[TheForge] Lowes has lye

[Saint Phlip]

If you come up with a reasonably attractive recipe, do post it. I
don't much like all the perfumes in everything you buy for personal
cleanliness either- if I was to smell of some sort of perfume, _I_
will choose it ;-)

On 11/13/06, Bruce Freeman <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com> wrote:
> Soapmaking.  Or will be.  My range oven conked out over the weekend, and
> there went my free time.
>
> I made a crude batch of lye soap about six months ago and have been
> very impressed with it.  It's very effective and long-lasting.  It
> doesn't sop up water and decay into mush, but forms a good lather on the
> hands.  It's not particularly harsh.  And it has no stinkin' perfume!
>
> I've nowhere near run out of the stuff, but it's ugly yellow stuff from
> cooking grease.  I want to make some that looks nicer in the bath by
> starting with white grease.  I may experiment with other oils and fats
> too.
>
> Bruce
> NJ
>
> >>> wjec at verizon.net 11/11/2006 6:34 PM >>>
> What are you using this for Bruce?
>
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> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 2:57 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] Lowes has lye
>
>
> > Found lye sold retail locally at Lowes home centers.
> > Look for Roebic Crystal Drain Opener in the plumbing
> > dept.  Tall, white plastic jar with mostly yellow
> > label.  Claims to be 100% sodium hydroxide (lye) and
> > appears to be so.
> > Bruce
> > NJ
> >
> >
> >
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