Iontophoresis, Bottled Water, Distilled Water?

Hello, I am someone who lives in Vancouver, BC Canada. Now, you may be asking yourself, why is that important. Well, in Vancouver, the water from the tap is basically as soft as water gets. It has less than 3ppm hardness. I have been doing iontophoresis treatments (using a homemade device, or should i say devices) changing every variable to experiment. I have got zero results, and yes I have changed everything, except the water source has been the same throughout. I am certain that is the factor in the success. I have tried overloading the water with baking soda, even tried salt. Sure, the treatment stings more, but nothing happens. I have heard that baking soda and salt only increase temporary hardness, but not permanent hardness. I have been reading through almost all threads associated with ionto, and I believe that it is not quite sure if water hardness is necessary.

So this is my proposition, if iontophoresis works for you (with tap water) please try distilled water, with baking soda ofcourse, and see if that works for you. Please, it would make me extremely happy to know if iontophoresis is an option for me, because I really am against ETS.

PS - I also have no clue on where to find natural hard water, river water? I have no clue, do I have to make a trip to the states and run their taps (seems kind of silly), where do I find hard water?

Thank You So Much!

I have the same problem, I live in the Pacific Northwest and we have some of the softest water in the states. What you can do is go to a Petsmart and they have water test strips that can tell you the hardness of the water, and try and go find some hard water. Either find a stream, river, or a well and get water from there. I need to do this, but I have been too lazy to try and get harder water.

Hi guys, I also have a similar problem. I used to live in a hard water area and I moved to a soft water area so I am trying something different to see if bottled natural mineral water is going to help. I am going to use 1 part soft tap water and mix 1 part mineral water with the below characteristics and use my Idromed 5 PS to see if I can be more successful. Here is the mineral water I will use;
All are stated in mg/liter

Fluoride(F) 1.4
Bicarbonate (HCO3) 1634.8
Magnesium (Mg) 111.4
Calcium (Ca) 326
Potassium (K) 53.6
Sodium (Na) 425
Carbonate (CO3) None
Sulfate (SO4) 6
Aluminum (Al) 0.034

And also interestingly, the conductivity of the water I will use is 2980 µS/cm
For the technical ones I hope this info helps.

batuska said:

Hi guys, I also have a similar problem. I used to live in a hard water area and I moved to a soft water area so I am trying something different to see if bottled natural mineral water is going to help. I am going to use 1 part soft tap water and mix 1 part mineral water with the below characteristics and use my Idromed 5 PS to see if I can be more successful. Here is the mineral water I will use;
All are stated in mg/liter

Fluoride(F) 1.4
Bicarbonate (HCO3) 1634.8
Magnesium (Mg) 111.4
Calcium (Ca) 326
Potassium (K) 53.6
Sodium (Na) 425
Carbonate (CO3) None
Sulfate (SO4) 6
Aluminum (Al) 0.034

And also interestingly, the conductivity of the water I will use is 2980 µS/cm
For the technical ones I hope this info helps.

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Any update on this please??