Maybe not ions at all! (Patreon)

So I actually did a LOT of experiment on the water stream stuff. This ones just a little behind the scenes filming of an experiment that suggests the water deflection in the electric field is nothing to do with ions! Basic idea goes like this: IF ions are important, then something with less ions should deflect less, and more ions should deflect more. Water always has some ions in it. If not from gases like carbon dioxide dissolving to give hydrogen carbonate, then from the auto ionization of the water to give H+ and OH-. However the latter two are present at about 1 part in 10 million. Vodka should have less ions, and methanol even less. While conversely a solution with a million times the ion concentration of water should deflect more. In reality, they all seem to be almost the same!