Be interesting to know what a pH reading of the DW is before any CS is made. pH 7.0 is neutral and 5.5 seems to me to be way off the beam..
Regards Terry [email protected] wrote: > > Marshall And All; > > I know that Marshall has said several times on this list that the pH of CS > should be > about 7. > > However in the many lots that I have checked for otherss and just after > reading his > post I went through part of my inventory measuring pH with pHydrion Papers > with a > range of 4.5 to 7.5, and measured 12 more samples and everyone checks at 5.5. > > I have never seen anyting in CS that is higher or lower. > > I know Bruce Marx said 7 but I never have seen it. I guess "Ole Bob" just > cna't get it > right. But then I didn't manufacture the papers. > > :Ole Bob" > > Marshall Dudley wrote: > > > Those who are having problems with their CS changing color upon storage > > please > > check the ph. This can be easily done with inexpensive kits from Kmart or > > elsewhere for swimming pools or aqauriums. > > > > Our research has shown that if CS is acid then it is much less stable than > > if it > > is neutral or basic. If the problem is that the CS is acid then making it > > stable > > may be as simple as adding a pinch of baking soda to bring it down to > > neutral. We > > add sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) to our CS/aloe vera mixture for this > > very > > reason since aloe vera tends to be acidic. > > > > Marshall > > > > -- > > 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]>
