How long does it take to make BioDiesel?
It is kind of like washing clothes. You don’t actually do the wash… the machine does it, but it takes time to sort out the clothes & put them into the washing machine & the dryer. Actual hands on time for making BioDiesel is a lot like that. You will need about 1to 2 hours prep time pumping in the vegetable oil & heating it up while you are mixing the alcohol & the lye. Another 15 minutes to put in the Alcohol mix & an hour to watch it mix. If you desire to wash your BioDiesel as we suggest, you’ll need a few minutes to pump out the BioDiesel into your wash tank & a few minutes here & there over the next few hours to empty out the wash water. Then you’ll need about an hour to dry it. So, as you can see it isn’t hands off, but it isn’t all hands on time either. Hands on time is around 4 to 6 hours to make 40 gallons of BioDiesel. You can always make multiple batches at the same time if you like & get more BioDiesel output for your time investment.
