Hello, I have just recently seen the benefits of colloidal silver with some warts that I HAD. Therefore... I have started to make my own cs at home. I am not sure if I am successful with my attempts. I made my generator from some instructions I found on the net. (made with simple parts from Radio Shack). After using pure steam distilled water, and after about 5 different attempts, varying timing and water temperature, I am not sure what I have come up with! I have read so many different variations on procedures for making it, I am not sure which to believe is the best or correct way to go. I suppose that I would like to obtain a clear (not cloudy) solution that is colorless or slightly yellow and has no more than 5 ppm. I am really not interested in making gallons at a time - just a few ounces at a time. I do not live in an area where I have access to a testing lab so that I might get my cs tested for ppm; and is this entirely necessary anyway? Will there be variations each time you make a "batch" or will the properties be consistent if performed the same way each time? On the first try, I used 8 oz. room temp (72 degrees) water at 18 minutes. It turned out clear colored but a little cloudy and tasted very "dirty" and not mineral tasting at all. Next attempt was 8 oz. with 90 degrees for 8 minutes with virtually the same results. Next I used 8 oz. at room temp and let go for 40 minutes - there was much yellow clouding and the silver wires were very oxidized - the solution was very cloudy and with an extremly dirty bitter taste. Also after this I noticed large pitting holes on the silver wire. On the next try, I boiled the water, 16 oz. and let it run for a period of 14 minutes. I then got a very clear solution that was very light yellow but it still had a slightly dirty bitter taste.
My first (and only) experience with cs was a purchase from a health food store. The solution was slightly yellow and perfectly clear and had such a slight taste of minerals. The stuff that I have made so far does not have a mineral taste but a dirty bitter (as if you had soaked some grimy oily car engine bolts in a bucket of water) taste. Is this because I had too much oxidation from the silver? I know my water must be good; it is steam distilled so it should not have minerals. My wires are about 16 gauge. Are there any standard methods for making cs at home using the home made generator; as far as quantities, water temp and activation time? or is it simply left up to the individual to try to reach some uniformity. Thanks for any help that anyone can provide. Kathy
