XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 8/1/2023 3:19 pm, Bugsy wrote:   
   > My neighbor collects rain water for his car and home (iron) and he said i's   
   > the same as distilled water for those two purposes.   
   >   
   > Is it?   
      
   Yes, and no. Distilled water is purified in a *contained environment*   
   Rainwater can be *contaminated* by atmospheric dust, chemical   
   contaminants, etc. It really depends on where you live whether your   
   rainwater can be considered the same as distilled water. If you live   
   near, say, Bejing, China, your rainwater might well be toxic. After all,   
   the air in Bejing is toxic.   
      
   Oh, did I mention dust and other pollutants on the roof and in the rain   
   guttering? The rain water will gather these up in the process of washing   
   your roof and deposit them into the rainwater tank.   
      
   --   
   Xeno   
      
      
   Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.   
          (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)   
      
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