An object is to provide a production method for a treatment solution for forming an insulating
coating, in which a technique for enhancing applied tension and resistance to
moisture absorption is applicable in a stable manner to the treatment solution that contains
phosphate ions and a
metal compound and that is for forming a
phosphate salt insulating
coating, and to provide a production method for an
electrical steel sheet having insulating
coating using the treatment solution. The production method for a treatment solution is characterized by including: mixing a solution A containing, on a PO43- basis, 0.20 mol / L or more and 10 mol / L or less of
phosphoric acid and / or a
phosphate salt and containing, on a
metal basis, less than 0.50 mol / L of a
particulate metal compound and a solution B containing, on a
metal basis, 0.50 mol / L or more and 20.0 mol / L or less of the
particulate metal compound and containing, on a PO43- basis, less than 0.20 mol / L of
phosphoric acid and / or the phosphate salt; and stirring with a
turbine stator-type high-speed stirrer such that a
peripheral speed of a
turbine reaches 10 m / s or more within 60 seconds after starting the mixing of the solution A and the solution B.