Water In Steam Iron

[smurfchops]

Is boiled water OK to use in steam iron, otherwise where do I get distilled ? Tia

[maggiebee]

Good old tap water does for me. Have been ironing for 50+ years so see no need to line someone else's pockets.

[Cloverjo]

I use tap water as well. I've never thought of buying anything else. Never had a problem.

[wiltsman]

I live in an area with very hard water, so what I use is the water produced by my de-humidifier. Enough is produced to also give some to friends and family. As well as being used in my steam iron, I also use it in my floor steam cleaner. Although my floor steam cleaner is reasonably new, my electric iron costs £4.00, an own brand from Currys', over a decade ago, and is still steaming well!

[jomifl]

Distilled water is more pure than de-ionised water and is more expensive because it uses a lot of energy to make it. De-ionised water as it's name suggests has only had ionic chemicals removed and could contain large amounts of non-ionic chemicals such as sugars, hydrocarbons etc. However it is unlikely that de-ionised water would contain enough non-ionic chemicals to give any problems.

[paddywak]

Obviously at the pit we used loads of different types of batteries and I always remember talking to a rep from Oldham batteries who said that in our particular part of North Notts the water was that soft if we wanted too we could use tap water without doing significant damage to the battery.We didn't as the shaft signal batteries etc were expected to last 20 years at least,but since then I've always tap water in the iron and my car batteries and in over forty years I've never had a car battery fail or an iron go wrong due water problems

[gingejbee]

Electrochem: perhaps YOU should listen to other people as you are the
one with all the wrong information...as pointed out by jomifl above.
And, you are the one who came up with all the unnecessary (incorrect, as it happens) scientific stuff first....desperately trying to impress us all.

[Electrochem]

Case closed. Gingerbee you have the final say. Cheerio!

[janbee]

I always put a drop of perfume into the water as that makes the clothes smell nice when ironing. Just saying...

[janbee]

Girls girls... play nicely now !!

[tamborine]

I use a separate water spray instead of iron's steam. No over-flow stains :/

[jomifl]

Electrochem, not trying to add insult to injury but de-ionised water is not produced by reverse osmosis but by means of an ion exchange column. These are regenerated by flushing with acid and/or alkali. For many purposes de-ionised water is just as good as distilled water and is easy to make on site. That is why power stations use massive ion exchange columns to make de-ionised water for their boilers.

[Electrochem]

And it continues ad nauseum

[DaisyNonna]

Can't remember. My iron and I are not currently acquainted.

[Old_Geezer]

Time is in too short a supply to spend time ironing.

[Electrochem]

I do concur with you jomifl. You are correct in saying that DI water is produced by using ion columns. I used to regenerate them when I worked at Imperial College in the early seventies. I think the discussion has run its course and somewhat strayed from the original point. Best wishes.

[Wak]

Nice bit of music that! I live in a soft water area and have used tap water for years, however, I would suggest that you completely empty the iron when you have finished using it, including the Spray button if it has one.