>>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.

   The problem with making your own silver is not knowing purity. If you have
a lot of silver that you want made into wire and tested for purity take it
to a jeweler.

Reid