1) i find that glycerol, after the excess alky evaporates, makes a passable soap. wonder if anybody in the list has tried filtering, neutralizing, coloring, and scenting it, for use as 'liquid soap' ? (i must try this someday !!)
what would be the pros and cons ? tickell mentions turning glycerol into glycerin soap, by adding more naoh, etc, etc. would a liquid form of the soap be easier than tickell's suggested 'hard soap' transformation ? glycerin soap is a premium soap, and i would imagine that a 'hand made' liquid version of it would also be a premium soap of sorts. 2) read somewhere that glycerol can be used as a soil improver. can't remember exactly if that was as an additional nutrient, or as an additional carbon source (ie, organic content). if so, couldn't it be mixed with an inert medium allowing for easy application ? what would happen if glycerol gets added to a compost pile, or to a methane biodigestor ? or mixed with chips and used as a sort of 'super mulch' ? 3) will glycerol disolve into another fuel/solvent, making the end product easier and safer to use as a substitute for heating fuel ? 4) could glycerol be used as a gasoline/alcohol/dinodiesel additive, adding lubricity ? 5) how innocuous is glycerol ? (neutralized and no free alky) could it be used as an intimate lubricant ? (:-D) 6) what about floating wick glycerol candles ? sort of like the old tallow lamps ? 7) is glycerol edible ? could it be mixed with starch, fermented, and distilled into a potent brew ? or mixed into animal fodder ? glycerol wheaties, anyone ? 8) could glycerol be mixed with another tensioactive product, and made into a 'new generation biodegradable detergent' ? anybody try using it in the clotheswasher, or dishwasher (my wife would give me a full bobbit, so count me out...), either at 100 %, or mixed with regular gunk ? 9) will red worms 'process' glycerol, turning it into a very saleable 'worm compost' ? (big market for this...) hmmmmmmmmmmmm.......................... (nothing beats lateral thinking, methinks !!!) cheers, dick. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
