Distilled Water

[bednobs]

what can i use it for safely? i presume you aren't supposed to drink it or cook with it. Can you water plants with it?

[Hopkirk]

Use it in your steam iron to avoid it furring up.

If you have a lot left use it to dilute concentrated screen wash for the car. It reduces the risk of the nozzles blocking.

[bednobs]

thanks, i seem to get loads in my tumble dryer and i hate just putting it down the sink. Far too much to use in my iron (as i usually iron about once a year)

[Chipchopper]

Just to add....Its no good for plants

[TheChair]

You can drink it or cook with it if you wish. It's just water without any impurities.

[Hopkirk]

Flush the toilet with it.

[gingejbee]

....just a thought - you may find that the condensate from a tumble-dryer isn't as "pure" as you might imagine. It may well contain lots of very small fibres....

[alavahalf]

You dont get distilled water from your tumble drier ?

Think about it ..
Where did the water originate from .. out of the mains supply. Are you imagining that mains water hasn't been in contact with metal, plastic, etc
You personally have contaminated it with detergent and softner etc. The one thing you are right about is .. no you dont drink it and no you dont water your plants with it.

[gingejbee]

alavahalf....think about it, yourself! The condensate from a tumble dryer is water vapour (ie without any dissolved impurities) that has condensed...so, it closely resembles distilled water . However, as I said in my reply, some physical material (clothes fibres) may also have been transferred in the water vapour before it condensed.

[bednobs]

as far as i'm aware the tumble dryer distills the water, it doesn't just take it from the clothes and put it in the reservoir by magic - or does it with hotpoints?