> From: "Gertrude" <[email protected]> > Hello Debbie , Sometimes I have the same troubles and take a > coffee-filter for the CS water to filter the very little > silverparts out.
> Is that the way...?? I would caution on using coffee filters or anything else to strain the cs. Paper can have all kinds of soluble ions that can combine with the silver ions and make different compounds that have little or no antibacterial or antiviral properties. You can do a simple test. Measure the conductance of your fresh distilled water. Pour some dw in a 3 oz shot glass and drop in some paper folded up to fit. Leave it for a few minutes, then measure the conductance of the dw. I measured 1.2uS for the fresh dw, and 70uS after dropping in a folded coffee filter. Obviously, many different ions leached from the paper. I have no idea what they are, but there's a good chance some will combine with the Ag(+) ions. They vastly outnumber the silver ions we need. The next part would be to do a simple salt test. Take two 3 oz shot glasses and pour some fresh cs in both. Add some paper to one glass and wait for a few minutes. Remove it with a plastic fork. The reason for plastic is to avoid potential problems with stainless steel. Add a bit of canning salt to each glass. Wait ten minutes or so for the salt to dissolve completely and combine with the Ag(+) to form a silver chloride dispersion. Compare the strength of the two dispersions. This will tell you how much silver is left in the test glass. Repeat the same test for different papers you might want to use. My conclusion is I stopped using any kind of paper to filter the cs, and stopped using tissue paper to skim any silver film from the surface of the water. These small amounts of pure silver caused by plateout on the cathode are completely harmless and can be ignored. If you don't like them, just shake the container and they will break into small fragments you no longer can see. Out of sight, out of mind:) Regards, Mike M -- 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: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
