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  1. I have been using colloidal silver for a few years, and it is miraculous. I've not had the nerve to ingest it due to my concern of turning gray or blue or whatever it is. When I mention it to my doctors, they all say they never heard of it.

  2. rene cook says:

    I'm glad to find your site. I've been using colloidal silver for many years and I have my own machine. However I need to get some more diodes. Can you tell me where? Also I'm wondering if it can be made without electricity, just in case. Thanks

    1. The website he mentioned in the article sells them.
      I would think that you can create this without 110V, but you'd need DC in the form of batteries.

  3. I was disappointed with CS when I used it on an infected place on my leg. I had had a mole removed which got infected so I started using the CS instead of going back to the doctor for an antibiotic cream. The infection steadily got worse and so after several days, I had to resort to an antibiotic cream which started working with one application. (My doctor laughed when I told her what I had used and chastised me big time which is typical.)

  4. Years ago, babies were given a silver spoon and a silver cup at birth. Silverware was not just conspicuos consumption I suggest all of the above and/or sucking on a silver coin 30 minutes a day.

  5. I have done some research on colloidal silver and while the benefits are real for 'nano-particles of silver', not so much for ion-particles. Most machines that use electricity are ion-generators. They make ionic silver particles. These are unstable as an electron is stripped off in the process. Upon ingesting, these particles will seek to stabilize by combining with other atoms, say a chlorine atom, which makes a silver chloride atom and is useless for medicinal purposes. I am not a chemist, but it appears that the silver ion-generators for sale are not the optimum way to get colloidal silver. Any comments or help out there?

  6. Carter Worthington says:

    So, true, big drug companies are putting out false info on colloidal silver, saying that it doesn’t work, or that you’ll turn gray or blue. Bologna, I’ve used it on and off for years and I’m still not blue. I think the best colloidal silver is from Advanced Silver company, but some other 10ppm ionic colloidal silvers are pretty good, too. According to Canadian health officials the ionic form is most effective, despite what the makers of higher PPM solutions claim. Stick with 10ppm and you’ll be fine.

  7. M Schultz says:

    When making CS, instead of using batteries, why not use a solar panel?
    Also, what is the preferred voltage to use when making CS?
    Would 250 volts work OK?

  8. Mary Ausdahl says:

    Thus the term biuebloods!

  9. This article needs correction. Colloidal silver should not be clear, it should be light yellow. Let me explain here, colloidal silver is a metal colloid. This metal colloid has certain characteristics:
    1. Size of the nanoparticles – properly manufactured colloidal silver should have nanoparticles which measure between 5 nm -100 nm.
    2. Color – The color should be light yellow at a silver concentration of 15 ppm when the nanoparticles are at the lower side of the 5 nm-100 nm spectrum and the color changes to red when the nanoparticles either increase in size or in concentration. A 100 nm colloidal silver should look cloudy with some hint of red. A 20 nm colloidal silver should look cherry red at concentrations above 600 ppm.
    3. Colloidal silver does not have the smallest nanoparticles of silver possible.
    4. Home made colloidal silvers are partially colloidal because most of their nanoparticles of silver are either too small or too large. How can you tell? if the color and the ppm concentration does not fit the description I gave then they are not colloidal. Sorry but you are not making it colloidal, you are making nanosilver which has negative side effects. I explain more on point 5.
    5. All colloidal silver is nano in size. the nano scale goes from 1 nm-1000 nm. So colloidal silver fits inside of it, but not all nanosilver products fit inside the colloidal scale of 5 nm-100 nm.
    6. Smaller than 5 nm of nanosilver will cause problems in the long run, its called silver toxicity. Larger than 100 nm can cause Argyria, a permanent discoloration of the skin. Why are most people not having problems? because they are not using too much, but because there is a lack of scientific research on what happens after 10 or 20 years it is better to be safe than sorry.
    7. Colloidal silver does not kill 650 different organisms, that attribute belongs to silver. NO, it is not the same, when we deal with nanomaterials, size matters and size affects the way the material behaves, so even if silver kills 650 different organisms, colloidal silver does not because its behavior is different than that of the bulk silver and it does not affect organisms the same way or at all for that matter.
    8. Most manufacturers that sell their colloidal silver at natural stores and the internet Do Not Manufacture Colloidal Silver, they make nanosilver.
    9. Colloidal silver is made of nanosized particles of silver which remain suspended because they all have the same charge and repel each other and that force is greater than gravity’s pull so they stay suspended. This also means that properly manufactured colloidal silver is in fact an ionic solution (see 10).
    10. A silver ion is a cation. If colloidal silver has charged nanoparticles of silver then by definition it is ionic. So when marketers say their colloidal silver is ionic and not colloidal or particulate, they don’t know what they are saying and they are lying to you.
    So, by now you are wondering what companies really make colloidal silver. Well, I know of 3, Nanocomposix, Sigma Aldrich and Silver Living Tech. There might be more but I am aware of only those. These companies all make laboratory grade colloidal silver but only the last one sells it as a mineral supplement besides selling it to laboratories.
    We all want to blame Big Pharma for why colloidal silver lost its OTC status but it was partly Big Pharma’s fault and partly the manufacturers of colloidal silver playing scientist trying to make something without following any guidelines.
    I am sure some of those manufacturers made it because they wanted to help give people a good product, but they did not know what they were making, and others probably just wanted to get rich.
    So again, this article should include everything I have said here because it is lacking a lot of information.

  10. That article is not about colloidal silver, it is about a nanosilver product which people call colloidal silver. Let me explain here, colloidal silver is a metal colloid. This metal colloid has certain characteristics:
    1. Size of the nanoparticles – properly manufactured colloidal silver should have nanoparticles which measure between 5 nm -100 nm.
    2. Color – The color should be light yellow at a silver concentration of 15 ppm when the nanoparticles are at the lower side of the 5 nm-100 nm spectrum and the color changes to red when the nanoparticles either increase in size or in concentration. A 100 nm colloidal silver should look cloudy with some hint of red. A 20 nm colloidal silver should look cherry red at concentrations above 600 ppm.
    3. Colloidal silver does not have the smallest nanoparticles of silver possible.
    4. Home made colloidal silvers are partially colloidal because most of their nanoparticles of silver are either too small or too large. How can you tell? if the color and the ppm concentration does not fit the description I gave then they are not colloidal. Sorry but you are not making it colloidal, you are making nanosilver which has negative side effects. I explain more on point 5.
    5. All colloidal silver is nano in size. the nano scale goes from 1 nm-1000 nm. So colloidal silver fits inside of it, but not all nanosilver products fit inside the colloidal scale of 5 nm-100 nm.
    6. Smaller than 5 nm of nanosilver will cause problems in the long run, its called silver toxicity. Larger than 100 nm can cause Argyria, a permanent discoloration of the skin. Why are most people not having problems? because they are not using too much, but because there is a lack of scientific research on what happens after 10 or 20 years it is better to be safe than sorry.
    7. Colloidal silver does not kill 650 different organisms, that attribute belongs to silver. NO, it is not the same, when we deal with nanomaterials, size matters and size affects the way the material behaves, so even if silver kills 650 different organisms, colloidal silver does not because its behavior is different than that of the bulk silver and it does not affect organisms the same way or at all for that matter.
    8. Most manufacturers that sell their colloidal silver at natural stores and the internet Do Not Manufacture Colloidal Silver, they make nanosilver.
    9. Colloidal silver is made of nanosized particles of silver which remain suspended because they all have the same charge and repel each other and that force is greater than gravity’s pull so they stay suspended. This also means that properly manufactured colloidal silver is in fact an ionic solution (see 10).
    10. A silver ion is a cation. If colloidal silver has charged nanoparticles of silver then by definition it is ionic. So when marketers say their colloidal silver is ionic and not colloidal or particulate, they don’t know what they are saying and they are lying to you.
    So, by now you are wondering what companies really make colloidal silver. Well, I know of 3, Nanocomposix, Sigma Aldrich and Silver Living Tech. There might be more but I am aware of only those. These companies all make laboratory grade colloidal silver but only the last one sells it as a mineral supplement besides selling it to laboratories.

    1. Marla Levinsohn says:

      Hi Rene, have you heard of Utopia brand?

  11. Mike Freeman says:

    It is not the nano silver particles that cause problems, as those are the ones that easily pass easiest through the body. The guy that turned blue actually applied Silver Chloride in a lotion to his face, in addition to drinking gallons of it every week. I believe there are about 5 people in the world who have turned blue – probably because they used salt to speed up the process. Compare that to deaths from pharmaceuticals and it is a joke to use this as a reason not to make your own silver. One important thing to consider when making your own is you ***MUST*** stir your mixture, either with a fish tank pump (using the bubbles to stir), a coffee pot heater, or find a way to use a small motor. I tore a motor out of a CD player and make a prop from a zip tie and small ‘glue tube needle’ but a bent piece of small diameter hose or wire insulator would probably work fine. I use a 1.5 volt battery to power it. I use a 9 volt DC generator for the silver generation part on two halves of a .999 silver wafer, spaced about 1 inch apart. Silver wire is nice, but most places charge over inflated prices for it. NEVER use salt to prime the process – use an ounce of old colloidal silver, or you can use a teaspoon of lemon juice. If it turns slightly yellow you probably cooked it too long, so adjust cooking time for next batch. You can still use it, but ideally it should be clear. You can test for the presence of nano silver by placing a laser through the mixture you should see what is called a Tyndall effect – meaning you should see a faint laser trace in the solution (you don’t need to do this if you don’t have a laser pointer). 9 -10 volts should take about 10 hours to cook one pint/liter depending on water temp as general rule. Since taking about a tablespoon once a day (or less, since i forget some days) i have not had a cold or flu in over 3 years – that is not normal for me. It also speeds healing on cuts I’ve used it on, including nearly taking the tip of my finger off with a potato peeler – i can’t even see a scar now. It is totally non-toxic, so start making your own.

  12. 9999 purity UL-certified silver rods are available. I personally use 2 eight-inch 7-gauge rods, which are rather thick.

  13. Chasity Langenecker says:

    This is supposed to be a good thing?? Governments and biotech companies taking natural elements, patenting them and after awhile essentially limiting anyone’s ability to cure their own disease via some chemistry knowledge?? They will bottle it up and sell for 10k a treatment!!! YAaaaaa human progress!!!
    This appeal to authority that most Americans have is absurd. Wherein only when corrupt, bureaucratic government agencies, bought off scientists, and paid up media tells them nature cures and heals us, they become true believers!!
    The same scientists who shut down free energey, the same bureaucratic system that harasses anyone outside of Big Pharma. Stockholm syndrome.

  14. So where can we purchase this unit…?

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