RE: [Vwdiesel] VeeDub năo.... diesel sim.... for the chemists...

[James Hansen]

Until the vegetable oil goes rancid.
It would however still be organic rancid oil...
-James

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From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
Behalf Of jon
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:59 PM
To: rod welch
Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] VeeDub năo.... diesel sim.... for the chemists...



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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