Debbie I NEVER am using SALT for the CS...and the colour is always yellow.( 
after 1 hour )

Besites.... on monday I get my Colloidal Gold....joepi...I am very 
happy...((((once I hope to make it myself)))

Trudy
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  From: [email protected] 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 1:34 AM
  Subject: Re: CS>Flake



  Oh geeish I hope I didn't mess up too much...I made a gallon the other day 
and just filtered like what was at the bottom of the jar into the gallon 
jug...I only have a TDS tester what type of tester are you using?
  Can I use sea salt instead of canning salt? thanks for the into ....debbie
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    From: "Mike Monett" <[email protected]> 

    > 
    > > From: "Gertrude" 
    > 
    > > Hello Debbie , Sometimes I have the same troubles and take a 
    > > coffee-filter for the CS water to filter the very little 
    > > silverparts out. 
    > 
    > > Is that the way...?? 
    > 
    > I would caution on using coffee filters or anything else to strain 
    > the cs. 
    > 
    > Paper can have all kinds of soluble ions that can combine with the 
    > silver ions and make different compounds that have little or no 
    > antibacterial or antiviral properties. 
    > 
    > You can do a simple test. Measure the conductance of your fresh 
    > distilled water. 
    > 
    > Pour some dw in a 3 oz shot glass and drop in some paper folded up 
    > to! fit. L eave it for a few minutes, then measure the conductance of 
    > the dw. 
    > 
    > I measured 1.2uS for the fresh dw, and 70uS after dropping in a 
    > folded coffee filter. 
    > 
    > Obviously, many different ions leached from the paper. I have no 
    > idea what they are, but there's a good chance some will combine with 
    > the Ag(+) ions. They vastly outnumber the silver ions we need. 
    > 
    > The next part would be to do a simple salt test. Take two 3 oz shot 
    > glasses and pour some fresh cs in both. 
    > 
    > Add some paper to one glass and wait for a few minutes. Remove it 
    > with a plastic fork. The reason for plastic is to avoid potential 
    > problems with stainless steel. 
    > 
    > Add a bit of canning salt to each glass. Wait ten minutes or so for 
    > the salt to dissolve completely and combine with the Ag(+) to form a 
    > silver chloride dispersion. 
    > 
    > Compare the st! rength of the two dispersions. This will tell you how 
    > much silver is left in the test glass. Repeat the same test for 
    > different papers you might want to use. 
    > 
    >