Hi Rafal,
Do not overcomplicate yourself.
1. Make sure that your oil is dry.
2. Make sure that your methanol dry, and lye fresh
3. Reaction parameters - time, temperature, agitation are OK.
4. Settlig time 24 Hours +
5 Wash test from the upper layer of reaction wessel. - If failed try +1gr
lye.
On Mon, Sep 11, 2006 at 07:14:40AM +0200, Tonom?r Andr?s wrote:
Hi Rafal,
Do not overcomplicate yourself.
1. Make sure that your oil is dry.
2. Make sure that your methanol dry, and lye fresh
3. Reaction parameters - time, temperature, agitation are OK.
4. Settlig time 24 Hours +
5 Wash
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 05:05:59PM -0700, Ken Provost wrote:
On Sep 9, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Rafal Szczesniak wrote:
I'm talking about the result I get from the washing test. I know the
soap formation is only possible in presence of water dissolving
the lye. That's probably why aggresive
On Sep 9, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Rafal Szczesniak wrote:
Hi all,
Could you tell me how can I tell the difference between emulsion
caused by unfinished process (glycerides left in the product) and
caused by soap formation (too much lye) ?
I suppose you could use gentle acidification followed
On Sat, Sep 09, 2006 at 02:18:17PM -0700, Ken Provost wrote:
On Sep 9, 2006, at 11:12 AM, Rafal Szczesniak wrote:
Hi all,
Could you tell me how can I tell the difference between emulsion
caused by unfinished process (glycerides left in the product) and
caused by soap formation (too