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Great feeling ain't it. The only way to fully appriciate this hobby is experience.

I cannot vouch for full on soldering, but what worked on my build involved heat. Using a 1/4 pipe thread to 1/8 compression fitting for a base, I drilled out the center to match thermometer stem. Then as the "olive" could not be drilled out to match the stem dia. I made a few turns of field dressed ...

I'll have to dissasemble my needle valve and see if I can do this mod. With my luck I'll need a file.

I have experienced the same thing with DWWG, in a combanation jug of stripped runs/tails. I believe that the "floaters" came from stripping to fast. I have since made the spirit run, and noticed no ill effects.
I am "still" figuring this out but I learn fast.

Thanks guys, A couple hours hooked to the garden hose salt is gone!

I've got a element question. I just picked up a couple 120v elements and both of them have just over an inch of plastic near where they meet up with the base.
I am guessing that the plastic is there to prevent scale build up in its intended application?

How long did you soak/boil it for? Water will definitely dissolve salt, eventually. Did you make sure the coil was completely filled with water? Just dropping it in water might still leave air pockets inside the coil that do not dissolve the salt. I've been fooling with it for several days. I guess...

Ok fellas, I've been reading up quite a bit on this site. I feel quite silly even needing to ask such a simple question.... But I can't for the life of me figure out how to get all the salt out of the coil I wound! I have tried searching this topic to no avail. To date I have: soaked it in water Boi...