Distilled water

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gumbo69

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Hi,
When you say distilled water, do you mean just plain filtered water or something like mineral water.
Thanks in advance!
 
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Ghaffasa

New member
Distilled water? Is that some new trend, cause i\'ve never heard of anyone using it before.. Is distilled water better for painting than normal water?? ??????
 
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Ritual

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@ghaffasa
Distilled water is better if your tap water is of low quality! Swedish tap water is of great quality though, so you shouldn\'t have to bother about it.
 
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Modderrhu

New member
Ritual is correct, poor quality water is the sole reason for using distilled water. But, what makes poor quality water for human consumption does not necessarily make it poor for painting with. The primary concern with painting water is water hardness - the quantity of dissolved calcium, magnesium and carbonates. These form the scale that appears on the insides of kettles. Distilled water has most of these buffers removed. So even if the water in your area is quite potable, it might not be suitable for painting.

Mineral water, due to dissolved content, is likely to be very poor for painting. Filtered water should be quite acceptable, because the resin filters purposefully remove the chemicals that harden the water. Distilled water can still contain traces of chemicals with a low boiling point, like alcohol, but they are unlikely to affect painting.

A litre of distilled water is dirt cheap at any pharmacy, and will last a long time.
 
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Talion

New member
Special water??????

Now that\'s taking mini painting too far.

Next you\'ll be tucking your brushes under a blanket for the night so they dont get cold.


oh.........you do
 
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Ritual

New member
As I mentioned above... you only need the special water if your regular water is causing you problems. If it\'s not broken, don\'t fix it!
 
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Ogrebane

Active member
Dishwashing liquid cures all ills, and it tastes nice as well. I use bottled water at work tho (Our water is shite) its free so no big deal but I only use it to mix with paints not for cleaning and I still use dishwashing liquid in it.
 
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JaPizzy

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Does the dishwashing liquit not make the paint rub off easily? I tried it and found that although the paint went on really well, it also came off easily. I assumed it did something to the paint film. I only used one drop in 250ml paint.
 
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CROWMAG

New member
SO here\'s a stange question-- I work in a hospital and nik a few vials of \"sterile water for injection\" i thentransfer a few drops from a syringe...
is sterile water for injection into humans better or the same as distilled water?
seems to work fine
@ogrebane- nice to see I\'m not the only one able to paint at work--
hijack- anyone else paint while at work
 
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supervike

Super Moderator
I\'ve used distilled water just because its easy to use whilst I am painting....I bought a .99 cent gallon of it, and use it for a brush rinse and also as a water to thin and mix...(I put just a smidge of Winsor and Newton\'s Flo Improver in a bottle of water)
 
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Ogrebane

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@JP it shouldnt effect the paint. But how good the paint sits on a model is more a matter of the undercoat. Also paint takes at least 24hrs to dry properly. Of course if you have a good sealer all this should be moot.
 
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hakoMike

Active member
(Not too threadomantic I hope.)

I just bought a bottle of distilled water and was amazed at the change in smoothness it gave me over just tap water.

A few months ago I swapped our kitchen faucet with an add-on filter to a nicer looking faucet that wouldn\'t support the filter. I had been using filtered water to thin paints, and just switched to unfiltered without thinking much about it. Clearly the tap water here isn\'t too great. As soon as I tried the distilled water everything just felt right again. Maybe I can arrest this downward spiral my painting quality has been in! :D
 
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