Hello Andy and Reg,

Congratulations on your BioOil discoveries!

May I make a few suggestions that my help?

Foaming:

Perhaps using Laundry (clothes) Washing Detergent or Automatic Dishwasher Detergent (for the machine under your counter) will mitigate the foaming.

Liquid (Joy type) Dish Washing Detergents are specifically blended to produced prodigious amounts of foam. Detergent manufacturers blend this specifically to satisfy the desire of the consumer. It is often used by the consumer to ascertain the amount of detergent added to the sink water. It is completely unnecessary in particle use.

Laundry detergent and automatic dishwasher detergents do not contain these foaming additive for obvious reasons. They are blended from the same base stock of detergents.

Some Liquid Automatic dishwasher detergents have a wetting agents contained within the mixture. This maybe helpful and they will not cause foam if mixed into the detergent from the manufacture.

I would not add the concentrated wetting agent that goes into the separate dispenser in the door, this will cause a huge amount of foam.

You may find switching to either liquid Automatic Dish Washer Detergent or liquid Laundry Detergent may solve the foaming problem and have other benefits that are unknown . They are often found unscented too.

I would also suggest that you mix the glycerin, water, and detergent together in a separate container first, and then add it to your warm oil.

Pressure Cooker:

If you place your mixture listed above into a home style Pressure Cooker at 30 psi, you will subject the mixture to temperatures in excess of 250 F plus one more atmosphere of pressure. This may have the effect of cracking and re-bonding of your oil mixture thus producing a product with an increase viscosity. You could use Corn oil or Canola oil for the base stock oil, thus you could reduce the cost of your BioOil considerable. I would suggest a minimium time of 20 minutes at 30 psi or high pressure on most common wobble type relief valves on home pressure cookers.

This process may also affect the “Running” characteristics of the oil, since it will change some aspect of the molecular structure. Perhaps you will need less of these oils in your mixtures.

I find it very interesting that the BioOlive oil help starting. Excellent work!

Kelly