Methoxide seemed to chew up my epoxy pretty good... Thomas Kelly wrote:
> Will, > Thanks for the reply. I dropped a light inside the tank. The > inside walls are a smooth light tan color. > I decided to put some BD in one of them. I have 3 - 4 months > until heating season. We'll see what happens between now and then. > Tom > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Will Kelleher <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* biofuel@sustainablelists.org > <mailto:biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > *Sent:* Monday, June 26, 2006 4:44 PM > *Subject:* Re: [Biofuel] Tanks for storing Biodiesel > > Tom, > > I know that some drum manufacturors sell 55 gallon steel drums > with an epoxy lining. This could be the case with your methanol > drum. I don't think the biodiesel will dissolve the epoxy, but I > don't know for sure. Hope that helps. > > Will Kelleher > > On 6/18/06, *Thomas Kelly* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hello to all, > I would like to start storing some biodiesel to be used > as heating fuel this winter. > I have two 55 gallon (209L) drums that methanol came in. > They are blue tanks with "VP Racing" on them. I was told that > they are only used for methanol and "are lined" with > something. I plan to tee them into my heating fuel line. > Will they make suitable tanks for storing biodiesel? I'm > a bit concerned about the lining. It is apparently a feature > that makes them more valuable for methanol storage, but will > biodiesel dissolve it? > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org <mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/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/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >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/
