Hi Alan The cold weather could be a problem. In the summer I put my methanol tank in a 5 gal bucket to cool it since it gets so hot with the mixing process and dissolves in short order. 8 hrs I mix it about every 1/2 hr. but in the cold weather I put the methanol tank in hot tap water to get 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 not dissolve 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 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 mixed it and little or none appears to have > dissolved. I did have the methanol stored in my garage in a sealed > container for a month or maybe a little more and the temps were down to > 6 degrees Farinenheit. Could these cold tempatures have messed it up? > Also I am only trying to mix 5 liters of methanol with 108 grams of NaOH > split evenly into two containers because I could not find one container > large enough that was translucent. Any ideas or suggestions will be > greatly appreciated. > > Thank you, > Alan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.13.7/182 - Release Date: 11/24/2005 -- Bob Allen http://ozarker.org/bob "Science is what we have learned about how to keep from fooling ourselves" - Richard Feynman _______________________________________________ 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/
