How do you make food grade vegetable glycerin

[RyanA]

Do you know how to make food grade vegetable glycerin from coconut oil? Every place I look mentions lye. I cannot find out how to do it anywhere

 

[edyle]

but it's cheap! at the pharmacy; look for USP grade.

 

[RyanA]

Do you know how to make food grade vegetable glycerin from coconut oil? Every place I look mentions lye. I cannot find out how to do it anywhere

 

[Robert Cromwell]

I got no clue how to make it, but you can buy certified USP grade for around $25/gal.
Smaller quantities cost more per oz.

 

[Izan]

Why not buy it and how many gallons are you trying to make?

 

[RyanA]

I like trying to do things from scratch. It never hurts to learn how to do something new.

 

[r77r7r]

If VG was that toxic, the FDA would be having a field day with it.

 

[Izan]

From Scratch
...Is this after you make the coconut oil from your coconut tree?


If you plan to ingest the VG...
I would suggest buying it.

 

[Susan~S]

Even if you could find a way to make food grade VG with coconut, it would not be the safest to vape. Pharmaceutical grade is what we use to vape with.

 

[classwife]

Moved to DIY E-Liquid from Simple Solutions

 

[classwife]

Moved to DIY E-Liquid from General E-Liquid Discussion

 

[classwife]

...and merged duplicate threads

 

[mauricem00]

bath tub chemistry is never a good ideal.if you don't get it just right you could end up with a lot of toxic chemicals in your mix. .... is a good example of this. pharmaceutical .... is relatively safe but stuff from a street chemist can eat holes in your brain. usp kosher food grade VG is cheap and safe. leave the chemistry to the big labs that know what they are doing. and welcome to ECF hope you enjoy your stay here

 

[Hoosier]

Research biodiesel production. The glop you dispose of is glycerin and associated hydrocarbons. Refine the hydrocarbons out and you'll have glycerin. Expense, time consuming, and takes a bunch more chemistry knowledge than my simplistic overview here, plus the equipment to do so.

Once you have the equipment and process down, it's pretty cheap to keep the process rolling along. So you can turn your coconut oil to diesel fuel and glycerin and it's like a double DIY. Seems like an expensive oil to start from, but I get the impression that expense is not a concern to the OP.

 

[JCinFLA]

Bulk Apothecary online has VG by the gallon for $13.40 and PG for $18.52 per gallon. They also have it in smaller quantities. Shipping cost depends upon your distance from Ohio where they're located. If you use the code savings10 at Checkout, you'll save 10% off the cost of the items, not the shipping though.

 

[Cacique]

I'm pretty sure VG isn't something you just make in the kitchen...