Hello all: Recently a couple of quart batches of CS made with my SG6 had a slight yellowish tinge. Since it is normally clear, I did not like this. The ppm as measured by my PWT meter was between 9 and 10, so that was ok, but the TE when I shone the laser through was thick even in broad daylight, indicating a high particle content (it is normally difficult to see in daylight). Holding it up to the sunlight, I could see lots of sparkles whereas a good batch has few if any.
I have read that adding H2O2 can break down the particles, so I added two drops of 35% H2O2 to each batch and waited a few hours. They became quite cloudy, then started to clear up, but never did clear all the way - so I added another two drops to each and they became cloudy again. After a full day, they were clearer, but still not completely clear, so another two drops, and waited another day. Still slightly cloudy, still lots of sparkles in sunlight, still very pronounced TE. So I decided that was as far as I could go, and would not drink this stuff but use it externally only. I poured off the liquid into another container, and at the bottom of each jar was a coating of white sludge. Some kind of precipitate obviously settled out, but not enough to totally clear up the solution. Question is, why did the H2O2 not clear it up completely (6 drops of 35% per quart). What was the sludge that settled out (silver oxide? or heavier silver particles?). Why did it still display a thick TE? If I add 35% H2O2 to CS that is clear to begin with, will it behave the same way? How much should I add per quart (actually a 26 oz mason jar). I have read that a lot of people do this to make CS more effective (more ionic, less particulate), but it seems not to work for me, unless I am doing something wrong. Del -- 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: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
