Distilled water shortage...

[SMLEshooter]

Had to replace a water pump on one of my vehicles today.

Bought a couple gallons of concentrated coolant at walmart, planning to mix it myself (no premixed on the shelf anyway...). Went over to the water aisle. No distilled water...

Thought oh well, stopped by the dollar general on the way home. Again, no distilled water. Drove past my home to the DG just north of us. No distilled water.

Wound up driving back to town to the auto store to buy premixed (they didn't have a lot on the shelf...) Total waste of time driving.

Got the car running again and just sat down and typed in distilled water shortage into google. Good grief there are pages of the topic. What's going on?

 

[H2O MAN]

Deionized water is a good substitute... I started using it in my CPAP several months ago when distilled disappeared. Publix sells it.

 

[Gingerbeard Man]

Just picked up 2.5 gallons.
For sale or trade
Don’t low ball me. I know what I got.
If I don’t get the right offer, I’ll just put it back in the pantry

 

[Miatadude]

Tree fiddy

 

[KB1176]

Just picked up 2.5 gallons.
For sale or trade
Don’t low ball me. I know what I got.
If I don’t get the right offer, I’ll just put it back in the pantry
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I can trade a recalled Phillips CPAP. Been collecting dust for almost 2 years. Now that’s a **** show of a company!

 

[Granite3]

Went skiing in Maggie Valley this week. No bottled water anywhere.

Was told with so many burst pipes that residents bought everything there was to buy.

 

[renagadeinjun]

Just picked up 2.5 gallons.
For sale or trade
Don’t low ball me. I know what I got.
If I don’t get the right offer, I’ll just put it back in the pantry
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There is a lot of Oxygen concentrators out here that need distilled water

 

[Gingerbeard Man]

Tree fiddy

 

[coolformula]

Saw plenty at the store here last time I went

 

[streetroc]

Now I use distilled water for mixing antifreeze but I also spent 20 years filling up radiators from a garden hose. Never had any problems either way.