Yes Rod, The CS combines with something in the Aloe to form a light sensitive salt, it will go dark over time. Thanks for sharing your experiments with xanthum gum, I will mix some up when I get the chance and test it for the presence of silver ions to see whether the silver remains free.
Ivan. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Stevenson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, 27 August 2002 10:33 p.m. > To: silverlist > Subject: Re: CS>Re: CS lotion/creme > > > Hi List > I posted a few weeks back about making CS into a gel for topical > application. I got a few replies, but no recipes or methods > for making it. > So I've been doing a little experimenting and research. > After looking into > it, I decided not to try making a cream, since the CS would > need to be > heated (in most of the recipes I've seen to around 70-75C) > and I wanted the > CS to be as 'neat' as I could make it, with little heating > etc. I've found > that with a gel, all you need to do is bring the CS to > around blood heat > then add xanthum gum and stir well untill thickened. I > added about 1 tsp for > every 200ml of CS. This makes a gel that is thick enough to > leave a coating > on the skin but evaporates over an hour or so (depends how > thick it's > smeared on). I've also tried adding an aloe vera > concentrate to the CS gel, > but the batch I've made so far has turned a light shade of > pink (most > fetching) Perhaps there was a residue from the cleaner I > used, or maybe it's > interacted with the various vitamins, minerals and amino > acids in the AV? > Maybe one of the chemists here would care to comment. > As for marketing.. well the secrets out now- it's just too > easy to make > yourself! I have seen one or two products that were > described as a CS gel, > on an auction site of all places. > BJ, I'm a complete novice at this so I would really appreciate some > feedback, let us all know how the CS cream goes? > > Regards > > Rod -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
