Rick, Would suggest adding the methanol/lye mix to the oil, the slower the better. Adding oil to methanol/lye might require less equipment but its a great way to make soap. You could also increase the ammount of lye slighlty to say 4.5g per litre which will push the process al;ong nicely.
Regards, Paul Gobert. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 2:39 AM Subject: [biofuel] First Batch > Well I made my first blender batch of Biodiesel last night. I am proud to > say that I made a great batch of GLOP!!!! > > I am not sure what I did wrong. I think maybe the Lye and Methanol did not > get mixed good enough. I used 1 liter of new oil, 200 ml of Methanol, and 3.5 > grams of lye. What do you suppose went wrong? I blended the lye for almost a > min then added the new veggie oil and blended for another 15 min. It made a > real nice batch of goo. > > Any suggestion? > > Rick M > Brownstown. Mi Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
