[MR] Quick Lime (Lye)

[Becky McEllistrem]

Yes unless the stores in your area have stopped
carrying Red Devil Lye.  Then you get to order it and
pay a hazardous materials fee.

Unfortunately since I'm researching period recipes I
need the quicklime so I can make the Red Devil
equivalent. <G>

Rebecca
--- "Terry L. Neill" <t_neill at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Quick lime (caustic) and limestone (inert) are two
> different things.
> 
> Soap makers want *lye* to combine with fats or oils
> and "soaponify" into a 
> salt--otherwise known as soap.
> 
> The easiest way to get lye for soapmaking is to buy
> a can of Red Devil lye 
> in the supermarket next to the Draino products. 
> Make sure it's PURE LYE and 
> doesn't have other drain cleaning additions.
> 
> One of these days I'd like to try my hand at making
> lye water from ashes.  
> In my copious spare time.
> 
> Regards!
> 
>   - Anarra, wannabe soap maker
> 
> P.S.  Would anyone who knows how to make soap like
> to come to the Dun 
> Carriag area (St. Mary's County) on June 23 or 24 to
> a Longship Company 
> event called "Camp Fenby" and teach us how?  Camp
> Fenby is a weekend of 
> learning early medieval crafts and sciences.
> 
> e-mail t_neill at hotmail.com if so.  We would
> appreciate it to no end!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >hahahaha... I found a distributor.  There are
> >limestone quarries sometimes depending on where you
> >live but there's a whole web site called
> limestone.org
> >which lists professional  distributors in the
> country.
> ><G>
> >
> >I'm still hoping I can find a local quarry rather
> than
> >forcing my sister to bring some from Kentucky.
> >
> >Rebecca
> >--- Phillip Jones <jonesj at infoave.net> wrote:
> > > I understand it is dandy for eliminating bodies,
> > > too. Where do you get it?
> 
> 
> > > I think I found a source for quicklime!!!
> > >
> > > Ya kind of have to be a soaper to understand why
> I
> > > would want such a thing and all the standard
> shops
> > > you
> > > might think would have it don't. <G>
> 
>
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