How to Make Colloidal Silver in Your Kitchen
Colloidal silver is a natural antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral agent that consists of microscopic pieces of silver suspended in distilled water. Making your own colloidal silver in your kitchen is much like silver electroplating -- and every bit as simple. Once created, your colloidal silver should be kept in a dark glass bottle and stored in a dark cupboard or drawer to prevent the silver from reacting with the light (in much the same way that a photographic negative reacts with light). Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- 2-cup glass measuring cup with plastic cap
- Large nail
- Four 9-volt batteries
- Two 6-inch pieces of insulated wire with insulated alligator clips at both ends
- 1 cup distilled water
- Two 5-inch pieces of pure (.999) silver wire (10 or 14 gauge)
- Brown glass bottle with cap
Instructions
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Shove the four 9-volt (transistor radio) batteries together, positive terminals pushed into negative terminals so that the batteries form a rectangle, with one free positive terminal and one free negative terminal. This sounds complicated, but it is actually quite simple as there is only one way that four 9-volt batteries can be attached to each other to form a solid rectangle.
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Poke two holes in the plastic lid for the glass measuring cup. Use a nail or a drill bit to make the holes. The holes should be 1 1/2 inches apart. Your pure silver wires will go through these holes later.
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Pour one cup of pure distilled water into the measuring cup and put the plastic lid on the cup.
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Clip one end of one piece of insulated wire to the free positive terminal of your 9-volt battery array. Clip the other end of the wire to one of your pure silver wires and then slip the silver wire through one of the holes in the lid of the measuring cup so that the silver wire hangs down into the distilled water, with the alligator clip on the outside of the lid.
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Clip one end of the other piece of insulated wire to the free negative terminal of your battery array. Clip the other end of the wire to the remaining pure silver wire. Shove this silver wire through the remaining hole in the measuring cup lid so that this wire is also suspended in the water. Do not allow the wires to touch.
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Wait for the electric current to cause one of the silver wires to release a cloud of silver particles into the water. Bubbles of harmless hydrogen gas will form on the other wire. When the water turns a light yellow color, it is ready. The wires can be removed from the liquid and disconnected from the battery array.
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Pour the yellowish liquid (your colloidal silver) into a dark-colored bottle and cap it. Keep this bottle away from light as much as possible. Your colloidal silver can be sprayed onto fruits and vegetables to keep them from spoiling and even included in drinks for human consumption.
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Tips & Warnings
Never use sterling silver to make your colloidal silver, as other metals will end up in your suspension. Only use .999 silver, which is 99.9 percent pure silver.
