Lye - Revision history

Rasmus: /* Uses */

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Uses

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	* disinfectant		* disinfectant
	* removal of hair from animal hides in the tanning process		* removal of hair from animal hides in the tanning process
			* potentially for [[Geopolymers \|geopolymer]] bricks and other construction

	==Safety considerations==		==Safety considerations==

Rasmus: +link

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+link

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	* Life Unplugged: [http://www.lifeunplugged.net/everythingelse/make-lye-from-wood-ash.aspx "How to Make Lye from Wood Ash"]		* Life Unplugged: [http://www.lifeunplugged.net/everythingelse/make-lye-from-wood-ash.aspx "How to Make Lye from Wood Ash"]
	* WikiHow: [http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Lye "How to Make Lye"]		* WikiHow: [http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Lye "How to Make Lye"]
			* Caveman Chemistry: [http://cavemanchemistry.com/oldcave/projects/lime/ "Lime and Lye: Two Strong Alkalis"]

Rasmus at 23:19, 18 July 2016

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	[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]		[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]

	[[File: 640px-Soap logs all natural.jpg \|500px\|thumb\|right\| Logs of soap made from lye extracted from [[wood ash]]. ]]		[[File: 640px-Soap logs all natural.jpg \|500px\|thumb\|right\| Logs of soap made from lye extracted from [[Wood Ash\|wood ash]]. ]]

	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap. Caustic potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can easily be made at home. It can also be used in the production of [[biodiesel]], although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap. Caustic potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can easily be made at home. It can also be used in the production of [[biodiesel]], although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.

Rasmus: /* Basic Recipe */

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Basic Recipe

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	==Basic Recipe==		==Basic Recipe==
	# from hard [[wood ash]]		# from hard [[Wood Ash\|wood ash]]
	# extraction with soft water; filter it at the same time		# extraction with soft water; filter it at the same time
	# boil off water		# boil off water
	# voila ! The whitish powder is mostly potassium hydroxide		# voila! The whitish powder is mostly potassium hydroxide

	==From the [[Household Cyclopedia]] (1881)==		==From the [[Household Cyclopedia]] (1881)==

Rasmus: /* Useful Links */

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Useful Links

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	* Journey To Forever: [http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_ashlye.html "Making lye from wood ash"]		* Journey To Forever: [http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_ashlye.html "Making lye from wood ash"]
	* Life Unplugged: [http://www.lifeunplugged.net/everythingelse/make-lye-from-wood-ash.aspx "How to Make Lye from Wood Ash"]		* Life Unplugged: [http://www.lifeunplugged.net/everythingelse/make-lye-from-wood-ash.aspx "How to Make Lye from Wood Ash"]
			* WikiHow: [http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Lye "How to Make Lye"]

Rasmus: /* Useful Links */

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Useful Links

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	==Useful Links==		==Useful Links==
	* Journey To Forever: [http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_ashlye.html "Making lye from wood ash"]		* Journey To Forever: [http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_ashlye.html "Making lye from wood ash"]
			* Life Unplugged: [http://www.lifeunplugged.net/everythingelse/make-lye-from-wood-ash.aspx "How to Make Lye from Wood Ash"]

Rasmus at 14:38, 14 July 2016

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	[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]		[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]

	[[File: 640px-Soap logs all natural.jpg \|~~640px~~\|thumb\|right\| Logs of soap made from lye extracted from [[wood ash]]. ]]		[[File: 640px-Soap logs all natural.jpg \|500px\|thumb\|right\| Logs of soap made from lye extracted from [[wood ash]]. ]]

	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap. Caustic potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can easily be made at home. It can also be used in the production of [[biodiesel]], although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap. Caustic potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can easily be made at home. It can also be used in the production of [[biodiesel]], although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.

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some internal links

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	[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]		[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]

			[[File: 640px-Soap logs all natural.jpg \|640px\|thumb\|right\| Logs of soap made from lye extracted from [[wood ash]]. ]]

	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap. Caustic potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can easily be made at home. It can also be used in the production of [[biodiesel]], although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap. Caustic potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can easily be made at home. It can also be used in the production of [[biodiesel]], although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.

	==Basic Recipe==		==Basic Recipe==
	# from hard wood ash		# from hard [[wood ash]]
	# extraction with soft water; filter it at the same time		# extraction with soft water; filter it at the same time
	# boil off water		# boil off water

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	[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]		[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]

	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap~~, and also in biodiesel fuel production~~. Caustic potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can easily be made at home. It can also be used in the production of [[biodiesel]], although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap. Caustic potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can easily be made at home. It can also be used in the production of [[biodiesel]], although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.

	==Basic Recipe==		==Basic Recipe==

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minor shtuff

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	[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]		[[File:Soap_making_1884.jpg\|500px\|thumb\|right\|Recollections of domestic life. Soap making, Antigo (Wisconsin), 1884. The farmer is pouring water into the ash barrel to make lye; his wife is boiling a kettle of fat. Lye and fat produce soft soap.]]

	[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap, and also in biodiesel fuel production ~~caustic~~ potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can be ~~easily~~ made at home. It can also be used in the production of biodiesel, although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lye Lye], also known as NaOH, sodium hydroxide, or caustic soda, is used in making soap, and also in biodiesel fuel production. Caustic potash, or potassium hydroxide (KOH), is also called lye and can easily be made at home. It can also be used in the production of [[biodiesel]], although the recipe will have to be adjusted somewhat.

	==Basic Recipe==		==Basic Recipe==
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	==From the [[Household Cyclopedia]] (1881)==		==From the [[Household Cyclopedia]] (1881)==
	To make ~~Saponaceous~~ Lye for ~~Washing~~: ~~Boil~~ together in a sufficient quantity of water, 1 ~~gall~~. of good wood-ashes and 2 or 3 handfuls of fresh-burnt lime. Leave the lixivium at rest till the extraneous matters have been deposited at the bottom, or thrown to the surface to be skimmed off. Then draw off the pure lixivium, add to it oil, to about a thirtieth or fortieth part of its own quantity. The mixture will be a liquor white us milk, capable of frothing like soap-water, and in dilution with water perfectly fit to communicate sufficient whiteness to linen. This liquor may be prepared from wood-ashes of all sorts, and from rancid grease, oil or butter. It is therefore highly worthy the attention of the economist. When the ashes are suspected to be unusually deficient in alkali, a small addition of pulverized potash or soda may be made to the lixivium.		To make saponaceous Lye for washing: boil together in a sufficient quantity of water, 1 gal. of good wood-ashes and 2 or 3 handfuls of fresh-burnt lime. Leave the lixivium at rest till the extraneous matters have been deposited at the bottom, or thrown to the surface to be skimmed off. Then draw off the pure lixivium, add to it oil, to about a thirtieth or fortieth part of its own quantity. The mixture will be a liquor white us milk, capable of frothing like soap-water, and in dilution with water perfectly fit to communicate sufficient whiteness to linen. This liquor may be prepared from wood-ashes of all sorts, and from rancid grease, oil or butter. It is therefore highly worthy the attention of the economist. When the ashes are suspected to be unusually deficient in alkali, a small addition of pulverized potash or soda may be made to the lixivium.

	==Uses==		==Uses==
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	* in food, such as for lye rolls and pretzels		* in food, such as for lye rolls and pretzels
	* key ingredient for [[geopolymers]]		* key ingredient for [[geopolymers]]
	* useful for breaking down cell walls as a preliminary to extracting phytochemicals from plants		* useful for breaking down cell walls as a preliminary step to extracting phytochemicals from plants
	* oven cleaner and drain opener		* oven cleaner and drain opener
	* disinfectant		* disinfectant