Feb 24, 2009 · Lye, Sodium Hydroxide or Caustic soda is a cleaning compound a long as you keep it away from aluminum and your skin! It will clean out a grease trap.

Nov 28, 2007 · Lye is the only thing that I know of that will keep the worms that pigs have in there livers away. The local butcher said that our hogs were about the only ones that were usable. He also gives …

Nov 23, 2010 · They quit making Red Devil lye about 2002. With the change of lye amount in a 'can' of lye, going by a recipe that calls for 'a can of lye' is even more dangerous. Ann Mary, give us a list of …

Mar 27, 2012 · In my cold process goat's milk soap recipe it says to let the lye temperature get down to 85-90 degrees and the fats to be a few degrees cooler. What would happen if I added the fat to the …

May 29, 2012 · Long story short, went to make soap last night, i am 4 oz short on lye and the only lye in stock ANYWHERE in town is rooto brand 100% Lye Liquid, normally i use rooto brand powdered lye. …

Oct 29, 2006 · The lye is then used to make soap - can also be used in the making of biodiesel fuel - and it's pretty strong stuff. Soaking hides in a barrel of water and wood-ash makes the hair or fur a lot …

Sep 24, 2004 · Any soap you buy began with lye, or something equally caustic, including commercial soaps. I've burned myself with the lye solution, and also from the soap solution. Just be near a sink …

Jul 13, 2011 · Is the lye truly converted at the time of soponification? If so, the soap 'could' be used immediately. Or does it need time to sit before the lye is neutralized? Is the 'cure' time just time in …

Feb 8, 2005 · We feed soaked feed comprised of flour screenings (corn and/or flour), COB w/molasses, and soybean meal to jack up the protein. We feed twice a day and soak the feed mix in between …

Dec 16, 2015 · A brief explanation of how the lye is used in the soaping process is nice for your buyers, and if you sell on Etsy or online, you can easily add a description. I have not had a single person …