In a message dated 4/23/2005 3:59:41 AM Central Standard Time, rainelov...@sbcglobal.net writes: Raine: Sadly, I'm completely ignorant on the qulaity of the distilled water I'm using. Is there a specific brand, that's tested well, which I can rely on? I've been real happy with the distilled water that I get from Walmart. Walgreen's Drug Store also sells good DW but at twice the price of Walmart's. Others on the list have reported good results with both of these company's products.
Raine: My intent wasn't to speed up the process, though that's what seems to have happened. I was simply interested in stirring. Some of the folks on the list place a value on that -- I haven't found it necessary. I have used a three-battery unit, an electrical transformer unit and a Colloid Master. All three made good CS without heating, stirring, etc. The problem with using a tealight to create stirring is that you're also creating heat. Heating an 8 oz. quantity would create the runaway situation described by Ode. Raine: I do have silver bars. So there's a possibility that the spacing is incorrect? Please advise. The spacing that works well for me is the width of the neck of a Mason jar -- about 2". I just always do well using a one-quart Mason jar. And I think I gave you a bad steer in my previous post -- I was thinking that a quart was 16 ozs. and it's 32 ozs. That's what you started with, right? There's nothing at all wrong with your set-up -- you just need to give it more time than your original try at 1 hour. If you skip the heating, you'll have an easier time of controlling the situation. What you want at the end of brewing is a clear colloid, slightly metallic in taste and if you can afford an inexpensive laser penlight and you shine it into the colloid, you should see the light *beam*, not an entire lighted up jar of water. There's no telling how many ppms you will have produced -- anywhere from 5 to 15 will be my guess -- and it's all good. That's about it. I don't know why I've got this large font all of a sudden -- sorry. MA
