From Ruth Strackbein
My distiller is now repaired. It is definitely a kind that is acceptable for making CS. However it is quite old. I have had it for 15 years or so, and it was second-hand then. Before this repair job, the whole thing was full of gunk from distilling hard water. I did clean with vinegar, running through a half gallon or so. That would clean up the rods, but finally the spout got so clogged it could no longer be cleaned. Now it works again. I am told that I should use only softened water in it. That is my problem. I do not know how soft my water is. When the salt machine has just run, it is probably pretty soft.
