Keith, Should he add 2-3 % more acid to make up the amount he is missing or would this just add more water?
Keith Addison wrote: >The extra water might not make any difference, as Joe Street and I >were saying a month or so back. Some water is acceptable, but just >how much is not easy to say, so it's safer to get rid of any and all >water if you can. But your 93% sulphuric is worth a try. Start with >low-FFA oil, preferably test batches with virgin oil. > >Best > >Keith > > > > >>Try it, then you can tell us. Lol. >>But seriously though, I would guess that the extra 2% is most likely either >>water or a gelling agent to make it thicker and stickier. Water will give >>you some extra soap in your wash, not sure what a gelling agent might do. I >>would suggest investing your two dollars in a bottle of this stuff and going >>back to the one litre test batch stage to see how it works. >>Regards, >>Bob >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> >>Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 11:40 PM >>Subject: [Biofuel] sulphuric acids >> >> >> >> >>>in the foolproof method, as defined on the JTF web site, it is stated >>>to use 95% sulphuric acid. This is hard to get these days for an >>>individual and somewhat costly. however there is an old fashioned drain >>>cleaner whose MSDS reports is 93% sulphuric acid. oddly enough anybody >>>can buy gallons with no problem. Does anybody know if this slightly >>>less percentage will work? >>> r. Allison >>> >>> > > >_______________________________________________ >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/
