Learn to Make Your Own Biodiesel - Part 1

Adding Heated Oil to the Bucket

photo © Adrian Gable

After the oil is heated, pour it into the mixing bucket. The bucket must be completely dry and free of any residue. The residue of any substance left behind can upset the delicate reaction and ruin the batch of biodiesel.

We like to use recycled 5 gallon spackle buckets or restaurant supply buckets. If you're going to use a bucket made out of other materials, you'll need to test it first to make sure it can withstand the biodiesel reaction.

• Making Biodiesel - Heating the Vegetable Oil
• Safe Handling & Dispensing of the Methanol
• Safe Handling of the Lye
• Measuring the Lye
• Mixing Sodium Methoxide
• Adding Heated Oil to the Bucket
• Adding Sodium Methoxide to the Oil in the Mixing Bucket
• Before We Start to Mix the Biodiesel
• The First Minute of the Mixing Process
• Continuing the Mixing Process