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. We hauled alot of it for pH control …

Mar 25, 2006 · Lye is sodium hydroxide, which is used in making soap, is also alkaline or basic. Think about the cautions given for soap-making, and remember that caustic lime is in the same family of …

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 …

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 …

Oct 27, 2004 · Lye is generally used to remove paint, not as paint... that I know of, anyway. I'd have to agree with Taterspa and wonder if maybe you heard 'lye' when the fellow said 'lime'? I only know …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Feb 23, 2008 · Years ago when we had an outhouse, one of the things I remember doing is putting powdered lime in the outhouse every so often. For those of you who have outhouses, what do you …

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 …