THE VADAKAYIL WALL WASH METHOD EVERY EXPERIENCED CHEMICAL PARCEL MAN HAS HIS OWN PATENTED METHOD

WHICH HE HAS HONED TO PERFECTION AFTER LEARNING FROM MISTAKES ON THE FIELD AND AFTER SELF ANALYSING HIS OWN COMPETENCE IN THE WALL WASH ART WITH SHORE LAB READINGS OF REPUTED COMPANIES. WHEN YOU TAKE A WALL WASH ENSURE THE TANK IS PERFECTLY DRY ( ESPECIALLY ZINC COATED TANKS ). THERE CAN BE NO SEA SPRAY AS WWT IS A WEATHER PERMITTING PROCEDURE ESPECIALLY FOR MEG (FG) WHERE CHLORIDES FAIL FOR UCC AT 0.249 PPM. TELL MASTER TO ALTER COURSE DURING VENTILATION AND WALL WASH. FW RINSE AREA AROUND TANK ENTRANCE TO REMOVE SALT FROM STICKING TO SHOE COVER. SUSPECT LIKE A PARANOID MORON THAT EVERY THING THAT THE METHANOL COMES IN CONTACT WITH , TILL YOU WRITE DOWN THE RESULTS COULD BE DIRTY . DO NOT BE STINGY WITH LAB METHANOL. ENSURE YOUR SWEAT DROP DOES NOT ALTER RESULTS. MEG FG SURVEYOR MUST NOT WASH MORE THAN 6 FEET HEIGHT. HE ALSO CANNOT WASH THE BOTTOM. HOWEVER IT IS CHEAPER FOR ZODIAC TO FAIL A WWT THAN A FIRST FOOT TEST. SO METHANOL SPRAY BY CREW TO BEAT THE SURVEYOR IS NOT A SMART THING IN THE CONTEXT OF MEG FG AS ALL YOU DO IS TO BRING THE DIRT FROM SIDES TO BOTTOM. SO MOP BOTTOM SIDES WITH SPONGES AND DI WATER. NO RAGS ARE ALLOWED AS MORE THAN 10 SUSPENDED PARTICLES IN THE FIRST FOOT SAMPLE FAILS. THERE ARE 7 TESTS FOR MEG FG 1)VISUAL FIRST IMPRESSION. NO CONDENSATION MOISTURE ON COLD INTERFACE BULKHEADS OR DECK HEAD, NO BLISTERED EPOXY COATING, NO WHITE COLOURED PATCHES OF ZINC SALTS OR CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM SEA WATER SALTS , NO BLACK FE3O4 TATTOED INTO STAINLESS STEEL ACTIVE SURFACES FROM OXIDISED WELDS, NO RED FE(OH)3 DUE TO BOILER WATER ALKALINE ADDITIVES ETC. WE PLAN TO USE CITRIC ACID OF PH 5.5 TO REMOVE SALTS FROM ZINC TANKS AND ADSORBED ( THIS IS A SURFACE PHENOMENON IN ZINC TANKS AND IS DIFFERENT FROM ABSORBED ) PREVIOUS CARGO REACTANT MATTER. 2)ODOUR OF TANK MEG IS ODOUR ABSORBING WHILE OUR COLUMBIAN MOLASSES IS STRONG ODOUR EMITTING . WE PLAN TO USE LAC TO REMOVE ODOUR IN SS TANKS. 3)COLOUR OF METHANOL WASH COLOUR 5APHA IS REQUIRED FOR THE WASH ( HIGHEST SPEC.) . MUST SEE IN DAY LIGHT OR FLUORESCENT LIGHT AGAINST A WHITE SHEET OF PAPER AT NIGHT. USE THE MAGNIFYING GLASS WE RECD AT HOUSTON. 4)SUSPENDED MATTER IN WASH DARK ROOM , BLACK BACKGROUND TORCH FROM BOTTOM. MEG WWT FAILS WITH A SINGLE SUSPENDED PARTICLE. 5)CHLORIDES UCC WANTS 0.249 PPM FOR PASS. OUR SHIPPERS WANT ONLY 1 PPM. BLACK BACK GROUND CHECK WITH TORCH FROM UNDER. ASHORE DONE BY GAS ION CHROMATOGRAPHS. 6)HYDROCARBONS NIL. OUR MOLASSES IS HIGH HC CARGO, FORTUNATELY WATER SOLUBLE. FOUND OUT BY LOOKING FOR TIME TAKEN FOR BUBBLES TO DISAPPEAR OR FOAM ON TOP. NOW THIS FOAM COULD BE OLD GENEPOL EXTRACTED FROM PORES BY METHANOL IN A ZINC TANK. ASHORE THEY USE UV TRANSMISSION TO DETECT MOISTURE AND IMPURITIES. 7)PTT LOOK DOWN INTO TUBE KEPT IN A COLD 15C WATER BATH OF WHITE COLOUR IN DAYLIGHT OR FLUORESCENT TUBE LIGHT. PROCEDUREGO TO TANK AND COLLECT 200CC OF WASH IN A CLEAR BOTTLE. TO ACHIEVE THIS YOU MUST SQUIRT AT LEAST 500 CC TO ALLOW FOR SPILLAGE. NEVER MISS THE LEADING EDGE OF DIRTY WASH FLOWING DOWN THE WALL. MAKE YOUR OWN FUNNEL BY SLICING OFF A PLASTIC BOTTLE WITH AN EXTREMELY SHARP BLADE. MATE IT ON A PORTHOLE GLASS POUR METHANOL AND SEE IT DOES NOT SPILL EVEN A DROP. THE NECK OF THIS FUNNEL MUST LEAD DIRECT INTO THE SAMPLE BOTTLE ( NARROW NECK ). WITH A GLOVED HAND YOU MUST BE ABLE TO HOLD BOTH, THE OTHER HAND FOR THE SQUIRTER. WHEN YOU DISPOSE WASH METHANOL IN

CCR SINK RUN THE WATER TAP AS A SAFETY MEASURE LEST IT GASSES UP A SLEEPING SEAMAN IN A CABIN. HC TEST: 25CC WASH PLUS 75 CC DISTILLED WATER IN A STOPPERED TUBE. SHAKE VIGOROUSLY AND STAND. COME BACK AFTER 20 MINUTES AND IF THERE IS FOAM LAYER ON TOP TEST HAS FAILED. TO PASS IT MUST LOOK LIKE DISTILLED WATER. IF YOU SHINE A TORCH BEAM FROM THE SIDE IT MUST NOT LOOK BLUE. ASHORE THER QUALITATIVELY FILTER THE WASH USING 5A FILTER PAPER OR WHATMAN 42 AFTER LEACHING THE PAPER WITH METHANOL TO REMOVE INDUSTRIAL PAPER CHLORIDES. CHLORIDE TEST: 50CC UN FILTERED WASH ADD TO 30 CC DISTILLED WATER SHAKE WELL TO DISSOLVE SALT AND THEN FILTER QUALITATIVELY. METHANOL CANNOT DISSOLVE SALT OR LOOSEN THE SODIUM CATION/ CHLORIDE ANION FROM THE NACL IONIC BOND. -ONLY WATER WITH HIGH SOLVENT POWER CAN DO THIS. TO THIS ADD 80CC METHANOL PLUS 1/2 CC SILVER NITRATE( STRENGTH 10%) PLUS 2CC NITRIC ACID ( STRENGTH 20%) PLUS 17.5 CC DI WATER TO MAKE 100 CC TOTAL. SHAKE AND STAND FOR 5 MINUTES. COMPARE MILKINESS WITH A STANDARD COMPARATOR OF 1PPM MADE AS FOLLOWS: 50CC METHANOL + 4CC STANDARD CHLORIDE SOLN ( STRENGTH 10PPM ) + 1/2 CC SILVER NITRATE ( STRENGTH 10%) + 2CC NITRIC ACID ( STRENGTH 20%) + 43.5 CC DI WATER TO MAKE TOTAL 100CC SOLUTION . MEMORISE THIS MILKINESS AS THE FAILING STANDARD FOR THE CURRENT VOYAGE. NITRIC ACID PARTS THE SILVER VIDE THE ASSAYING PROCESS AS CHEMICALLY SILVER IS NOT ACTIVE AND DISSOLVES ONLY IN STRONG NITRIC ACID OR H2SO4. THE ZODIAC METHOD OF NOT INVOLVING NITRIC ACID IN THE CHLORIDE TEST COULD PASS A SHIP STAFF TANK WWT , WHILE A SHORE GAS ION CHROMATOGRAPH WILL FAIL THE SAMPLE FOR MONO ETHYLENE GLYCOL FIBRE GRADE. KMNO4 PTT TEST--THE TEST IS DONE ASHORE BY SPECTROMETER WHICH CHECKS THE SPECTRUM FOR WAVELENGTHS THE SAMPLE DID NOT ABSORB. IT IS EASY TO FAIL THIS TEST IF GASOLENE DYE FILLERS / CUTTERS OR INHIBITOR CHEMICAL IS PRESENT. 50CC FILTERED WASH + 2CC KMNO4 ( 0.02 % STRENGTH ). MIX 0.1 GMS OF THE SOLID IN TUBE TO 500 CC OF DI WATER TO GET 0.02% STRENGTH. THE POT LIFE IS ONLY 3 DAYS SO KEEP IT IN THE FRIDGE. KEEP IN A DARK PLACE AT 15C. NOTE THE TIME TAKEN FOR THE PURPLE PINK COLOUR TO CHANGE TO YELLOW BROWN. MUST HOLD FOR 50 MINUTES IN THE BATH OF 15C IN A DARK PLACE. USE NITRIC ACIC 68% TO WASH GLASS , THEN WATER AND FINALLY METHANOL NOTES--1)USE NEW GLOVES FOR EACH TANK. WASH GLOVES IN TANK AFTER WEARING WITH MEOH. USE DIFFERENT DROPPERS PIPPETTES FOR DIFFERENT REAGENTS. 2)NO SMOKING IN CCR WHEN THE LAB TEST IS GOING ON. 3)WRITE DOWN RESULTS IMMEDIATELY WE WILL NEED TO UPDATE ZODIAC AND NAVOMAR DAILY WITH NUMBERS OF WWT. AS LONG AS THE RESULTS GET BETTER SHIP CANNOT GO OFFHIRE IN A COURT OF LAW. COMPARE THIS WITH METHANOL REQUIREMENTS . YOU WILL REALISE METHANOL STANDARD IS VERY LOW WHEN COMPARED TO MEG FG. CL/ 2.0 COLOUR/ 15 APHA. SUSPENDED MATTER/ NOT SO STRINGENT ODOUR/ ALLOWED MOISTURE/ METHANOL DOES NOT ABSORB OXYGEN AND MOISTURE. WHEN YOU COPIOUS SPRAY METHANOL IN A TANK FIRST ENSURE THE BULK METHANOL HAS LESS THAN 1 PPM CHLORIDES AND SHELF LIFE IS <3 MONTHS . IF NOT TO REDUCE CHLORIDES YOU WILL HAVE TO USE DI WATER.

IN MY EXPERIENCE I HAVE MEASURED 1.5 PPM CHLORIDES IN METHANOL OF 200 LITRE DRUMS. BE HAPPY IN YOUR WORK. CAPT AJIT VADAKAYIL MASTER ST JAMES PARK ONLY THEN YOU CAN PASS THE WWT AND FIRST FOOT.