germinating older seeds.

I have some Masterkush and some skunk1 that are a few years old. I was told they should still germinate just may take longer. I was curious if soaking the seeds in distilled water my aid in this process?

I'm a noob, but I had some seeds a couple of years old and they germinated fine. Out of about 50, 40 of them sprouted and are still living. I germed in a wet paper towel and about 3 days later they were ready to be planted.

I dunno if leaving it water method would worker quicker but I did the same deal as the above guy said and after a few days they were sprouting (my seeds were from 2001-2002)