My quest for a reliable source of water for small steam engines continues. Since it turned out the very convienent Spotless Water is deionised, and therefore bad for my fittings, I have gone back to the water from our condenser tumble drier.
The only problem with this is that it's got fluff in it. Last time I tried it, I filtered it through a piece of silk, but sometimes I could see fluff in the filtered water, and it needed to go back through again.
So, I went to the supermarket and picked up some coffee filters. Like an idiot, I had to ask where they would be, and was told, in the aisle with the coffee.
Things didn't improve. I saw a number 4 on the box, and took it to be the contents. It is, but it's the size. There are actually 40 filters in the box. And I bought two.
Still, it does seem to work. I can't see any fluff getting through, so perhaps I have the solution. Let's hope so, I have plenty of filters!
2 comments:
Maybe a stupid suggestion you have considered, but how about one of those water filtering gizmos used by walkers and backpackers? Sawyer Squeeze and Lifestraw come to mind. They are about 40 UKP but no mess and extract everything down to bacteria size from the water. Just a thought.
I'd not thought of that. Time to investigate! Thanks.
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