Also, after you have heated the water place the container on the (turned on) hot plate of a drip coffee maker to keep the water hot.
Dave Perkins ----- Original Message ----- From: Nina Silver, Ph.D. <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 12:24 PM Subject: Re: CS>What product is best? etc. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 2:13 PM > Subject: RE: CS>What product is best? etc. > > > > <<Again, I strongly urge you to get a CS maker. You can't believe how > > gratifying it is to make your own -- and how easy it can be, once you've > > ironed out the kinks. > > > Hello Nina, > > I would love to make my own! Is it easy to do? I wouldn't know the > first > > thing about it. I make rugs (hehehe)... hooked and braided, so what you > say > > about being "satisfying," is certainly understood!!! > > This is how I do it: I put distilled water into a pyrex glass measuring cup, > then place that into a shallow pan of water for a double-boiler effect. This > way the plain water in the pot heats up the distilled water but the > distilled water doesn't have to touch metal. > > Just before the distilled water is boiled (you'll see little bubbles in it), > remove it from the stove and place the silver electrodes into it and turn on > your CS maker. MAKE SURE THE SILVER ELECTRODES ARE FAR ENOUGH APART AND > COMPLETELY PARALLEL. "Far enough apart" means around an inch, and "parallel" > means bend the wires if you have to. If these two things are not done, > you'll get large silver particles on them that look like feathers. One > person on the list said he made good CS with tap water, but I wouldn't trust > tap water, certainly not my tap water. Distilled is best. > > Don't use salt in your formula. Some people do this to accelerate the > silver-making time, but a friend of mine tested silver made with salt and > found that the germicidal properties were substantially decreased. Then he > substituted baking soda, which was better; but I find that heating the plain > distilled water prepares it to "accept" the silver. > > Depending on the CS maker and how strong you like your silver, leave the > electrodes in for 1/2 hour to one hour. > > Good luck. And DO it -- I use the stuff as though it's water! For > everything! > --Nina > > > > -- > 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]>
