Date:         Sun, 17 Sep 2006 16:27:30 -0700
Reply-To:     jon <jon@KENNEKE.COM>
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From:         jon <jon@KENNEKE.COM>
Subject:      Re: Biodiesel as a parts washer solvent report
Comments: To: Greg Potts <greg@pottsfamily.ca>
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Oh yeah. You can make some nice soap if there is any water in the
vegetable oil, too! Ask me how I know. ;)

But, oddly enough, once the reaction has occured, you use water to "wash"
all the crud out of the biodiesel. Water and BD don't mix.

Biodiesel still beats out soap, though.

Jon

On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, Greg Potts wrote:

> Hi Jon,
>
> I toured the "Veggie Werkes" shop in North Carolina this past Easter
> weekend... Robert told me that he has on occasion brewed up a batch
> of soap when the concentration of lye wasn't quite right.
>
> Now THAT would make an effective parts cleaner!
>
> Happy Trails,
>
> Greg Potts
> 1973/74/75/77/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
> www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
> www.busesofthecorn.com
>
>
> On 17-Sep-06, at 6:24 PM, jon wrote:
>
> > I've used biodiesel for parts washing for a long time. It works well
> > (maybe not as well as the now-banned good old stuff) and makes me
> > happy.
> > It is very "non-toxic".
> >
> > I just put the used stuff back into the biodiesel washer, and run it
> > through the water wash cycles, and it is clean again. Then, I
> > either use
> > it as a parts washer again, or burn it in one of my diesel Vanagons.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Raceingcajun wrote:
> >
> >> Hi David,
> >>
> >>     Thanks for your up-date. Although I will be interested to know
> >> how you
> >> feel about it after a little more use!
> >>     I have tried Diesel several times in the past, and was not
> >> happy. True
> >> it was not Bio-diesel. It seems it just got so very nasty after a
> >> short
> >> time, leaving a film and grunge on everything. I would never use
> >> it for
> >> automatic transmissions or carburetors, etc.
> >>     What I use now is a re-cycled door to door delivered "National
> >> Brand" (I
> >> don't want to drop my guy in the grease). I own my washer and just
> >> buy a
> >> drum off the truck, as he stops next door. I pay $35.00 bucks for
> >> 15 gallons
> >> of it and he picks up the old stuff.....................does the
> >> driver
> >> report the sale?????? I figure the pick up alone is worth it!
> >> Keeps the EPA
> >> weasels away from the door.
> >>     Keep us posted, the Bio may be different, but in the long run,
> >> you still
> >> got to dispose of the old.
> >>
> >> Howard
> >>
> >>> Subject: Biodiesel as a parts washer solvent report
> >>
>
>
>