home-made-biodiesel-logo


[?] Subscribe To
This Site

XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Add to Newsgator
Subscribe with Bloglines

Liquid Biodiesel Soap

by Shawn
(Ensign)




Is it possible to make liquid soap when using sodium hydroxide as your processing agent when making biofuel?




Comments for
Liquid Biodiesel Soap

Average Rating starstarstarstarstar

Click here to add your own comments

Jan 20, 2011
Rating
starstarstarstarstar 		Liquid Biodiesel Soap/ Hand Cleaner
by: PAul

It is possible to make a liquid soap or hand cleaner but only with potassium hydroxide (KOH) glycerol/glycerine.

1) You need to remove the methanol from the Glycerine. DO this by putting the glycerine on a stove outside in a well ventilated area. Do not let anyone breathe in the fumes. The methanol will start boiling off at about 65 deg C. Once the temperature of the glycerine rises to about 80 deg C you can stop the process.

2) Put 1 litre of glycerol in a pot. Heat it up to 80 deg C.

3) Add 50 g of KOH to 200 ml of water. Dissolve the KOH into the water. Add the mixture to the glycerol.

4) Bring the glycerol to the boil and boil for 20 minutes of so.

5) Allow to cool, add some glass beads or fine sand to the mixture if required. Also add some sort of fragrance to make it smell good.

6) Allow the soap to stand for 3 weeks before use.

Click here to add your own comments

Join in and write your own page! It's easy to do. How?
Simply click here to return to Raw Materials