--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i suppose i was reluctant to give much detail on the > effects i am having with > my first batches since i am unsure of the quality of > my methanol and lye and > was waiting on reliable higher quality material to > arrive before i get really > confused. however my third batch gave me a slightly > cloudy amber BD with a > thick brown glycerin on the bottom but gave me a > mayonaise-like emulsion with > wash test that lasted for 2 days until i dumped it. > out of curiosity i tried 250 ml of HEET, 3.5g > lye to 1 liter of virgin > vegetable oil and got a cloudy amber BD with a hard, > peach colored glycerin and > a wash test gave me the same emulsion. i keep the > temperature between 55-60 > deg Celsius and i blend for 1 hour, settle for 24 > hours. i want to blame the > quality of my lye and methanol until i get the good > stuff to try again, but i > will check to dry the oil first next time since i > ASSUMED virgin oil to be dry. > thank you very much. > Richard Allison > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
20 min. blending if cloudy-soap production add some salt to precipitate the soap wash several times good luck fox > > ___________________________________________________________ Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter now. http://www.yahoo.co.uk/blackberry _______________________________________________ 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/