Thanks Mike and everyone else too...you answered all my questions and more. You gave me some great ideas and I'm excited about getting started.
--- "M. G. Devour" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Today is my day for 20 questions. > > Good questions, too! > > > I live in Florida and every year this time, I > start > > gathering my hurricane supplies and I was > wondering > > something. In the event of a hurricane, if I had > a > > supply of CS that we used up and and we were > unable to > > buy distilled water from the stores for several > weeks, > > would I be able to purify tap water with CS to use > for > > brewing a new batch or is that off limits. I > guess my > > basic question is....is distilled water the only > > source for brewing CS? We actually have well > water > > and not city water, however, it has a lot of iron > in > > it and we have a basic filter on it, but it > doesn't > > filter all of it out. Any thoughts or advice? > > There are several questions in there, yes. > > The easiest thing to do is stock up on distilled > water as well as > regular drinking water. > > Make sure the CS generator you use can run off > batteries or a small > solar panel. The keep an extra set of batteries on > hand. CS making > doesn't draw much so the batteries last a year, > easily. > > You can sterilize water by hooking up silver wires > to a battery and > swishing or stirring the water as the wires generate > silver ions that > will kill bacteria. It should only take a couple of > minutes. You're not > trying to make CS, just kill any germs. Depending on > how your CS > generator works, you may be able to use it for this > as well. > > If all you had was clean bottled drinking water with > the usual minerals > in it, you *could* still make CS in it, of low > quality, if it was a > matter of survival. > > THIS IS IMPORTANT: > > Just be aware that the minerals in the water will > make the reaction go > VERY FAST. It will take no more than a few minutes > to finish a small > batch. You will actually see the reaction happening > as the negative > wire generates streams of bubbles and the positive > wire releases a > visible cloud of large silver particles. > > You'll be making an uncontrolled mix of silver > salts, so you won't > really know what you've got, but it will still work. > It will also > increase your risk of argyria. So keep the brew time > short, stop when > it's still clear and only a tiny bit milky in color, > use the smallest > quantities that are *effective*, and switch back to > using distilled > water only as soon as practical. > > To put this in perspective, a couple of people got > argyria after they > misunderstood instructions they downloaded from the > net and used > regular water with an unregulated generator to make > dark, muddy sludge, > and then took large amounts for months at a time. > > If you stop well short of "muddy sludge" and only > use as much as you > have to for the necessary effect, you should be okay > for a period of > days or a week or two. Maybe longer, but there are > no guarantees. > > Again, if it's an issue of survival, then using > regular water to make > CS is an expedient option. > > Another couple of things to think about: > > Catch rain water. If you let the first couple of > minutes wash the dust > down, then start collecting it, it may be better > than your well water. > > Make a solar still. You get strong sun there so it > will be pretty > efficient and fast. There are plenty of plans on the > 'net. > > It can be as simple as stretching clear plastic > across a low box frame > and putting a small stone in the middle of it. Put > pans of water under > the frame and a funnel and jar beneath the stone. > The water will > evaporate from the pans, condense on the plastic, > run down the slope > towards the stone and collect in the jar. > > I hope that helps with your questions. Keep asking! > That's why we're > here. > > 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] > > Address Off-Topic messages to: > [email protected] > > The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are > currently down... > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > > Kandee, mom to Hannah and Grace
