How to Make Distilled Water for Free—and All the Ways to Use It at Home

Learn how to distill water for plants, humidifiers, medical requirements, cosmetics, drinking, and other needs.

By Deirdre Mundorf | Published Apr 5, 2022 3:53 PM

"Tools & materials:
5-gallon stainless steel pot with a lid
Round baking rack
Tap water
Glass bowl
Ice
Oven mitts

STEP 1: Put the baking rack in the pot and add water.

Place the baking rack into the bottom of your 5-gallon stainless-steel pot. Next, add about two and a half gallons of tap water to the pot (or fill it about halfway if you’re using a smaller pot).

TEP 2: Put the glass bowl on top of the water in the pot.

Place the glass bowl into the pot. It should float on the surface of the water. The baking rack will help prevent the bowl from coming into contact with the base of the pot. Make sure that there is sufficient space for air to circulate around the sides and the top of the bowl.
STEP 3: Place the inverted lid on top of the pot and fill it with ice.

Invert the lid (assuming the lid is concave if looking at it from the bottom) and place it on the pot. Fill up the lid with ice cubes. The ice cubes are helpful when making distilled water, as they will cause the water vapor to condense on the underside of the lid more quickly. Then, the distilled water droplets will fall into the glass bowl inside the pot.

STEP 2: Put the glass bowl on top of the water in the pot.

Place the glass bowl into the pot. It should float on the surface of the water. The baking rack will help prevent the bowl from coming into contact with the base of the pot. Make sure that there is sufficient space for air to circulate around the sides and the top of the bowl.

STEP 3: Place the inverted lid on top of the pot and fill it with ice.

Invert the lid (assuming the lid is concave if looking at it from the bottom) and place it on the pot. Fill up the lid with ice cubes. The ice cubes are helpful when making distilled water, as they will cause the water vapor to condense on the underside of the lid more quickly. Then, the distilled water droplets will fall into the glass bowl inside the pot.

STEP 4: Boil the water and monitor the ice left in the lid.

Set the burner between medium and medium-high heat. Ideally, you want it hot enough that the water in the pot simmers, but does not boil. Check back on your pot periodically. If the ice in the lid has melted, dump it out in the sink and replace it with fresh ice (use oven mitts; the lid will be hot). It will likely take about 45 minutes or so to turn the tap water in the pot into distilled water.

STEP 5: Allow the distilled water to cool before storing it.

After all of the tap water in the pot has evaporated, condensed, and dropped into the bowl as distilled water, the process is complete. Before placing the distilled water into bottles or putting it to immediate use, allow it to cool completely.:"

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https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-make-distilled-water/

Random #Survival Tip. I've successfully made hydrosols this way.

"Steam Distillation of Essential Oils on the Stove

While there are plenty of places online to find complicated instructions for creating a homemade essential oil still using a pressure canner and copper tubing, you can accomplish basic steam distillation with just a steamer basket, mason jar and a pot with a glass or metal lid.

Add about an inch of water to the bottom of a deep pot and place a steamer basket over the water. Place a mason jar inside the pot on top of the steamer basket. A wide mouth pint tends to work well. Chop your herb material and place it on top of the steamer basket, all around the mason jar. Put a lid on the pot upside down. Inside the top of the lid, add some ice or cold water if available (optional).

Turn on the pot and simmer the water. The steam will come up through the herb material and collect inside the lid. It’ll then re-condense on the lid and flow down to the middle of the inverted pot lid, where it will drip down into the mason jar.

Cook at a low simmer until almost all the water has boiled off and re-condensed into the mason jar. Place the mason jar into the refrigerator overnight. When the water is cold, you’ll notice a small layer of oil on top of the water. This is your steam distilled essential oil.

Carefully scoop the essential oil off the water into a tall and narrow container. Place it back into the refrigerator to re-settle. The oil will again come to the top, and a small amount of water will settle below. Use an eye dropper to carefully extract the oil off the remaining water.

Leave a little bit of the oil on top of the water, and this remaining oil/water is now a hydrosol, or mix of water and essential oil. Hydrosols can be used diluted further and used as cleansers or perfumes, or preserved by adding a small amount of alcohol.

The oil you extracted off your hydrosol is your finished essential oil. Leave the container open on the counter for 24 hours to allow it to off gas a bit, which will remove any harsh off smell that developed in the extraction process. Afterwards, cap tightly and use as you would any essential oil, depending on what plant type it is."

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https://www.offthegridnews.com/alternative-health/the-smart-easy-way-to-make-your-own-essential-oils/

A #boardGame called #Distilled arrived in March. It's kind of a bag-builder but with cards, where you're trying to distill whiskey, soju, and other alcoholic spirits. It has the standard Euro stuff of adding improvements to your personal distillery. (1/3)

Thought I’d test the waters on the #spirits and #cocktails community here:

After spending the majority of my working career in the #beer sales/service/hospitality industry, I’ve recently started #bartending at a retro bar arcade with a pretty legit craft cocktail program.

I tend to dive pretty hard into things, and this return behind the bar has really got my interest peaked again in all things #distilled.

Anybody some recommendations on great books, documentaries or websites to check out?

Fekk heim eit nytt spel i dag: #Distilled, eit strategispel om brennevin.

Spelet har 758 komponentar, så eg måtte sjå ein Youtube-video for å finne ut korleis eg skulle pakke eska etter å ha tatt alt ut av plasten. Då MÅ det jo vere eit bra spel! 😁

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/295895/distilled

Lagt til brettspelsamlinga mi på BGG (lenke i bio).
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