Greetings to the List, and Hi to the new kid on the block! :) Let me just share a couple of things I found out the hard way.
At 08:26 PM 11/13/97 -0800, you wrote: >Hi folks, > >I've been on the list for a few weeks now mostly sitting back and reading >what you all have to say. > >I have been wondering something. Considering the relative low cost of >silver and the considerable mark up of buying electrodes from dealers, if a >person were to make a 12 or 10 gage wire mold in plaster of paris so you >could pour your own wires, would there be any transferrance of chemicals or >minerals from the plaster to the silver that would create a toxin in making >colloidal silver. The same question would also apply to the ladle. > Good thinking, but there is the matter of achieving the melting point of the silver, it is much higher than lead, for instance. I used a propane blow torch for over an hour and turned the cast iron pot beyond red hot, didn't even begin to melt the silver. I am not sure the exact melting point, but it is beyond a simple heating process. I was not sure about the possibility of getting a bit of iron into the silver in this process, but was doing a bit of experimenting to see. Needed a lot more heat. >The main reason I'm asking is because the ornamental engraving on some of >the 1 ounce silver ingots make them difficult to clean after each use. > I am using steel wool and running water to flush away the build-up. Then I wash them with dish soap and a scrub brush to remove any residue from the steel. It works. There is still a little dark shadow around the lettering, but it won't bother anything. Toward the end of the generating period a much greater build-up is a given, at least with DC. I am getting a build-up with the AC method too, just takes a lot longer and it is nowhere near the amount. For those interested, the Farraday-Tyndal effect is much more pronounced on the AC batch that is still going. There is a lot more colloid in the solution, it is over 24 hours now, using household current. I added some hydrogen peroxide to one of the beakers/glasses, and there was absolutely no sign of "oxidation". There was no darkening of the solution, there was no change from clear to yellow, nothing changed. Not even any "tarnish"! :) >Thanks for any discussion on this, > >Harvey Very welcome! Good ideas and good questions are good for all of us. Except those of us who have all the answers already. Which only goes to show, they don't really have a clue. :) If you get the silver to melt, please let everybody know how you did it. That would be a great contribution to our endeavors! Who wants to spend all that money on wire?? Actually, I am finding the ingots to be not all that bad, after several months of using them. :) > WE SHOULD APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE.....INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT WHAT > WE HAVEN'T..... AND ENJOY WHAT IS, BEFORE IT ISN'T!!!!!! > > >>>>------> Harvey Flatbush <------<<<< > [email protected] > http://www.iomet.com > <------<<<< Ione, Washington >>>>------> > Folks generally don't appreciate what they have till they loose it, at least in America. The same goes for life, when it is gone, there is no more opportunity to do what we should have when we had it. "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found." is the verse from the Bible, for those who have an interest in these things. Thanks Harvey! God Bless, Scott > > JOHN 1:1 "In the beginning was the Word, the was with God, and the Word was God." His name is Jesus Christ!
