Hi all im a newcomber to making biodiesel and will be making my first batch soon but need some help in washing the diesel the rest i got from a friend thanx Kobus S.A.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mike Weaver Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 3:03 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] washing? I always wash *and* neutralize the leftover lye - but then I'm pretty paranoid. Some of the gurus I met at Piedmont don't, others swear you have to. the skapegoat wrote: > The JTF website strongly recommends washing and the Josh Tickell book > seems to suggest it isn't necessary and possibly even detrimental. > I'm interested in some insight on this difference of opinion. I'm > sure most experienced biodieselers here wash their biodiesel. > > Would it be worthwhile to distill the methanol from the biodiesel > instead of just washing it away? I know this still leaves excess > hydroxides that still need to be washed out, but it might reduce the > number of washes necessary and you might be able to save some of your > methanol. > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
