Wayne writes: > I don't know what percent of the people use salt. > When I started, I used salt. Many of my friends still use salt. > The CS made with salt is definitely effective and better than witches brew. > What can I tell my friends to convince them to stop using salt? > Also, what is the worst effect from using salt?
Like you I started out with the "pinch of salt" recipe (actually a drop of brine, I think). Worked fine for the first year or two. I was finally convinced to switch to a different recipe after months of listening to folks brag about their "golden" CS, which was the best thing in the world at the time, *and* after I noticed that my dark blue storage bottle had a thick muddy layer of silver sludge at the bottom from *settling*!!! So, you're definitely making some larger particles. You're also making at least a little bit of silver chloride, which may carry a small additional risk of toxicity or argyria formation, though it should not be a significant issue given the concentrations involved, so long as you're following directions. Then there was the US senate candidate from Montana who started making CS during the run-up to Y2K. He took the worst possible advice, added his own creative mistakes, and turned himself slightly blue. If I recall correctly, he used tap, well, or spring water (which already included a bunch of dissolved minerals) *and* added a pinch of salt. Then he ran it for an hour or more, and proceeded to drink a cupful of the grey sludge produced daily for a couple of years. He got argyria. Is that any surprise? The surprise is that it was actually a fairly mild case. <sigh> The great thing about the "pinch of salt" recipe is that it only takes a few minutes to do, compared with several hours for distilled water, and the electrodes don't require cleaning after each run. The simpler DW-only techniques usually result in a layer of fluffy sludge on the cathode that you have to wipe off periodically and be careful not to dislodge and mix into the CS. I would certainly use the pinch-of-salt method if I needed to make some CS in a hurry in an urgent situation. It works fine and would be easy to improvise. For long-term use (and storage!) I'm more confident of my clear CS with faint Tyndall made with stirring and current limiting. Both work. No problems have been reported with either, except in the most extreme cases, as above. It's your choice. Try both and see what you like best? Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- 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]>
