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Well, they made their lye the "old fashioned" way by leaching water through wood ashes. So if you're in a far corner of our globe and can't get lye locally...or are just curious how it's done, here is a collection of pages that will show you how. ... How to Make Lye from Wood Ashes and Water - If you Absolutely Have To...
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candleandsoap.about.com/b/2008/01/28/making-lye-from-wo...
candleandsoap.about.com/b/2008/01/28/making-lye-from-wood-ashes-or-how-to-do-it-the-pioneer-way-if-you-must.htm
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Dried palm branches, dried out banana peels, cocoa pods, kapok tree wood, oak wood, (or for really white soap, apple tree wood) make the best lye ashes. ...
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www.journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_ashlye.html
www.journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_ashlye.html
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Make lye at home for your soap making needs. ... The ingredients for making lye are wood ash and water. Preferably rain water, as it is soft, although tap water will ... Once you have heated up your lye water take it back to your bucket and carefully pour it back over the ashes in the bucket. This helps strengthen the lye.
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www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/make-lye.html
www.countryfarm-lifestyles.com/make-lye.html
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Make lye water from wood ashes. The concept is simple but the mechanism may require a bit of ingenuity. Water must drip gently down through a container of wood ash. The source for wood ash can be a fireplace, fire pit or campfire.
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www.ehow.com/how_2078908_make-lye.html
www.ehow.com/how_2078908_make-lye.html
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Remember that the composition of the wood ashes determines the quality of the lye produced. Soft wood ashes yield a lye that will only produce soft soap. Hardwood ash lye will make harder soap for bars, and the best ash of all is from seaweed, such as kelp.
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www.endtimesreport.com/making_lye.html
www.endtimesreport.com/making_lye.html
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Cover the bottom of the barrel with some palm-sized clean rocks (e.g. river rock). Cover the rocks with approximately 6" of straw (this can be hay or grass). This will filter the ashes and help your lye drain cleanly. ... Scoop the ashes out and put them in the prepped barrel. (Make sure that the ash is completely cold,
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www.wikihow.com/Make-Lye
www.wikihow.com/Make-Lye
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if you do get lye on you're skin wash it with vinegar. its the only thing that will neutralize it. water won't do anything but make it worse. i'm trying to make wood ash lye but i don't know how long it'll take, ... 1. How can you get NaOH by only wood ashes and rainwater - (the Na ions in the water are probably rare)?
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www.wikihow.com/Discussion:Make-Lye
www.wikihow.com/Discussion:Make-Lye
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You should use rubber gloves and saftey glasses when using lye. Follow the directions on the back of the lye box on how to handle lye. Red Devil is a popular brand of lye. You can also make your own lye by pouring water over wood ashes and saving the biproduct--lye water.
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farmgal.tripod.com/lyesoapconcoctions.html
farmgal.tripod.com/lyesoapconcoctions.html
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A thread in the Homesteading forum, titled Making Lye from Wood Ashes ... Does anyone make lye for soap making from their wood ashes? With our alkaline soil, we can't just dump our ashes, so we're looking for other uses. Besides soap making, how else do folks dispose of their ashes? Jay...
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davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/925206/
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