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Hi Emil Not me, but I do have 3 500ml samples of waste canola oil from a chip wagon. They have been sitting for about a week at room temperature with about 1 to 3 teaspoons of alum dropped in and stirred (not shaken or pumped) . The results look good but I have nothing to report. If anyone has tried this I would be interested in feedback. I have also been toying with the idea of using DE (diatomaceous earth) it is used for swimming pools and apparently as a vacuum filter it can filter down to .5 microns that is ½ micron. Wes
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Greetings. Has anyone tried using an absorptive polymer to remove water from WVO? It is a cheap product that is used in sandy soils to increase water retention for plants. It is also used in products that remove water from the bottom of fuel tanks at gas stations. I think one brand is called “water sock”. The WVO could be pumped through a vessel containing the crystals as it was being filtered. The crystals expand with water and turn to “jello” then they can be dried out in the sun and reused. There is a similar product used in diapers but that is starch based and wouldn’t work as well. If it works, we might save time and energy removing water. Am I making sense to anyone?
Regards, Emil
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