I still think that the recommendations over at CPF by vinhnguyen54 are the best. Shake the reflector in warm water with soap, rinse with clear water, then blow it dry with compressed air. If that doesnt work, lick it, rinse it with clear water, then blow it dry with compressed air.
purple nitrile glove and dishwashing soap and hot water.
no scratches. the glove keeps it from scratching. i did this to a reflector once with my finger and soap and it scratched it some but with the glove it doesnt.
no water spots though i am really careful to shake/blow with compressed air while the reflector is still hot.
Not always, if it has picked up sediment as your using it, the sediment will redeposit as the water dries. You can drive yourself mad trying to wash away that sediment, even with repeated washings
Besides, the best use of distilled water is for drinking, it has superior taste to most any water out there
leaching minerals, thats a myth, one thats been repeated many times over, the minerals in hard water constitute a few percent of our daily intake, and are not highly bioavailable anyways
i was slightly exaggerating about drinking being its best use, since there are many excellent uses for distilled water.