Action Electronics no longer recommends using salt solution. They use a starter solution to speed up the making the CS.
Quoting from instructions: "Since this is the method that Bob Beck is now recommending and prefers, we will no longer be supplying the sea salt or dropper bottle as we had previously." ---------- > From: RingDance <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Use of salt solution for making CS > Date: Thursday, January 08, 1998 6:00 PM > > In a recent post to the list I recall that I said that the Beck instructions > that I had did not mention adding salt to the distilled water. In going > through my files again, I find that I was incorrect and that the instructions > received from Action Electronics does mention adding a salt solution to the > distilled water. > > Quoting from the instructions: > > "Then place the silver electrode wire into a tall, narrow glass containing 8 > oz of distilled water and a drop of saturated salt solution.' > > The instructions then go on to say: > > "Making a saturated salt solution for distilled water. This is made from pure > salt such as 'Light Gray Celtic Sea Salt' from the Grain and Salt Society, > P.O. Box DD, Magalia, CA 95954. Do not use table salt as it contains > additives like iodine, aluminum and silica desiccates. Mix one and one-half > teaspoons of salt in one ounce of distilled water. Let stand for a few hours > and filter off the top liquid. The salt must be dissolved in water before > using. The salt solution may be stored for repeated use in a 1 oz brown glass > dropper bottle. Add a little silver colloid to this to prevent bacteria > growth. Then use only 1 drop of this saline solution each time you make > silver colloid. It is important that you do not use excess salt or you will > not be making silver colloid but silver chloride. As more salt solution is > added, the silver comes off the electrode faster, but the micron size also > gets larger. Using one drop per 8 oz water is the best for making a particle > size than can be absorbed more thoroughly. As little as 4 drops can change > the chemical formulation into silver chloride." > > H. Davis
