## Hooo Boy! I'll be driving by the place and get the full company name [something like "Specialty Materials Handling Inc"] , search down thier website [they said they have one] and post it for all to see. It's not a 'big' company...just a steel building out in the sticks on Pea Ridge Road near Moncure NC. But they do make an awful lot [pun intended] of the stuff and I just bet it goes into a great number of those expensive little bottles sold in stores, rebranded without any indication as to who really made it or how. I'd also bet that's what the person mentioned put in her eyes that irritated them....effectivly, draino. [Should have done a great job on her shower curtains though] I will also be posting a warning on my website. Is it OK to reprint your synapsis on the precipitate method?
Sometimes being an inquisitive pain in the rump pays off for everyone. K'DC/ k...@czen At 11:52 AM 4/7/00 -0400, you wrote: >coyote wrote: > >> ##Slightly off subject but may be enlightening.... >> >> There is a company near me that manufactures CS by the 55 gallon drum, >> sold bulk to repackagers. I visited and asked questions. They do not use >> and electrical process but something called a "Precipitate method". The >> person i spoke to was very closed mouth about it. The CS was a very deep >> bright yellow, almost iridescent [ viewed through a half inch clear >> plastic tube] and was stored in what looked like a blue plastic pickle >> barrel like the local Mount Olive pickle company uses. >> > >The precipitate method is what was used in the 30's. It is the least expensive >method, and produces an inferior, possibly toxic, product. > >Here is how it works. You start with a salt of silver, most likely silver >nitrate, then add a base to it, such as sodium hydroxide (aka lye, draino). >The two react producing silver particles and sodium nitrate. > >There are several problems with this. First you now have sodium nitrate in the >sol, which ends up in the final material, or other processes must be used to >remove it. Total remove is highly unlikely. Also silver nitrate can still >remain, and this can cause argyria and is considered a poison. If too much lye >is added, then there will be traces of what is basically drano in there as >well. > >Added to this is that the particles are not charged up positively like in the >electrolytic process, then they will quickly aggregate and produce larger >particles, plus without the charge, they lose a lot of effectiveness. > >Thus you end up with a product which has reduced effectiveness, reduced >stability, increased toxicity, and the possibility of it causing argyria. But >it is very cheap to make this way. > >Typical of big companies, damn the product, make it as cheap as possible. No >wonder they are closed mouthed about it. > >Marshall > > > >> >> I recently sold a generator to a woman who attempted to use [deep bright >> yellow] commercial CS in her eyes. She said it irritated them badly whereas >> the CS from the generator did not. She washed her shower curtains with the >> commercial stuff. >> Does anyone know anything about the 'precipitate method' of making CS? >> This local company sends out drum after drum of this. I wonder how much of >> what's available in stores is this very same product repackaged. >> KD'C >> >> At 06:56 AM 4/6/00 -0700, you wrote: >> >Hello, >> > >> >I am new to CS and this list. I got a prett serious >> >burn, and a book I have suggested applying CS >> >topically. I bought some at the local health food >> >store (not knowing anything about it), and what I got >> >is 1100 ppm (manufactured by Innovative Natural >> >Products). I tried applying this to the area, and it >> >seemed to worsen, so I stopped. I have continued to >> >take a small amount internally. >> > >> >since beginning my research into CS on the web, I see >> >that most of you use a much weaker solution. Is 1100 >> >way too strong? (it is a dark yellow color). Is this >> >safe to apply topically to my burn? >> >any advice would be much appreciated! >> > >> >__________________________________________________ >> >Do You Yahoo!? >> >Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. >> >http://im.yahoo.com >> > >> > >> >-- >> >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]> >> > >> > >> > > > >
