My temp hardness is well over 200, the salts are added prior to the boil. I decanted the water off the calcium precipitate I'm on a well and don't have any chlorine etc. I don't want to add untreated water I think I'll make up a couple of gallons with just enough slaked line to remove the temp...

The baking soda is to increase Sodum

I just received my water report from WARD and between the Palmer/Kaminski book on water and the water profile calculator here I'm fairly confident in my ability to adjust my water with additions of Calcium and boiling. My concern is after boiling 8 gallons of water for half an hour I now have...