soap Ken Provost wrote:
> > On Oct 4, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Ed Normandy wrote: > >> > >> Things always go bad during the the second wash. What happens > >> is a third layer appears between the fuel and the water that looks like > >> white tapioka pudding. > > > AKA mayonnaise, but with chunks! :-) > > > >> Any idea what is causing this? > > > This is "Emulsification during the Second Wash" > > > >> perhaps using a blender rather than a gentle stirring during > >> the processing has something to do with it. > > > I would think so, yes. Both first and second washes should > be very gentle. > > > >> I am also using canning jars and just adding water and > >> shaking the jars for the wash. > > > My process would not tolerate anything called "shaking" > until it had been through two gentle washes. > > > -K > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
