Lye is not a denaturant, the ethanol can still be reclaimed. To denature ethanol, liquids that have similar boiling points condensing points, that even distillation will be hard to remove, have to be used, like methanol, gasoline, and a few other things as well. The denaturant used must not be readily remove from the ethanol, with common tools, You still have to make the ethanol and that requires licensing / bonding even if it is denatured. It used to be that rubbing alcohol was denatured ethanol, but, due to the licensing / bonding cost, it's now more cost effective to make isopropyl alcohol.
( From: Make Your Own Fuel ) For BATF, to consider ethanol to be denatured, you must use one of the approved formulas, such as: Formula #1) To every 100 gal of ethanol add; 5 gal wood alcohol. Formula #3A) To every 100 gal of ethanol; 5 gal methyl alcohol Formula #4) To every 100 gal of ethanol; 1 gal gasoline Formula #18) To every 100 gal of ethanol of not less than 160 proof add; 2.5 gal of methyl isobutyl ketone ( or compound similar thereto ), 0.125 gal of pyronate ( or compound similar thereto ), 0.5 gal of acetaldol, 1 gal kerosene, or gasoline. Formula #19) To every 100 gal. of ethanol of not less than 160 proof add; 4 gal of methyl isobutyl ketone, and 1 gal. of kerosene, deodorized kerosene or gasoline. Have fun, Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marc Orion Cardoso To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2004 17:37 Subject: [biofuel] Re: Theoretical Question you can get a small distillers permit if you have no criminal record, it allows you to make up to 10,000 gallons of ethanol for fuel for your own use. the fee is $25.00 of course ,this assumes that you are in the Usa. if you arent, do it anyway as long as you denature it immediatly with lye its no longer potable so it becomes a non issue . there is no law against making ethyloxide at least not yet. marc [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
