The Best Method to Produce Clear Colloidal Silver

A common beginner's mistake when making colloidal silver is to run the process until the distilled water turns yellow and silver particles settle to the bottom. When this happens, the particles are too large to produce an effective and stable solution. Since the particle size of the silver solution determines your body's ability to absorb it, getting this right is important.

Control the Conductivity

• Cheap colloidal silver generators that use three nine volt batteries have no control over water conductivity. As silver particles accumulate in the water its conductivity increases. The rising electrical current also increases particle size and makes the processing time unpredictable.

  The solution is to use a constant current source that's equal to one mA per square inch of silver electrode material. To create the constant current source, make your anode---which is the positively charged electrode---out of 16 inches of 14 gauge silver wire. Since silver deposits will form on your electrodes, don't forget to clean them after each use.

Limit the Concentration

• Agitating the solution while you make it will evenly distribute the silver colloids in your water. The further apart your silver electrodes are, the less agitation is necessary and vice-versa. You can use a Christmas tree light under your solution to stir it with thermal convection, immerse a straw attached to a motor to stir it mechanically, or get an aquarium pump to displace the water with air bubbles.

Stop at the Right Time

• If you run the process too long your silver particles will settle out of suspension and be too large to be properly absorbed by the body. There are two ways to know if your colloidal silver is ready. You can dip a dissolved solids meter into the water to check the parts per million of ionic silver, or shine a laser pointer through the solution and look for a Tyndall effect.

  If you use a dissolved solids meter, don't let your parts per million exceed 20. If you use the laser pointer, you'll see its beam in the wate---the Tyndall effect---when your colloidal silver is ready.

Add Hydrogen Peroxide

• Colloidal silver is made up of tiny silver ions and larger silver colloids. When three drops of three percent food grade hydrogen peroxide are added to a six to eight ounce solution of colloidal silver, the silver colloids are ionized and their particle size decreases while their concentration doubles. This can make colloidal silver up to 100 times more powerful since it's more easily absorbed by the body. The best time to add hydrogen peroxide is two days after making the solution.