Hey Katherine, Almost all of my CS is stored in the gallon jugs my distilled water comes in. I also have four 1/2 gallon clear jugs that I bought orange juice in (thicker plastic than the DW jugs and with a handle), and I have four 1/2 gallon glass canning jars with plastic lids, and a few in the thicker 20 oz. size bottles (like Gatorade and such comes in). All but one of these smaller ones are relatively fresh, as I use them when I'm "on the go". All the others range from relatively fresh to almost five years old.
All of the CS in all of these, except for one, remain clear. A lot of them are fresh, several are getting close to five years old, several are anywhere in between. The one slightly yellow one turned color after only a couple of days of when I made it - it is now almost three years old and is still only slightly yellow, same as when it was practically fresh. This is one of the juice jugs, so I'm thinking I didn't sterilize this particular jug as well as I did the others. The few times I've had any turn slightly yellow, I usually go ahead and use it (internally and externally), but I wanted to keep one back then to see if it got any darker. So far, no change. Hope this helps! Ruth ----- Original Message ----- From: Clayton Family To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:40 AM Subject: Re: CS>Older CS Hi Ruth, What do you store yours in? kathryn On Oct 20, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Ruth Bertella wrote: > Hey Faith, > > I have used my homemade CS I had stored for 4+ years and it has worked > as well as my freshly made CS. I do this once in a while to try to > see how long the effectiveness lasts, and to rotate my stock so to > speak. For what it's worth, my old stuff worked as well as the fresh > did for me and other family members and friends. I always keep LOTS > (sorry no scientific numbers as to how much) on hand, some of it > several years old, as back-up in case of emergencies. It's very > comforting to know that my 4+ year old CS works as well as my > fresh (in my experience - more years in other peoples experience) in > case I need it down the road. Hope this helps some. > > Ruth >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Faith Gagne >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 12:18 PM >> Subject: Re: CS>blue moons revisited >> >> Dear indi: >> >> Thank you very much for your efforts. I think, after all, that you >> are >> right about anecdotal evidence. I appreciate the fact that you are >> discussing this. Truthfully, I have wondered about the condition of >> CS when >> stored for a while, and wonder how much it has changed, and what its >> present condition is. I personally cannot afford to get lab analysis >> on >> older CS. I wish I had some guidelines as to how long to keep it >> before >> chucking it and making some new. Thanks again. Faith G. >> >> -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
