As a wrinkly, I guess time is not very important but my efforts up to the present are terribly time consuming for what seems to be little result.
I seem to spend hours each day sitting in front of my computer searching for answers to my problems and although the forum is fantastic it can sometimes be fairly daunting to an old bugger who is not very computer savvy.
Help please.
How soon after treatment can I drain off the by-product? I am using NaOH but I find that if I leave it overnight it solidifies to some extent and does not run too freely. If I try and recover the glicerines while the tank is still warm, I drain off quite a bit of oil. I do not have a conical bottom on my reactor, I am using a Gas cylinder.
My other problem (well, one of them) is that I have a batch that has been bubbling away for three days as part of the "drying process" but I am not sure I know when to stop.No good saying put it in the sun to dry it off because the sun is not very co-operative at this time of the year.
I am not about to give up, but I am feeling frustrated and would appreciate some guidance.
Stay tuned for further dramas!
Thanks,
Drover