View Single Post
  #48  
Old 08-07-2005, 01:54 PM
bill murrow bill murrow is offline
Waitn For The Bus All Day
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: south east pa.
Posts: 1,786
Quote:
Originally Posted by coldwar
I dry my thoroughly filtered oil by heating each batch (16 litres) on the kitchen stove to 225F (measured with a candy thermometer). I can see very small water bubbles rise to the surface. As soon as the bubbles stop I remove the heat, pour it back into the plastic bucket and seal the lid on so that humidity will not be re-absorbed from the air. These are the original 16 litre plastic canola oil buckets, and they do withstand that high temperature no problem.

Dave

1976 300D
Thanks Dave. I think I'll set my operation up in one of my buildings instead of using our kitchen.

Cheers,

Bill
Reply With Quote