I use only a tiny drop of honey on the end of a toothpick and I make my CS in a 24 Oz. "Simply Home" Campbell's soup jar. I can't recall now who gave me that honey trick but it was emphasized to use only a tiny drop. My 10 minute solutions are clear and very pale yellow, not milky.
2001 TV VCR wrote: > Dick, > > Thanks for the tip. I have tried the drop ( I used > a big drop) of honey when making 16 oz. CS > and it came out a real milky colored yellow. The > electrodes sure were clean though (no sludge). > > Obviously having any form of food in the mix > could cause unwanted silver compounds to be > formed. > > Anyone want to comment on this? > > Bil > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dick Jaffe <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 6:26 PM > Subject: Re: CS>Re: Bil, sludge > > > Try using a drop of honey on the tip of a toothpick stirred into the > heated > > water before inserting the silver electrodes. I've been doing that for > > several years and get about a 10ppm solution, pale yellow in color, in > about > > 10 minutes. > > > > Fred wrote: > > > > > > >> Is it possible to make 5 or 10 ppm CS by the gallon > > > > >> without the sludge using low voltage? > > > > >> > > > > >> Bil > > > > > > The process of generating colloidal silver is the same as > > > the plating process - ions are released and travel to the > > > negative electrode where they collect an electron and turn > > > back into silver. You can not stop that process! The fact > > > they are sludge instead of nice shiny silver is that conditions > > > are not right for fine crystal growth - normal silver plating uses > > > cyanuric acid to provide good conductivity of the solution and > > > to assist in forming fine grain crystals. What you get are more > > > like snow flakes, weakly bound/random crystals! > > > > > > See my other post why the HV AC process avoids sludge > > > formation, by blasting the sludge forming metal particles into > > > the solution as quickly as formed. This unfortunately makes > > > metallic particles, not ions of silver, but at least no crystals! > > > > > > [email protected] (took a day off from work today!) > > > > > > -- > > > 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] > > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > >
