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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is Lye? ... Before the modern manufacture of lye, people were able to make it out of raw materials. For thousands of years, people have used lye for soap making and tanning hides. They burned certain hardwoods at a very high temperature to make white, not gray, ashes.
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Brief and Straightforward Guide: What is Lye Soap? ... I used lye soap years ago (someone gave me a homemade bar). I noticed how velvety my skin became at that time. I also used it to get stains out before washing clothes. Nothing that I have ever used benefited in so many wonderful ways!
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Sodium hydroxide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sodium hydroxide ( NaOH ), also known as lye and caustic soda , is a caustic metallic base. It is used in many industries, mostly as a strong chemical base in the manufacture of pulp and paper,...
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Lye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lye is a corrosive alkaline substance, commonly sodium hydroxide (NaOH, also known as Caustic soda ) or historically potassium hydroxide (KOH, from hydrated Potash ). Previously, lye was among th...
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Lye was locally made from various and sundry caustic ingredients, including fowl droppings, human urine, wood ash, and powdered limestone, mixed down with rainwater ... Lye was used to bleach, to soften, and to scour, and to dissolve unwanted bits of adhering materials (flesh or fat from hides during tanning, for instance)
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I am interested in anodizing some small aluminum parts and have some questions on how to deal with the acids and lye when I am finished. ... Otherwise, many folks could be SQGs based on used oils, pesticides, and various household cleaners, paints, etc. that they generate as waste. Many counties have annual or semi...
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New CLOROX ULTRA is sodium hypochlorite & sodium hydroxide. Sodium hydroxide is LYE. Lye was added to make bleach work faster. While lye is used in making basic soaps, it is also very difficult to rinse off surfaces.
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Hallford) used to make lye soap from bacon drippings. I asked her to show me how she made it but she said it was too dangerous so I decided to learn to make it on my own. I purchased a bucket of lard, a can of lye and became “addicted” to soap making!
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unscented lye soap grandma used lard soap as a remedy treatment of skin disorders ... Folks say Grandmas way was best; here is how they used Lye Soap for everyday problems:
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