Greetings Sam! I'll stick my neck out and say that you can probably do it, short term. The risks are yours to take, however, as we (and you) have no way of knowing what's in the water and what you'll get as a result of attempting to make CS in it.
Here's my reasoning, however: Back in the day, we were told to make CS in a glass by adding "a pinch" of salt or a few drops of a salt brine solution to distilled water to make it conductive, then to run our homemade generators for just a few minutes. We were told to expect "1 ppm per minute" if we followed the instructions. *IF* you are using a simple generator with 3 or 4 nine volt batteries, and no current regulation or limiting, and wire electrodes with a few inches of wetted length, what you'll probably see is a rush of bubbles from the cathode and a visible, smoke-like cloud of particles coming off the positive anode. The process goes a *LOT* faster than you're used to if you use only distilled water. Just as the old recipes suggest, you only need to run it for a very few minutes to get a reasonable concentration. The product should look something like what you'd get if you put a few drops of skim milk in a glass of water, and will probably settle out on the bottom of the container after a few days or weeks. It will show a strong tyndall effect, if you brought your laser pointer. If you're using a modern generator with some form of current limiting or different electrode geometry I don't know exactly what you'll get. You'll need to experiment with it and use your own judgment. Stan Jones, the Montana US Senate Candidate, used his own variation on the old recipe to turn himself (slightly) blue. He started with stream/tap/well water, added salt, then ran his uncontrolled generator for an *hour* or more, and proceeded to drink a glass of the dark sludge he made every day for a couple of years. At least you'll know enough not to make the same mistakes. A lot of us started out with the salt-based recipes, and got plenty of benefits from the "CS" we made. Whether those efforts add up to a long term risk of argyria remains to be seen. You probably won't face much risk if you take small amounts for a few weeks. One other thought: A SOLAR > I am on Vacation in Brasil. I can not seem to find > distilled water here; they have no use for it here, > only in the hospitals and labs. I have tested the tap > water here which is pretty good ( 70 ppm) for tap > water. My question is if I use tap water to produce cs > is it useful for short term, I am only here for 45 > days and I wont drink it daily like I did in the USA, > only when I need it. Believe me I would use distilled > water if I could find it here. Any comments would be > appreciated. Have a great holiday, Sam! Hope you enjoy good weather, good people, and have a fine time. Be well, Mike D. [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian] [[email protected] ] [Speaking only for myself... ] -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
