The CS was probably made too fast in too cold an environment and was not stabilized by proper hydration. It then agglomerated into large particle CS ranging from amber and violet to reddish. If you wish to "rescue" these batches, put a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in them and wait...but do not use them as starter for the next batches. Ken
At 06:44 PM 11/14/01 -0800, you wrote: >Hi again, folks: > >When I made my first bunch of batches of CS, I ended >up with the better part of four quart-size Mason jars >full of it. The last couple of batches were >extra-dark amber. > >I put them in a kitchen cupboard, but the cupboard >door was left open to light. > >Right now I have about 1-1/2 jars left. Last night I >diluted what I had left with some distilled water. >The CS looked kind of dark pinkish. Today, both jars >have darkened again. The one I haven't yet tasted is >dark amber. The other one, which I have opened >several times to take some out of, looks actually >purple. > >Is this stuff okay? Does CS have a long shelf life? >Maybe I should just keep this dark stuff for topical >use... my 12-gauge silver wire arrived the other day >from CC Silver, so I want to try that out. Maybe that >ribbon-shaped stuff I bought from the jewelry supply >place wasn't as pure as they told me it was. > >Anyway, thanks in advance for your advice. I really >appreciate your generosity in answering all my >questions. > > > >Pam Maltzman > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals >http://personals.yahoo.com > > >-- >The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > >To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >[email protected] -or- [email protected] >with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > >To post, address your message to: [email protected] >Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html >List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > > Tired of buying questionable qaulity colloidal silver at high health food store prices? Make your own high quality Colloidal Silver at home with this automatic process, current controlled colloidal silver generator. http://www.silverpuppy.com
