[SEL] It works? Ban it! - Attention Brent

[Elden DuRand]

John:

I bought a couple of cans of Red Devil Lye just a couple of years ago.  Found it in the drain cleaning section at one store and the detergent/soap section at another.

You COULD do it the old fashioned way and simply slowly pour water over wood ashes.  What results is what they used to make soap in the "good old days".

"sodium hydroxide" (lye) should be commonly available at chemical supply houses.

Take care - Elden
edurand at mchsi.com
http://www.oldengine.org/members/durand 

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> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 07:57 PM
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> Subject: Re: [SEL] It works? Ban it! - Attention Brent
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> 
> > You mean Red Devil Lye?
> 
> Alas, it's been off the market for a few years, 
> which has put me out of 
> the soapmaking business. I've just located some 
> new sources of lye, but 
> now I have to go through a bunch of Mickey Mouse 
> crap with faxing in 
> liability releases to order it and recalculate 
> recipes because it comes 
> in different size containers.
> 
> John Culp