Marie wrote: > << are you using salt to make the cs? >> > > Yes, my directions say to use one drop of saline salution for > every 2 ozs. I thought the salt was there to increase the > electrical current. If I delete the salt, how long should I then > process to get 5 ppm? 10 ppm?
Hi Marie, Mike D. here... I think Dennis' other question is most crucial here, then. The white whisps of silver particles from the (+) electrode are starting right away, yes? So I guess you're timing pretty much from the moment you put the electrodes in the water. Do the Silver Solutions instructions give you an approximate ppm per minute? Most of the recipes assume about 1 ppm per minute. I don't know if they all really *know* this, but it's probably good for up to a few ppm. <grin> Now the real question... What was the claimed ppm of the MLM product that you were using successfully before? You will need to adjust how much you take for the likely ppm of your new CS. If you use the low-voltage, with-salt, method, you'll probably get bigger particles than with the no-salt method, your solutions will not store as long, and it *may* not be as safe. But people *have* had fine results without complications that we've heard of. Silver chloride isn't the most serious consideration at the concentration involved, Once the chloride gets used up, the rest is just silver. The particle size question is the biggie with salt. On the other hand, the no-salt method yields longer lived solutions that are also effective. It takes a lot longer. You might wait a half hour or more just to see the first wisps of silver coming off. Then you'll want to run for 20-30 minutes more just to get a few ppm. If you make your next batch with 1/4 of the previous batch as "starter" you won't have to wait as long for it to start. In addition to taking longer, a problem with this method is that some of the silver clumps up on the (-) electrode and has to be wiped off periodically to keep it from getting into the CS, especially if you try to make fairly high concentrations. The jury is out on salt vs. no salt. Both seem to work, and neither has (yet) hurt anybody that we know of. (Dennis is correct that a lot of the experts have moved away from salt, but nobody has bothered to publish the *data* they use to support this. If this has changed, I'd like to hear about it!) Some CS producers claim really high concentrations, like 100 ppm or above, that we just wouldn't be able to get with our low voltage rigs. But the low concentration products seem to work just as well if you use the right amount. I've never seen an explaination for how they achieve such high concentrations, or why they're necessary. Tell us what you were using and we'll see if you need to use more of your homebrew to equal the dose. Be well, Mike [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
