Yes Lisa, It has always been known as turps around here in South Africa. British call it genuine turpentine, Americans call it 100% gum spirits of turpentine or something like that. I got mine at a hardware store for furniture finishing and waxing. Definitely do not use mineral turpentine
I haven't kept any of the brand name info that has appeared, because it would not be of any use to me. OK, Tony On 7 Sep 2010 at 10:55, Lisa wrote about : Subject : RE: CS>Blue warts!! > Is "turps".., turpentine? And does it have to be any particular > brand/kind??? I'd like to buy some to have on hand but am leery of getting > something that might not be the right stuff. > > Thx. > > Lisa > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Moody [mailto:a...@new.co.za] > Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 3:32 AM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>Blue warts!! > > Yes Lin, > That's what can happen to a wart. the bloodvessels in the root of the wart > die and turn black so what you are seeing through the skin of the wart is > old dried capillaries. If so then yippee, have a wart funeral. The wart > body itself will gradually slough off, it will just wear off and as the > top gets remove you should be able to see the tiny black specks which were > it blood supply. . > > I have one on my foot sole, which two weeks ago, has turned black due to > applying turps directly. It has been there since I was a kid. :-) > > OK, > Tony > > > On 3 Sep 2010 at 16:34, Lin wrote about : > Subject : Re: CS>Blue warts!! > > > > > My 7 year old grand daugher has been treating warts on her thumb with > > EIS off and on through the summer.They cover all one side of her thumb > > (the thumb she sucked as a baby, toddler and in her sleep until a year > > ago). Mom hasn't been having her treat every day so it's been somewhat > > hit and miss. We started using a combo of 15PPM EIS, about 5% DMSO and > > veg. glycerine. She would wet a cotton pad and hold it on the warts > > about 5 minutes. This caused them to get dry and crusty, but that's > > about it. Again, I don't think they were consistant with treating them. > > Last week she was with me 3 days and I switched to 20PPM EIS with just a > > few drops of DMSO and have her soaking the thumb in a small bottle > > filled with the liquid, 2 times per day for 6 mintues. They have since > > been following this protocol all week. Mom called a while ago so ask if > > it's normal for the warts to turn "a shade of blue/gray". YIKES! I'm in > > a different town and so can't see them for myself. > > > > Can anyone let me know if this would be normal, or if we should cut back > > to 10PPM or discontinue??? Thank you, Lin > > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com> > >
