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And since you are already messing around, I would personally swap the thermostat with a new one, when you are all done flushing, and are at the final fill stage.
I would run it a few times with just regular tap water from a hose. Then after a couple runs, put with distilled and get up to temp, drain that... and move to HD coolant of your choice.