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Old 03-17-2005, 12:06 AM   #1 (permalink)
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my new filtering way

I have found that you can remove all the white nastys by filtering thru cotton or blue jeans.See pics here oil sample pics
I have made a basket to fit in a 55 gal drum out of welded wire fencing the 11/2 x 3 openings.then I picked up some tent dresses at good will the one I am using right now is a cotton poly blend.I cut the top off right under the arms and had my wife sew it closed.The basket is smaller by about 3in in dia and it is sitting on 2x4 on the bottom of the drum.I bent the top wires over the edge of the barrel then put in the cloth filter itis long enough so that the material is over the edge also then I put the band clamp back on to hold it all in place.I fill it up with the nasty white looking oil and let it drain thru.I have a whole in the bottom of the barrel and it is sitting on top of another 55gal barrel with 2x4 between them.when I get about a 1/2 of barrel I start the second filtering thru the blu jeans right now I just have a 5 gal bucket with a 1 in pipe out the bottom that the jeans are hose clamped to that is suspended over a 55 gal barrel.
Once a day I use a laddel to scrap off the fat from the sides of the first fillter .I am getting about 5 gal of sludge for every 20 gal of oil that is in the middle bottle.the worst part is scrapping of the sludge it can be messy.But it is worth it because the oil is so clean when you are done.After the levi filter then the oil goes in to a 80 gal hot water heater and is heated to 130 and cycled thru a ford car oil filter for a couple of hours.I then let it sit for 24 hrs drain off about a gallon and then presurize the tank and push out the oil thru a 5 micron wound filterelement the water filter type.then it is ran thru a 5 micron bag in to the trucks tank or jugs.The tube that I remove the oil from the heater from stops about 16 in from the bottom of the tank. hope you can follow all of that.
I am going to move my filtering from my shop to a empty part of our barn.I want to set up mutiple barrels that will filter in to a lage tank.
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Re: my new filtering way

Is this amount of filtering for bio or WVO? Is the oil heated during the dress filtering?

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I am running str veggi it is filtered at barn temp right now it is 50 to 65 .
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