Distilled water costs a lot less than grain alcohol and leaves no water spots. It is also not flammable and you don't need to worry about the Home Teachers seeing it. ;) I wash and do a first rinse with tap water. The final rinse is with distilled water. C. --- Joe Bauman <bau@desnews.com> wrote:
Everclear is as pure as alcohol as it is possible to distill. For non-drinkers, that 200 proof means it is 100 percent alcohol. I think it evaporates without leaving a trace, but of course it's highly explosive. I have used it to clean antique daguerreotype plates. That is, once I have gently rinsed off the dust with water, then distilled water, I flow Everclear over it so that it evaporates without leaving water spots on the beautiful, highly polished silvered plates. -- Joe
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