Re: [Biofuel] NaOH does not dissolve

2005-11-29 Thread Mike Weaver
Sunoco usually sells methanol through their racing gas division. 5 gallons is about 30 bucks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sure now that the camp stove fuel must not be methanol . It has been over 24 hours and the lye has not dissolved at all. I thought I had read that the stove fuel

Re: [Biofuel] NaOH does not dissolve

2005-11-29 Thread Zeke Yewdall
This is what I found for the chemical compostion of wood naptha used for denaturing ethanol: Composition of wood naptha: There is no prescriptive list of ingredients, but some or all of the following are found in approved synthetic wood naptha: * pyridine, * pyridine bases, * allyl

Re: [Biofuel] NaOH does not dissolve

2005-11-29 Thread Derick Giorchino
it started yet I seem to mix it for much longer to get it to dissolve. Hope this helps. Derick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bob allen Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 5:26 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] NaOH does

[Biofuel] NaOH does not dissolve

2005-11-28 Thread Ajmog
I am working on making my first batch of Biodiesel and I can not seem to get the NaOH to dissolve in the methanol. I am using Ozark Trail brand stove fuel purchased from WalMart for methanol. I did read on the website that the NaOH can be difficult to dissolve but it has been 18 hours since I have

Re: [Biofuel] NaOH does not dissolve

2005-11-28 Thread bob allen
are you sure that it is methanol? camp fuel in my parts- the Ozarks- is white gas , basically gasoline. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am working on making my first batch of Biodiesel and I can not seem to get the NaOH to dissolve in the methanol. I am using Ozark Trail brand stove fuel

Re: [Biofuel] NaOH does not dissolve

2005-11-28 Thread Ajmog
I am sure now that the camp stove fuel must not be methanol . It has been over 24 hours and the lye has not dissolved at all. I thought I had read that the stove fuel would work but I guess I was wrong. On the back of the can it says it contains a refined petroluem naptha. Now I am right or wrong