If you dont clean your silver rods often enough and they get black, thus the CS 
gets dirty looking, you will need to strain. When this happens to me, I use 
either a paper towel or a cofee filter, and they seem to work quite well. Seems 
the bigger the particles the more you need to strain... Hope this helps some, 
Lorie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: robbie renfrow 
  To: silver-list@eskimo.com 
  Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 10:44 PM
  Subject: CS>Straining Colloidal Silver


  HI,
    I'm new to the group,and I have what to many may be a dumb question. When 
you make your own CS does it need to be strained? If so, what would you use to 
strain it with?  Thanks a million for any help you might be able to give me.
     Jesse