Experts agree you
should always store colloidal silver in the dark – particularly for long-term
storage.
That’s because bright
light tends to oxidize silver particles, causing them to lose their electrical charge
and fall out of suspension, making your batch less potent.
Here’s a simple trick that
allows you to quickly and easily turn any clear glass container into a dark
glass container, so you can keep the light off your colloidal silver batches both
during the colloidal silver-making process, as well as during storage...
Hi, Steve Barwick here, for The Silver Edge…
Because silver particles are very sensitive to light, you must keep your colloidal silver stored
out of bright light as much as possible.
Bright light tends to oxidize (i.e., tarnish) silver, and if
your colloidal silver is exposed to enough bright light, it will cause the
silver particles to oxidize and then precipitate out of suspension, causing
your batch of colloidal silver to lose potency.
This means the microscopic-sized silver particles will begin
to fall to the bottom of the storage container leaving what looks like a fine,
gray powdery coating similar to a layer of silt.
Here's a short article in which
you’ll learn a very easy way to tell if a batch of colloidal silver you've had
stored for a long time has retained its potency and effectiveness.
A Simple Trick for
Keeping the Light Out
(During Production and Storage)
The most popular glass container for making colloidal silver is the one-quart
wide-mouthed Ball canning jar or Mason jar. That’s because they’re so widely
available.
The jars are generally made of clear glass. But during canning season, you can often find
these same glass jars made out of tinted
glass, especially at Walmart or other big box stores.
By getting the tinted glass canning jars, you can use the same jar for both colloidal silver production as well as colloidal silver storage. That's because the colored tint on the glass helps keep the bright light off the silver particles. See this short video to learn more about the decorative glass Ball canning jars.
But if you can’t find the tinted decorative Ball glass canning jars in the one-quart wide-mouthed size, then there’s a simple trick you can use in order to turn any clear glass canning jar into a dark glass canning jar:
By getting the tinted glass canning jars, you can use the same jar for both colloidal silver production as well as colloidal silver storage. That's because the colored tint on the glass helps keep the bright light off the silver particles. See this short video to learn more about the decorative glass Ball canning jars.
But if you can’t find the tinted decorative Ball glass canning jars in the one-quart wide-mouthed size, then there’s a simple trick you can use in order to turn any clear glass canning jar into a dark glass canning jar:
Just go to your local dollar store, and buy a
couple pairs of black men’s socks for a buck.
Be sure to get the large size, since the socks have to fit over a
one-quart glass container.
Then, simply pull one black sock up over each of your clear
glass canning jars to help keep the light out.
You can use this “sock trick” to help keep the light out while
you’re making colloidal silver. And you
can simply leave the sock over the jar when you go to put the batch into
storage.
That way, bright light is kept off of your colloidal silver
batches at all times. And as long as you
store your batches at room temperature (never refrigerate) the potency should
remain indefinitely.
Metal or Plastic Lids
By the way, glass canning jars normally come with metal lids,
which are fine to use as long as you don’t fill the jar all of the way to the
lid with colloidal silver.
That’s because the metal lids can cause the silver particles
to lose their electrical charge and fall out of suspension if the silver water
is touching the metal lid.
To alleviate that possibility, I usually throw the metal lids away, and purchase wide-mouthed plastic lids instead, which are generally available inexpensively on Amazon.com.
To alleviate that possibility, I usually throw the metal lids away, and purchase wide-mouthed plastic lids instead, which are generally available inexpensively on Amazon.com.
Other Storage Bottle Options
Some people use a clear glass canning jar for producing their
colloidal silver, and then pour their finished batches into a dark tinted glass
bottles for storage.
For storage of colloidal silver, you can use old wine
bottles that have tinted glass. Or you
can use the more darkly tinted Bailey's Irish whiskey bottles, or just about
any kind of bottle with tinted glass, such as these brightly colored decorative
glass bottles from Walmart.
Amazon.com also carries dark amber glass or cobalt blue glass storage bottles in a variety of sizes ranging from 4 ounces to quart size to gallon size.
So if you prefer to buy storage bottles for your colloidal silver that are already tinted to keep the light out, just go to Amazon.com and use their search engine to look for “amber glass storage bottles” or “cobalt blue glass storage bottles.”
Amazon.com also carries dark amber glass or cobalt blue glass storage bottles in a variety of sizes ranging from 4 ounces to quart size to gallon size.
So if you prefer to buy storage bottles for your colloidal silver that are already tinted to keep the light out, just go to Amazon.com and use their search engine to look for “amber glass storage bottles” or “cobalt blue glass storage bottles.”
If you can't find them on Amazon.com, here's an article titled
“Online Sources for Glass
Containers for Making, Storing and Using Colloidal Silver,” which provides
links to numerous additional online sources for glass storage bottles
for colloidal silver, plus glass usage bottles such as eyedropper bottles, pump
spray bottles, and more.
So you have a lot of options. But perhaps the cheapest
option is to use the wide-mouthed, one-quart ball canning jars that are clear
in color, and simply pull a black sock or stocking up over it to keep the
bright light out.
That way, you can use the same jar for producing your
colloidal silver as you use for storing your colloidal silver.
Make Your Own Colloidal Silver
As
you likely know, colloidal silver can be very expensive – as
much as $20 to $30 for a tiny four-ounce bottle at most health food
stores.
But the good news is this:
It’s surprisingly easy to make
your own high-quality colloidal silver for
less than 36 cents a quart!
If you’re a do-it-yourselfer, like me, you can learn here how astonishingly
inexpensive it is to make your own high-quality colloidal silver (i.e.,
about a penny per ounce) with a Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver
Generator from The Silver Edge.
This means there’s no longer any need to pay $20 or $30 for
a tiny, four-ounce bottle of colloidal silver in health food stores, when you
can make it yourself by the quart for under 36 cents.
If you’re skeptical, or if you think it must be a difficult
process, at this
link you’ll discover how incredibly simple it is to
make your own colloidal silver – so simple we have 85 year old grandmas making their
own colloidal silver.
Indeed, with a device that’s as simple to operate as a
coffee pot (see above photo of the new Micro-Particle Colloidal Silver
Generator from The Silver Edge, or click here), just about anyone can
make their own high-quality colloidal silver for just a few pennies per
quart!
Meanwhile, I’ll be back next week with another great article on
colloidal silver….
Yours for the safe, sane and responsible
use of colloidal silver,
Steve Barwick, author
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
The Ultimate Colloidal Silver Manual
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