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dz130 · 05-02-2011, 12:16 PM

Apparently, I don't have access to distilled water here in Saudi. My Chief suggested that I use the medical sterile water. He's pretty sure that it's distilled to make it sterile for medical use.

Anyone have any experience with this?

Briandg · 05-02-2011, 12:36 PM

distilled is sometimes labeled "deionized." Sterile water I suspect is just chemically treated.

find a pharmacy. when activating some liquid medicines, you are required to use sterile distilled water. almost any pharmacy should have it.

dz130 · 05-02-2011, 12:42 PM

Ah yes. A pharmacy. I had forgotten about that. Well, I guess that will have to wait a few more days until things cool off a bit here.

Thanks, Brian. Fortunately, I only have some sheets of Spanish cedar in a small Glad storage box that holds almost 20 robustos. At least I wouldn't be messing up a whole humidor.

grtrx · 05-02-2011, 07:06 PM

sterile water should be ok

the sterile distilled water we use to dilute drugs is sterile water for injection. for stuff like amoxicillin oral suspension we use good old distilled water.

BigJohn · 05-02-2011, 09:14 PM

And there is always "bring it to a boil" if you think it's chemically sterilized... but I doubt that. If it's labeled Sterile, it should be just damn fine, as our great RX has already indicated!

dz130 · 05-03-2011, 12:01 AM

Cool. Thanks.

05-03-2011, 07:11 PM

cigars give off ammonia gas as they age... so between cedar, tobacco aromas and ammonia I'm sure they can develop a "smell". Take some of the smelly beads, swirl them around in 90% pure rubbing alcohol and see if that fixes the problem after the alcohol evaporates.... Otherwise, replace them if the smell is "not cigar friendly"...

Kilobyte · 07-09-2011, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grtrx

sterile water should be ok

the sterile distilled water we use to dilute drugs is sterile water for injection. for stuff like amoxicillin oral suspension we use good old distilled water.

Spoken like a true Apothecary... Puff.

lfg2nrg · 07-21-2011, 02:47 AM

If you have a battery shop on base (vehicles, generators, aircraft) they might have distilled water.

jendan2925 · 06-16-2011, 04:31 PM

Look into STERILE WATER FOR IRRIGATION.

Sterile Water for Irrigation USP is a sterile, hypotonic, nonpyrogenic irrigating fluid or pharmaceutic aid (solvent) entirely composed of Sterile Water for Injection USP. It is prepared by distillation and contains no antimicrobial or bacteriostatic agents or added buffers. The pH is 5.7 (5.0–7.0)
Think that would do the trick?

Joe Gonzalez

05-02-2011, 12:16 PM	#1
dz130 Herf Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Out of KSA FINALLY! Posts: 7,838	Sterile Water Apparently, I don't have access to distilled water here in Saudi. My Chief suggested that I use the medical sterile water. He's pretty sure that it's distilled to make it sterile for medical use. Anyone have any experience with this? __________________ Doug Finally out of the sandbox. If I say Corona, I ain't talking beer. RIP Ed Toner

05-02-2011, 12:42 PM	#3
dz130 Herf Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Out of KSA FINALLY! Posts: 7,838	Ah yes. A pharmacy. I had forgotten about that. Well, I guess that will have to wait a few more days until things cool off a bit here. Thanks, Brian. Fortunately, I only have some sheets of Spanish cedar in a small Glad storage box that holds almost 20 robustos. At least I wouldn't be messing up a whole humidor. __________________ Doug Finally out of the sandbox. If I say Corona, I ain't talking beer. RIP Ed Toner

05-02-2011, 07:06 PM	#4
grtrx Contributing Editor Herf God Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Naperville IL Posts: 44,579	sterile water should be ok the sterile distilled water we use to dilute drugs is sterile water for injection. for stuff like amoxicillin oral suspension we use good old distilled water. __________________ "Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Sir Winston Churchill "A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption." - Guy de Maupassant

05-02-2011, 09:14 PM	#5
BigJohn Chief Geek, @cigarweekly Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Atlanta (north burbs - Woodsto Posts: 14,174	And there is always "bring it to a boil" if you think it's chemically sterilized... but I doubt that. If it's labeled Sterile, it should be just damn fine, as our great RX has already indicated! __________________ Government breaks our legs, then hands us a pair of crutches and says, "You see? If it wasn't for us you wouldn't be able to walk.".... Aren't we so lucky!? Need a website? Get one from a BOTL - > PM me! *"I swear by my life, and my love of it, that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine."* Help support the CigarWeekly webhost (me!) > Shop online? Start HERE: direct to Amazon.com Protect your computer from VIRUSES > Get Avast!

05-03-2011, 12:01 AM	#6
dz130 Herf Meister Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Out of KSA FINALLY! Posts: 7,838	Cool. Thanks. __________________ Doug Finally out of the sandbox. If I say Corona, I ain't talking beer. RIP Ed Toner

05-02-2011, 12:36 PM	#2
Briandg CW Squirrel Wrangler Herf God Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: southwest Missouri Posts: 35,518	distilled is sometimes labeled "deionized." Sterile water I suspect is just chemically treated. find a pharmacy. when activating some liquid medicines, you are required to use sterile distilled water. almost any pharmacy should have it.

05-03-2011, 07:11 PM	#7
alicewei Guest Posts: n/a	cigars give off ammonia gas as they age... so between cedar, tobacco aromas and ammonia I'm sure they can develop a "smell". Take some of the smelly beads, swirl them around in 90% pure rubbing alcohol and see if that fixes the problem after the alcohol evaporates.... Otherwise, replace them if the smell is "not cigar friendly"...

07-21-2011, 02:47 AM	#9
lfg2nrg Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Northern Va Posts: 580	If you have a battery shop on base (vehicles, generators, aircraft) they might have distilled water.

06-16-2011, 04:31 PM	#10
jendan2925 Starting Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1	Look into STERILE WATER FOR IRRIGATION. Sterile Water for Irrigation USP is a sterile, hypotonic, nonpyrogenic irrigating fluid or pharmaceutic aid (solvent) entirely composed of Sterile Water for Injection USP. It is prepared by distillation and contains no antimicrobial or bacteriostatic agents or added buffers. The pH is 5.7 (5.0–7.0) Think that would do the trick? Joe Gonzalez

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