Where can I get lye and methanol?

IngridL


Joined: 20/03/2009
Posts: 368

Message Posted:
29/05/2009 14:11

Does anyone know where I can get lye (potassium hydroxide, not sodium hydroxide/KOH, not NaOH) and methanol 99%+ in the TRNC?

Aslan


Joined: 23/06/2008
Posts: 757

Message Posted:
29/05/2009 14:17

lye for biofuel I am not sure of a supplier, but 99% methanol is normally produced when an expat speaks!! invite them all to balloon blowing party and bingo your half way there!! LOL

IngridL


Joined: 20/03/2009
Posts: 368

Message Posted:
29/05/2009 14:36

Thanks Aslan,

Good idea!



Fakat, istediğim etanol değildir... metanoldur.

IngridL


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Posts: 368

Message Posted:
30/05/2009 17:23

Anybody...?

Middle Easter


Joined: 13/06/2007
Posts: 146

Message Posted:
30/05/2009 19:28

IngridL,



Be careful what you ask for as it could be misunderstood by relevent the authorities...



As most chemistry A Level students will tell you, if you mix veg. oil, lye & methanol, through a process of transesterification, you wlill produce biodiesel & glycerin, the later of which being a base requirement in the art of bomb making...

IngridL


Joined: 20/03/2009
Posts: 368

Message Posted:
01/06/2009 22:30

Middle Easter,

Thank you for the warning. However, I have no intention of making bombs and I don't think the authorities believe anybody is stupid enough to advertise bomb making on the board. Glycerine can also be used in soap making or as a sweetener in low calorie foods to name a couple of other uses. Both would interest me more than bombs. There is enough violence in the world. There is also enough CO2 and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which is the reason I am interested in the making of bio diesel. So, if anybody could tell me where I can get lye and methanol I would be very happy! I too want to drive a car that smells of potato chips!

Middle Easter


Joined: 13/06/2007
Posts: 146

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 01:02

IngridL



Point taken, but remember you are not in your home country..

IngridL


Joined: 20/03/2009
Posts: 368

Message Posted:
02/06/2009 20:53

That hurt... All my adult life I've lived and worked in this country, but yes, you are right, this is not my home country...

I have not been in the country where I was born for 8 1/2 years, so that is not my home country... I don't really belong anywhere. I am planning to spend the rest of my life here, though, and I should make the best of it... We must think of the next generation.

I do realise I've asked this question in the wrong place to the wrong people in the wrong language. A pharmacy or chemical supplier is probably more likely to know where I can find what I am looking for.

And I would not start making bio diesel on a commercial basis without the required documentation or first finding out where I stand legally.

Middle Easter


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Posts: 146

Message Posted:
03/06/2009 19:19

IngridL



Apologies if any upset, I do not know your background. However with the militerised situation in the TRNC you have to realise the tensions that exist. For instance, even in the UK the London Bombers were first tracked because of buying up of large quantities of methanol & then the 2 acids that when distilled with glycerin make nitroglycerine.



In terms of getting a license to make biodiesel commercially, this I am sure would be a huge issue in terms of bureaucracy in TRNC, and also the zoning of where you would be allowed to make it, plus the duty to be charged. Apologies for the lack of confidence, but this is the likely outcome.

IngridL


Joined: 20/03/2009
Posts: 368

Message Posted:
03/06/2009 23:31

Middle Easter,



You have your opinion and I have mine, and I think we should leave it at that...

IngridL


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Posts: 368

Message Posted:
27/06/2009 15:24

I am no longer looking. Thank you for your support.

zerochlor


Joined: 03/04/2009
Posts: 4024

Message Posted:
29/06/2009 10:32

stick with it ingrid.



youll get there in the end.

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
29/06/2009 12:28

IngredL,

I see you have stopped looking but you comment on you wanting a car that smells of chips got me thinking - I know absolutely nothing about bio diesel or/and its production (not damn good at making bombs either so we can stop that one straight away) but I know that one of my mates in the UK used to run his car - old Peugeut 206 - on old chip fat that he got from his local chippy.



Given the amount of veg oil used by cafe's and places out here there must be gallons of the stuff just chucked away down the drains every day. Would old veg oil meet your requirement?



Just a thought.

Mrwilson



Joined: 31/10/2008
Posts: 470

Message Posted:
29/06/2009 13:30

There is a race fuel supplier where i buy 109 octane fuel in the south, I will get the details for you as i have left them in my pit garage. Email me i will reply that way.

IngridL


Joined: 20/03/2009
Posts: 368

Message Posted:
02/07/2009 13:50

Thank you guys!



waddo,

Exactly! Bio diesel can be made out of used cooking oil. To run a car on used oil you would need to modify the car and the effect would not be as good. But if you make bio diesel out of the oil (using the chemicals I was looking for) there is hardly any difference in effect and no modifications are needed. You use it like ordinary diesel!