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Lube Man

Pretty concise thoughts on otherwise very sensitive issue.

The point is whether the cost of re-refining UEOs to obtain base oils justifies displacement of usage of Base oils from virgin crude by the oil blenders.

Further more, I really am not aware of a processes which can reverse oxidation in the sense that as we all are aware Engine oils subjected to heat, moisture and air get oxidised gradually to generate acids and laquer. Laquer/carbon deposits can perhaps be removed by treatments, but can the oxidation reactions that change the chemistry of the HCs... be reversed to attain comparable levels of a virgin base stock?

Regards

Sandy Deeds

7/12/048:14 AM

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