My Big Project...
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So what ever happened with this?! I'm curious to see it! 
NOW THAT IS AN EVIL LAIRE!!
Holy crap dude!!!
Dude how do you afford all of that!?!?!?!
lol I want ooooone!
need an intern? lol man you are going to be mass producing soap in no time...
One question for you though... cleanup... how are you going to manage cleaning all of that stuff out between batches? or are you just going to pretty much make a main unscented batch and mix it in smaller things to add the scent (thus you could probably technically leave the unscented soap in the stuff without cleaning it) who knows maybe it would be like the whole "mother dough" concept in baking lol
Holy crap dude!!!
Dude how do you afford all of that!?!?!?!
lol I want ooooone!
need an intern? lol man you are going to be mass producing soap in no time...
One question for you though... cleanup... how are you going to manage cleaning all of that stuff out between batches? or are you just going to pretty much make a main unscented batch and mix it in smaller things to add the scent (thus you could probably technically leave the unscented soap in the stuff without cleaning it) who knows maybe it would be like the whole "mother dough" concept in baking lol
WOW thanks for sharing your soaping venture with us. I wish you all the soap sales you can manage (and that will be a few by the looks of your setup!!!!!)
donniej
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Thanks everyone. Unfortunately it dodn't work out very well. The building owner was my business partner and all the equipment is mine (paid for by me). For reasons I don't care to discuss, I thought it was in my best interest to part ways.
I still have most of the smaller equipment like the stainless mixing tanks but the large filtration system and big tanks all ended up being hauled away as scrap metal. I couldn't even sell them.
To be blunt, my life is in a certain amount of chaos right now. I have thousands of dollars worth of equipment crammed into a small garage I'm renting. The garage has little electricity, little access to running water and no heat. I've moved the bar-soap drying racks, molds and cutter into the basement of my apartment along with my stock of essential oils and other bar-soap making supplies. I have the equipment and knowledge to make huge quantities of soap, biodiesel or both but no place to do it. At this point I'm also a little skeptical that I have the business or organizational skills to do it alone.
I don't really know what else to do so I'm back in community college working on getting accepted into a university chemical engineering program. Hopefully by the time I graduate I can figure out what I'm going to do with my life (for the second time)... in the mean time I'm looking for a job, trying to make some soap with the space I have and doing my best to get good grades.
Meanwhile I'm still doing what I consider to be very sophisticated experiments. I've gotten very good at separating oil into glycerin and fatty acids, purifying raw biodiesel glycerin... and of course making both bar and liquid soaps for a variety of applications. I'm even in the process of experimenting with a centrifuge to quickly sequester liquid soaps, purify raw glycerin and separate different fatty acids. I've even succeeded in producing nickel metal catalyst for hydrogenating oils. All these experiments have been on my own, by myself but I'm hopeful that if I can continue my work that either a university or industry will find me and want to encourage my work.
Also very importantly is my girlfriend (who I live with) who is beginning to grow impatient with my lack of income, long hours in the garage and occassonal depression. It's been a very tough past year, I'm not sure where I'm going but I'm still hopeful it's a good direction.
If you have any advice (or encouragement), I could use it.
Thank you.
I still have most of the smaller equipment like the stainless mixing tanks but the large filtration system and big tanks all ended up being hauled away as scrap metal. I couldn't even sell them.
To be blunt, my life is in a certain amount of chaos right now. I have thousands of dollars worth of equipment crammed into a small garage I'm renting. The garage has little electricity, little access to running water and no heat. I've moved the bar-soap drying racks, molds and cutter into the basement of my apartment along with my stock of essential oils and other bar-soap making supplies. I have the equipment and knowledge to make huge quantities of soap, biodiesel or both but no place to do it. At this point I'm also a little skeptical that I have the business or organizational skills to do it alone.
I don't really know what else to do so I'm back in community college working on getting accepted into a university chemical engineering program. Hopefully by the time I graduate I can figure out what I'm going to do with my life (for the second time)... in the mean time I'm looking for a job, trying to make some soap with the space I have and doing my best to get good grades.
Meanwhile I'm still doing what I consider to be very sophisticated experiments. I've gotten very good at separating oil into glycerin and fatty acids, purifying raw biodiesel glycerin... and of course making both bar and liquid soaps for a variety of applications. I'm even in the process of experimenting with a centrifuge to quickly sequester liquid soaps, purify raw glycerin and separate different fatty acids. I've even succeeded in producing nickel metal catalyst for hydrogenating oils. All these experiments have been on my own, by myself but I'm hopeful that if I can continue my work that either a university or industry will find me and want to encourage my work.
Also very importantly is my girlfriend (who I live with) who is beginning to grow impatient with my lack of income, long hours in the garage and occassonal depression. It's been a very tough past year, I'm not sure where I'm going but I'm still hopeful it's a good direction.
If you have any advice (or encouragement), I could use it.
Thank you.
donniej
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Hi Deb,
Please see my reply at the very bottom of the last page (3).
I'm not at that facility anymore, nor am I making the kind of quantity I had once hoped...
Please see my reply at the very bottom of the last page (3).
I'm not at that facility anymore, nor am I making the kind of quantity I had once hoped...
dude im right there with you man.. my girl is like if you dont get out of the house, I cant do this anymore... its hard to go anywhere with no gas and no job lol... im sure you feel the pain too as I probably go thorugh the same moods etc.....
too bad to hear about the huge garage thing not working out... thats not cool!...
oh well.... youve learned something, and you still have the skills etc to do everything... keep your hopes up and youll achieve your dreams bro!
too bad to hear about the huge garage thing not working out... thats not cool!...
oh well.... youve learned something, and you still have the skills etc to do everything... keep your hopes up and youll achieve your dreams bro!
Bubbles Galore
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I'm really sorry Donnie. Just sending motherly hugs from Melbourne, Australia and hope your life gets back on track soon. :wink:
pinkduchon
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That is amazing!! Best of luck to you. I love the ambition. Is it hard to make bio diesel into soap? I have a supplier I can get it from but have no idea where to start.
