Andrew, You may want to call the soap manufacturers assocation. I forgot their name...but they represent the soap and detergent folks, including the natural soaps.
Good luck... --- Andrew Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Do you know any place that buys high quality > glycerin in the New England area? > > Andy > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:14:40 -0800 (PST), Phillip > Wolfe > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > San Francisco....The City by the Bay..... > > > > > > --- Andrew Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > Phillip, > > > > > > What region are you in? I am in Massachusetts. > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:11:46 -0800 (PST), > Phillip > > > Wolfe > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Andy, > > > > > > > > Yes. In my region there are medium sized soap > > > > manufacturing companies who specialise in > natural > > > > handsoaps, custom soaps, cosmetics. They take > > > > supplies of refined glycerin above 90 per cent > but > > > you > > > > are correct in that the purer the better; so a > 99 > > > > percent is even better. The other preference > is > > > > colourless and odorless in order to add in > their > > > own > > > > perfumes and colors. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Andrew Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Has anyone had any luck selling glycerine > that > > > had > > > > > been refined in the > > > > > 95-99% range? Secondly, does anyone here > refine > > > it > > > > > to that extent? > > > > > > > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:35:22 +0100, > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > When I start my homebrew biodiesel > refining > > > with > > > > > that > > > > > > 150 lbs of WVO I've been discussing, I > would > > > to > > > > > > circulate the byproduct crude glycerin > into > > > > > > distillation and purify it to about 90% > purity > > > or > > > > > > better. The reason is that I would like to > > > > > "recycle" > > > > > > and send the glyerin to a local natural > soap > > > bar > > > > > > manufacture nearby. Am I taking this too > > > far? > > > > > > > > > > > > You are not meaning boling the glycerine > and > > > then > > > > > > condensing it, are you? this can't be done > at > > > > > atmos- > > > > > > pheric pressure. Glycerine will crak just > a > > > few > > > > > degC > > > > > > below atmospheric bpT, so glyc > distillation > > > must > > > > > be > > > > > > done under lower than atmospheric > pressure. > > > > > > OTOH, distilling away the methanol is > > > reasonable, > > > > > as > > > > > > for the low energy input and a valuable > fossil > > > > > chemical > > > > > > recovery. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, Aleks > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > Biofuel mailing list > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net > > > (searchable): > > > > > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Biofuel mailing list > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net > > > (searchable): > > > > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > > protection around > > > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Biofuel mailing list > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net > (searchable): > > > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Biofuel mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net > (searchable): > > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/