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Title: methanol
Post by: biobill on November 28, 2015, 10:41:28 PM

Good evening fellow biodieselers has anyone bought methanol off of sidwil services and was it any good ? thanks

Title: Re: methanol
Post by: ells1604 on November 28, 2015, 11:16:21 PM

Have been getting  from then last couple years
No problems,  always  virgin methanol
good prices and quick delivery

Title: Re: methanol
Post by: Jamesrl on November 28, 2015, 11:39:02 PM

Quote from: ells1604 on November 28, 2015, 11:16:21 PM

Have been getting  from then last couple years
No problems,  always  virgin methanol
good prices and quick delivery

I second that.

Title: Re: methanol
Post by: dgs on November 29, 2015, 12:00:32 AM

I got an IBC from trinity a couple of weeks ago, thought I would try reclaimed for a change. Very, very Strong smell of acetone but seems to react OK (but I use virgin for the 10/90's)

Title: Re: methanol
Post by: julesandtash on November 29, 2015, 08:30:45 AM

I got some of that a while back from Snippy. It had a very very pale blue colour too it, only really visible when in quite a large container and, as you say smelled really strongly of acetone or ketone or something similar, couldn't quite work out what

But, it did react perfectly well, the same as virgin methanol

Title: Re: methanol
Post by: neisel on November 29, 2015, 11:17:51 AM

What saving is to be had from using recycled methanol instead of virgin?

Title: Re: methanol
Post by: dgs on November 29, 2015, 01:58:48 PM

Roughly 5ppl