' or turn on the Shower...and you could about gag.
Anyhow...
Philip
Las Vegas...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Macmillan"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: Dehumidifier Water in Glazes
> I do this routinely. Works well for me, and I would think it is a
> reasonably good mimic for distilled. On the other hand, maybe the
> minerals in tap water contribute in some interesting but subtle way
> to the glaze.
>
> Earl - I think you are confusing this with a humidifier.
>
> Ian
>
>
> >Okay, I know I am not supposed to drink the water from my dehumidifier.
So
> >I was thinking I might use it in my glazes instead of distilled water. I
> >found one post in the archives about dehumidifier water being used in
> >glazes. Does anyone else do this? Is there a reason not to do this?
> >
> >Sincerely,
> >Nikki Simmons
> >nsimmons@mid-mo.net
> >
>
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