Hi Jon,

I toured the "Veggie Werkes" shop in North Carolina this past Easter
weekend... Robert told me that he has on occasion brewed up a batch
of soap when the concentration of lye wasn't quite right.

Now THAT would make an effective parts cleaner!

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
1973/74/75/77/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia
www.busesofthecorn.com

On 17-Sep-06, at 6:24 PM, jon wrote:

> I've used biodiesel for parts washing for a long time. It works well
> (maybe not as well as the now-banned good old stuff) and makes me
> happy.
> It is very "non-toxic".
>
> I just put the used stuff back into the biodiesel washer, and run it
> through the water wash cycles, and it is clean again. Then, I
> either use
> it as a parts washer again, or burn it in one of my diesel Vanagons.
>
> Jon
>
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Raceingcajun wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>>     Thanks for your up-date. Although I will be interested to know
>> how you
>> feel about it after a little more use!
>>     I have tried Diesel several times in the past, and was not
>> happy. True
>> it was not Bio-diesel. It seems it just got so very nasty after a
>> short
>> time, leaving a film and grunge on everything. I would never use
>> it for
>> automatic transmissions or carburetors, etc.
>>     What I use now is a re-cycled door to door delivered "National
>> Brand" (I
>> don't want to drop my guy in the grease). I own my washer and just
>> buy a
>> drum off the truck, as he stops next door. I pay $35.00 bucks for
>> 15 gallons
>> of it and he picks up the old stuff.....................does the
>> driver
>> report the sale?????? I figure the pick up alone is worth it!
>> Keeps the EPA
>> weasels away from the door.
>>     Keep us posted, the Bio may be different, but in the long run,
>> you still
>> got to dispose of the old.
>>
>> Howard
>>
>>> Subject: Biodiesel as a parts washer solvent report
>>