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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

Aug 26, 2011 · I would like to make some lye soap from scratch, the way our granny or great-granny used to make it, with lye made from ashes.