[Vwdiesel] VeeDub não.... diesel sim.... for the chemists...

[jon]

Rod,

100 percent biodiesel is the answer. You can make biodiesel from Organic
vegetable oil. Or even straing, virgin vegetable oil might work as well.

Problem solved.

;-)

Jon

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006, rod welch wrote:

> Hello everyone... Happy new year an' all that...
>
> OK, this is the situation....   We work with wool.... Shear the sheep, eat
> the lambs, and make felts from the wool.
> Before we can make the felt we must get the wool "carded"....
> To start with, the wool is covered in lanolin... in commercial terms this is
> "dirty" wool... the wool is degreased and then taken to be carded. Because
> the wool is so clean they spray it with "carding oil" first before they run
> it through the machine, it prevents build up of static and lubricates the
> process a bit. This gives you nice clean, fluffy wool that feels "dead" and
> is very hard work to felt....
> In the commercial mills, the wool is all thrown in together, carded and you
> get your weight of wool back....
>
> Sorry, I'll get to the point in a minute...
>
> Until now we have had a good supply of "dirty" carded wool but the guy who
> has been doing it has now decided to get a life and sold up the business,
> machines, everything.... to Estonia...
>
> As our wool is from registered, rare breed, organic sheep, (beautiful
> colours, texture etc...) we don't want it washed or mixed with any other
> wool so the big commercial carders won't touch it. What we have found
> however, is a wonderful old family mill (almost a museum) with hundred year
> old, belt driven machines.... processes 25kg a day...   perfect.....
> BUT...
>
> He insists on spraying the wool with DIESEL !!!  The quality of the card is
> great and yes there is no smell but...... He insists.... it's always been
> that way.... It keeps the machine clean....
> I don't know what his father used....  when did they invent diesel??
> I'm sure wool carding has been around longer than diesel??
>
> Anyway, this is organic wool we have so what we need is "organic diesel"
> Or something with the same properties as diesel....
>
> Any suggestions....?
>
> rod of finland
>
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