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miggymig
10-23-2014, 07:15 AM
The first gear I picked up was made from Coconut oil I loved it. Now I used both GSO and Sunflower but has anyone used Coconut oil? My dumb ass order some but it comes solid. Anybody know how to keep it liquid?
HebenSchwere
10-23-2014, 12:56 PM
The only way I know of to keep it liquid would be to cold filter it. I make biodiesel and am pretty familiar with the properties of oils. Coconut seems a little too much of a hassle to brew with imho. Ever tried MCT?
miggymig
10-23-2014, 01:18 PM
MTC?
HebenSchwere
10-23-2014, 02:26 PM
Medium chain triglycerides. You can get it online easily.
HebenSchwere
10-23-2014, 02:35 PM
Ethyl Oleate is a Co-Solvent that some use as a carrier, especially for higher concentration brews.
Atlas Labs
10-24-2014, 12:06 AM
Sounds like it would take forever to filter. I used safflower oil once and will never do that again in this lifetime
ODB
10-24-2014, 03:42 AM
Coconut and palm (kernel) oil are a mix of MCTs and LCTs (like palmitic acid - hence the name) so they are hard at room temperature, due to those longer saturated fatty acids (12 carbon length and greater).

MCT oils are mostly composed of caprylic (C8) and capric acid (C10) with no LCTs, and so they are liquid at room temp.