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Lye Depot. The place to buy Sodium Hydroxide or Potassium Hydroxide on the Web. Red Devil Lye Alternatives, Wholesale ... (407 words) |
 | Lye is commercially used, most commonly, in the manufacture of paper, textiles and detergents. |
| The lye, then mixed with fat, through a process known as saponification, creates soap.The added salt is what hardens the soap. |
| Lye can be traced back to use in soap as far back as the Babylonians in 2800 B.C. The Ruins of Pompeii revealed a soap factory together with finished bars of soap. |
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Lye from wood ash: Journey to Forever (1676 words) |
| Lye made from wood ash is potassium hydroxide, not sodium hydroxide -- there's 10 times as much potassium as sodium in wood ash. |
| When the brown lye water stops coming out of the barrel, or ash container, then pour four to five pints (2-1/2 to three litre) of soft water through the ashes, collecting the lye which comes out in a separate "safe" container (as this lye may be weaker than the first lot). |
| The lye solution was obtained by placing wood ashes in a bottomless barrel set on a stone slab with a groove and a lip carved in it. |
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