New guy here. Recently while searching the internet for information for 0w-20 synthetic oil I landed on a web site where they are marketing synthetic antifreeze and even synthetic water. The synthetic water is $15.00 per gallon. They also have distilled water. What is synthetic water?
Synthetic Water?
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Hmmmmm ... sounds fishy to me. Maybe it is filtered through a 1000 filters.
Do you have the website
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Is it a distilled water (grp III water)? :^P
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Originally Posted By: chubbs1
Do you have the website
Yes. It is http://www.synlube.com/prod05.htm
I am a bit suspicious myself.
Do you have the website
Yes. It is http://www.synlube.com/prod05.htm
I am a bit suspicious myself.
Originally Posted By: fstreed
Originally Posted By: chubbs1
Do you have the website
Yes. It is http://www.synlube.com/prod05.htm
I am a bit suspicious myself.
Maybe it's to lubricate your muffler bearings.
John
Originally Posted By: chubbs1
Do you have the website
Yes. It is http://www.synlube.com/prod05.htm
I am a bit suspicious myself.
Maybe it's to lubricate your muffler bearings.
John
Hhhhaaa ! Synlube !
Run away as fast as you can, don't walk.
Run away as fast as you can, don't walk.
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Hhhhaaa ! Synlube !
Run away as fast as you can, don't walk.
I get that feeling from their website in general. I just thought the synthetic water bit was either a scam or a joke. Synthetic water would be, well, H2O, water.
Hhhhaaa ! Synlube !
Run away as fast as you can, don't walk.
I get that feeling from their website in general. I just thought the synthetic water bit was either a scam or a joke. Synthetic water would be, well, H2O, water.
Wow... That web site looks like it was thrown together by a drug-addled 11-year-old. Lots of nonsense on there. Don't walk, run. I only have a B.S. in chemistry but even I know that water is water... H2O.
Let me tell you a few things about water. Water is a very simple molecule, H2O. Calling any water "synthetic" is silly, and of course, deceptive.
I'm not a chemist or engineer, but in my 26+ years of plumbing, I've learned a lot about water. I also worked for a water purification company (commercial/industrial), and learned quite a bit about the uses and purification of water.
Chemically pure water almost doesn't exist. Water is very aggressive and will absorb impurities from the air or whatever else it touches. Distilled water is very clean, but again, as soon as you open the bottle, it begins absorbing impurities from the atmosphere. My tap water at home is about 550 ppm total dissolved solids. If I run it through a consumer-grade reverse osmosis system, I can get it down to about 75 ppm. That's pretty clean. But reverse osmosis won't protect you from some diseases or organic compounds. I've worked on setups that used reverse osmosis, then de-ionization, then various UV setups such as TOC (total organic compounds) reducers. These make pretty pure water, but not absolutely pure. And of course, they also had banks of pre-filters.
Just incidentally, if you look at how a hydrogen fuel cell works, you could say that it "synthesizes" water, since the "exhaust" is water. So there's your synthetic water, I guess.
It's true that a "pure" water is good for mixing with antifreeze/coolant, and distilled water is pure enough.
Synthetic water? I don't think so.
P.S. the subject of water purification is pretty complex, but most of us don't need to worry about it much.
I'm not a chemist or engineer, but in my 26+ years of plumbing, I've learned a lot about water. I also worked for a water purification company (commercial/industrial), and learned quite a bit about the uses and purification of water.
Chemically pure water almost doesn't exist. Water is very aggressive and will absorb impurities from the air or whatever else it touches. Distilled water is very clean, but again, as soon as you open the bottle, it begins absorbing impurities from the atmosphere. My tap water at home is about 550 ppm total dissolved solids. If I run it through a consumer-grade reverse osmosis system, I can get it down to about 75 ppm. That's pretty clean. But reverse osmosis won't protect you from some diseases or organic compounds. I've worked on setups that used reverse osmosis, then de-ionization, then various UV setups such as TOC (total organic compounds) reducers. These make pretty pure water, but not absolutely pure. And of course, they also had banks of pre-filters.
Just incidentally, if you look at how a hydrogen fuel cell works, you could say that it "synthesizes" water, since the "exhaust" is water. So there's your synthetic water, I guess.
It's true that a "pure" water is good for mixing with antifreeze/coolant, and distilled water is pure enough.
Synthetic water? I don't think so.
P.S. the subject of water purification is pretty complex, but most of us don't need to worry about it much.
Originally Posted By: glum
Wow... That web site looks like it was thrown together by a drug-addled 11-year-old. Lots of nonsense on there. Don't walk, run. I only have a B.S. in chemistry but even I know that water is water... H2O.
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/posts/1805336/
Enjoy!!! The moved to noria, where I and a few others crucified them.
Wow... That web site looks like it was thrown together by a drug-addled 11-year-old. Lots of nonsense on there. Don't walk, run. I only have a B.S. in chemistry but even I know that water is water... H2O.
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/posts/1805336/
Enjoy!!! The moved to noria, where I and a few others crucified them.
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I prefer 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine with my Di-hydrogen mono-oxide.
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I started reading through their website, the more I read the more skeptical I became. When I got to the point about synthetic water the image that came to mind was of some guy out in his garage pouring tap water into clean gallon jugs and printing some amateurish label off his computer and selling it from his bare bones website. But I thought I would ask here first.
I started googling Synlube and so far it isn't looking good for them. I don't think I will be investing in any synthetic water. BTW, I am working on synthetic air for tires, anyone want some? Good for the life of the tire. JK
I started googling Synlube and so far it isn't looking good for them. I don't think I will be investing in any synthetic water. BTW, I am working on synthetic air for tires, anyone want some? Good for the life of the tire. JK
Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Hhhhaaa ! Synlube !
Run away as fast as you can, don't walk.
LOL, maybe its heavy water???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water
Hhhhaaa ! Synlube !
Run away as fast as you can, don't walk.
LOL, maybe its heavy water???
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy_water
Did you know that breathing Dihydrogen-oxide can kill you!
Originally Posted By: MolaKule
I prefer 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine with my Di-hydrogen mono-oxide.
Preferably with some sugar, flavorings and yellow #5 as well.
I prefer 1,3,7-Trimethylxanthine with my Di-hydrogen mono-oxide.
Preferably with some sugar, flavorings and yellow #5 as well.
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