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Chatter / Re: Meth wanted
« Last post by countrypaul on April 22, 2024, 12:01:03 PM »
If you don't have a hydrometer, you could try weighing the dried meth vs the wet meth vs water.  Take a clean dry bottle with a narrow neck such as a wine bottle or plastic fizzy drinks bottle, weigh the empty bottle, fill to half way up the neck (the narrowest part) with dry meth and weigh, repeat with wet meth and with water. You need to make sure all the liquids are at the same temperature, and exactly the same volume by marking the bottle neck. You are only looking at a few grams difference, the table here will the help you work out the density: https://biopowered.co.uk/wiki/Testing_methanol_purity
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Chatter / Re: Meth wanted
« Last post by dgs on April 22, 2024, 09:34:32 AM »
Why not try a small test using 1 litre of oil and 200mls of your dried methanol + catalyst before you go 'full process'.
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Chatter / Re: Meth wanted
« Last post by Mr Tickle on April 22, 2024, 08:53:46 AM »
OK - Report. Meth contaminated with water and an attempt to remove water using the cement method.

I put 18 litres of meth into a cubie and added 1 litre of dry cement.
Shook it around a number of time over the next 48 hours.
Three days later if you shake the cubie the cement is still free suspended in the liquid and mixes with the meth and then settles to the bottom again. there are no solids.

I was expecting the water in the meth to react with the cement and leave a solid cement block at the bottom leaving the remaining meth to be free of water, this has not happened.

So either:
A) The reaction does not work as recommended
B) It has worked but I'm unable to test it (no water test kit)
C) Other?

If you think it could have worked, then i should dry my oil again and use the treated meth to process again and see how it goes this time?
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Chatter / Re: Skoda Fabia VRS for sale
« Last post by Mr Tickle on April 15, 2024, 08:36:42 AM »
Now sold
Thanks for your interest  :)
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Chatter / Re: Meth wanted
« Last post by Mr Tickle on April 15, 2024, 08:35:48 AM »
I will give it a go this week and let you know how it goes.
I was a bit reluctant to try because if it doesn't work it makes the oil wet and i have to recover it (dry it again) before I can try again.
Fingers crossed.
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Chatter / Re: Meth wanted
« Last post by dgs on April 13, 2024, 08:06:10 PM »
Yes, we were waiting for your report on this method Mr T but it never happened.
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Chatter / Re: Meth wanted
« Last post by neisel on April 12, 2024, 10:03:32 AM »
Did you ever try using the cement drying process - https://biopowered.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3432.msg41708#msg41708
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Chatter / Meth wanted
« Last post by Mr Tickle on April 11, 2024, 10:44:28 AM »
I've had to ditch 2 barrels of meth as they were contaminated with water.(not sure what use they are or how to dispose of other than burning it?)
I have 1000 litres of oil to process and then I'm done with bio. I'll be knocking down my garage so everything has to go.
If anyone has a spare barrel they want to off load or split a new load let me know.

Thanks
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Chatter / Re: VOD gone for good?
« Last post by Julian on April 09, 2024, 05:37:31 PM »
Quote from: Keef on April 06, 2024, 03:59:09 PM
... to become trendy again

I resent the implication I was ever trendy!
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Chatter / Re: VOD gone for good?
« Last post by Keef on April 06, 2024, 03:59:09 PM »
I guess Veg and Bio are a dying art with that new fangled electrickery and HVO stuff.
We need to work out how to make HVO at home to become trendy again
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