Re: [Biofuel] soap, glycerine by-product and how my farm is

2005-04-11 Thread Rob
Actually my land is real flat, so underground will not work. I have looked into solar dehydrators, but with my normal humidity of 80%, it is hard to dry anything. We run the hot water through the towel rack while having our showers in order to heat and dry the towels. They naturally soak

Re: [Biofuel] soap, glycerine by-product and how my farm is

2005-04-11 Thread Kim Garth Travis
Rob wrote: Would you like plans for a VERY cheap dehumidifier (probably less than $20) that can take out over a gallon of water a day (depending on humidity) ?? I would very much like the plans. How much energy does it use? We do have an electric humidifyer, but it sucks powers like an

RE: [Biofuel] soap, glycerine by-product and how my farm is

2005-04-11 Thread Steve Hess
] soap, glycerine by-product and how my farm is Greetings Rob, Rob wrote: Would you like plans for a VERY cheap dehumidifier (probably less than $20) that can take out over a gallon of water a day (depending on humidity) ?? I would very much like the plans. How much energy does it use? We

Re: [Biofuel] soap, glycerine by-product and how my farm is doing

2005-04-10 Thread Kim Garth Travis
Keith Addison wrote: I do want to make some liquid soap, but not from by-product, I want good soap (shower soap). I made some a couple of times before with olive oil, not too bad, but not that good either. I've read that you really need coconut oil to make good liquid soap, and I

Re: [Biofuel] soap, glycerine by-product and how my farm is doing

2005-04-09 Thread Keith Addison
Greetings, Keith I make soap with KOH and/or NaOH depending on what I want. A liquid soap, bar soap or cream soap. The trouble, if it is one, is that we use KOH in the first place for the process, so the by-product is liquid. I doubt that using NaOH in a subsequent soapmaking process