http://arborfab.com/SinteredMediaSuperFilters
You can get em here, word of warning, they come to you in pretty rough looking shape, but they make em down to .2um
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Supposedly they are laser etched now. With better quality. Will know once mine arrives @Curious_Roberto
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Definitely let me know, although theyâre a little pricey, i think itâs a great ideaâŚ
Thanks!
Has anyone used the filters from Utah biodiesel?
They drop ship em from arborfab I think, I ordered mine from utah biodiesl, and after the order, all my emails about the purchase came from arborfab.
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Good to know! Thanks!
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Thanks!
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Nice breakdown!
Thanks @cyclopath for fielding all the questions! This looks like everyone is having the same issues we did in sourcing and determining effective preparation and everything⌠despite our laying it out as clearly as possible! Such is the nature of dirt scienceâŚ
The best way to tell whatâs in your bag of OilDri after you buy it is to open the bag and look at it. If it is red or gray, it is montmorillonite (bentonite) with different calcination temperatures and oxygen levels. Red doesnât work well at all. Gray works okay, but not as great.
However, if the stuff in your bag is mostly white, it is the real deal.
The beige agsorb product does NOT work.
Any time you post your results here, please also post a photo of your âclayâ material under natural light (at least 6000K), as received or after drying. Also tell us whether or not you dried it.
Drying it is important for longevity. Drying is NOT the same as calcination.
Drying removes surface water⌠water adsorbed to the the clay surfaces and pores, NOT intercalated waters of hydration.
Only calcination removes those waters of hydration that are part of the crystal lattice structure.
Calcination is NOT done to hydrated opaline silica, because those waters are required to make it do what it does! This is a âRVMâ (regular volatile material) product.
Drying is done to open up the surfaces, so they donât repel your hydrocarbons and resin!
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Being a mechanic and using oil dry on a daily basis blows my mind the product found its way to this usage. The dust on that stuff is so insane. Oil dry finds its way into every nook and cranny when laying it down. There are companys out there that wholesale to auto shops like rowleys. Its a lomg shot but might find decent delivery/prices for oil dry through one of those type of companys.
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I think the problem is they bag 3 different types of âdirtâ, so to speak, and label em all the same. You can see in the msds itâs a generic one for three different minerals.
Depends on where you are if you get lucky I think.
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I imagine opaline silica (opals) are heavier in california. Bentonite which is from volcanic ash would be sourced from more volcanic regions. So places of the earth where opals form are where you want your absorbants mined from? Multiple types of absorbants but opals seems to be a clean go to for cannabis oilâŚ
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Correct, from my basic understanding. It looks like the source of this specific magic dirt is a mine in taft ca.
Since I have a little better understanding of things now, I think I may have found a source whom knows the difference of each different one.
Iâll keep everyone posted.
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Whatâs your grams of b80 to lbs of materials?
Is there any sort of artificially made hydrated silica with similar effect?
Thatâs a very good question. To my understanding, there is not⌠and I have looked! Fumed silica may be close, but it doesnât have the structure⌠nor the actual composition!
You see, I think the issue is hidden in the small percentage of alumina present in this material, as that essentially creates a âdopedâ silicon oxide (i.e. âdopingâ as defined by materials science, especially in nanotechnology & microelectronics). This effectively changes the electrochemical nature of the material. Such microscopic atomic arrangement paired with the mesoscopic nanostructure of the ancient sedimentary rock is what gives it the special properties it has, like absorbancy, color remediation, etc.
Perhaps they are trying to differentiate their product from other clays of this composition and the name sounded nice? Of course, they could obfuscate the exact identity of their mineral to minimize competition, too. So letâs break it downâŚ
% Composition âMole Fraction (MF)â
(Identified Elements, excluding âotherâ)
1.60+0.27+0.08+0.03=1.98O = 63.0573%
0.80Si + 1.60O = 25.4777% + 50.9554% = 76.4331%
0.18Al + 0.27O = 5.7325% + 8.5987% = 14.3312%
0.16H + 0.08O = 5.0955% + 2.5478% = 7.6433%
0.02Fe + 0.03O = 0.6369% + 0.9554% = 1.5923%
Eachá3.14
(Check %C totals = 36.9426% + 63.0753% = 99.9999%)
% Weight âMW Ă MFâ (98% Identified, excluding 2% âotherâ)
O=16.00 = 1008.917 = 52.546%
Si=28.09 = 715.669 = 37.273%
Al=26.98 = 154.663 = 8.055%
H=1.008 = 5.136 = 0.267%
Fe=56 = 35.669 = 1.858%
Eachá1920.054
(Check %W total = 99.999%)
Now we just need to find mineral deposits with percentages like these. To me, this looks like a mixture of diatomite and kaolinite or bentonite.
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How much per lb? And are you drying it?
I am drying it.
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