You can dissolve all the soda ash that you can in 5 gallons of boiling water. Put 5 gallons of water in your still, make sure to plug the slop arm first. Then build a fire under the still, when the water comes to a rolling boil, start dumping in soda ash, and stirring with your stir stick. When soda ash comes out on your stir stick as you check it, that is good enough. Then put a bucket under the slop arm, and pull the plug out, drain the still into buckets, dump the buckets into your radiator. Then run the tractor for 20 hours, drain, flush, and fill with water. I think you will end up pulling the sleeves though. Make sure to clean your still real good, &#039;cause a little soda ash will make some pop skull whiskey for sure, but it does hold a good bead.