Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener:Using Lye in the garden
网页2015年3月1日 · Historically, 'lye' was a caustic leachate of wood ashes producing potassium hydroxide. Lye is currently made by a chemical process that yields sodium hydroxide, and even though sodium is an essential element to normal growth and plant health, it is used only in minute amounts and very quickly reaches toxic levels.
Bleach vs. lye - Homesteading Forum
网页2009年2月23日 · 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 in waste treatment amd used it for cleaning the stainless steel chemical tankers, anything oily and viscous was caustic washed [recyrculated] followed …
How long do you let your lye soap cure? | Homesteading Forum
网页2011年7月13日 · lathermaker said: Lye remains active for 24 to 48 hours after trace. The additional time is for the extra water to evaporate out. If your soap goes through a good hot gel stage, it is ready to use earlier than if it doesn't. The heat from the gel speeds the Chem reaction up and neutralizes the lye.
How much is 'a can of lye'??? - Homesteading Forum
网页2010年11月23日 · 6.7 oz lye Melt lard & coconut oil over low heat. Remove when melted. Add Olive Oil. Stir and set aside. Add lye to frozen GM, stirring well until lye is dissolved. Do not allow your GM to burn (turns orange). Immediately add the lye/milk solution to the waiting oils. Stir to trace. place in mold. cover with blanket unmold in 24 hours.
Lye paint? - Homesteading Forum
网页2004年10月27日 · 1870 Milk Paint Formula. 1 Quart skim milk (room temperature) 1 Once of hydrated lime by weight. (Available at building centers. Do not use quick lime, as it will react with the water and heat up. Hydrated lime has been soaked in water then dried.) 1 to 2 1/2 pounds of chalk may also be added as a filler.
Shelf life of lye? - Homesteading Forum
网页2009年12月6日 · I think it really depends on how well it is stored. If you keep it completely dry, it should last a VERY long time. Once you get the hang of making soap, you could try making your own lye too, though I would only want to have to do that in a SHTF situation since it is a touchy material. Trisha in WA. Visit my blog @.
Hominy - Dave's Garden
网页2009年9月8日 · The lye was then used to soften the corn hulls and create hominy. By the time I came along, the corn was soaked in this way: To get lye, my family used a section of a hollow tree, set it on a base that slanted, and filled the hollow part of the tree with green oak ashes from the fireplace. Well water was then poured through the ashes .
alternative method for making lye | Homesteading Forum
网页2012年10月3日 · I mixed 1 tsp of the Sodium Carbonate with 3 oz of distiled water, and 1 tsp of the lime with 3 oz of distilled water. I poured them together and waited 5 minutes for the solid and liquid (lye) to seperate , then filtered the mix through a coffee filter in a funnel. The result shows all signs of being Lye.
Where to buy lye? - Homesteading Forum
网页2009年4月6日 · Wis Bang. Most drain cleaners are sodium hydroxide [caustic soda or lye] the few that use inhibited sulfuric acid are very heavy [15.3lb/gal VRS 10lb/gal for lye] and usually black in color and cost twice as much. The one at walmart is also sealed in a plastic bag so it shouldn't be that easy to confuse the two kinds.
Rural Gardening:Making Lye from Wood Ashes - Dave's Garden
网页2008年11月18日 · In a large kettle, bring 1 1/2 gallons of water and 3 tablespoons of. lye to a boil (take care not to inhale steam from the lye water). Add. 1 gallon of clean dried shucked corn. Simmer 10 minutes (no need to. stir). Remove from heat and let sit for 25 minutes. Drain off the lye water and add clean water.