Hi Glenda, You can either pour it through a coffee filter and drink it or dump it out and start over. Clean the container and the wires and don't use soap. Don't use a starter batch. Don't switch the polarity. Don't add hydrogen peroxide. The time it will take to make a batch will depend on the voltage, the volume of water, the amount of wire, spacing between the wires, agitation, temperature and the purity of the water.
Good CS should never be milky and black chunks should not fall off of the wires unless you are in a hurry. If you describe your apparatus, others on the list might have more useful suggestions. Hope this helps. Andy CS>cloudy silver From: Kevin & Glenda I am just brewing a batch of cs, right now. I started with about 1/4 solution of a previous batch of silver that went from golden to violet over a period of about a week and then I put some hydrogen peroxide in it last night, today it was virtually clear. I have it set on a coffee cup warmer. I spaced the electrodes about 3/4 inch apart and have run it now for 35 minutes. I switched the polarity at about 25 minutes. It has been very milky from near the start of the run. Is this due to the hydrogen peroxide that I put in the starter solution? I used the same container as last time and I did not wash it out at all. I stopped the brew at 40 min. It is fairly dark solution and very milky. It has a few large black clumps that fell of the rods. The rods did not get the feathery look to them like most runs before, but the clouds were very visible coming of the rods. Glenda What should I look out for or do differently?
