Buying lye in NY

[Mark Zizzi]

Was just thinking about this...you need lye for making soap. Why wouldn't stores that sell soap making ingredients have their own brand of lye? Do they have to buy drain cleaner too?

[Trevor Lawrence]

Just checked AAA and i don't think they carry tech grade lye anymore!!!

[Cheryl Watson]

Last shipment I ordered (last spring), I ordered tech grade, they sent Food grade. I called about the change up, and never received the promised return call....  [smiley=question-marks.gif]

[Trevor Lawrence]

I can't find anywhere to order it on the website. I had 32lbs in my cart from a month ago and it disappeared when i tried to view it.

Guess ill have to go back to Rooto again.

[Cheryl Watson]

Looks like their website is messed up.
You could call them.
Essential Depot should have it... check sticky above... where to buy lye...

[Mark Zizzi]

32lbs! What are you cleaning Trevor...Old Ironsides?  ;)

[Cheryl Watson]

Trevor, the food grade will work.  That is what I have currently, and it's a whole lot cheaper than Rooto or Roebic.

Mark, I mix 2 lb. to 5 gallon, so it gets used up when mixing 2 or three lye baths. :)

[C. Perry Rapier]

I buy it by the eighty pound bag. It's so cheap that way,  that I keep twenty pounds and throw the rest away.  ::)

[Trevor Lawrence]

I am buying some for a friend and I (most is for me). I need to change 2 baths (want to go double strength this time). I also want to try it in my small electro (5 gallon bucket) and I like to keep some on hand :D

Im done with the food grade... It has been a nightmare since i switched. I can get the Rooto for about $3.25 per pound. Thats what i used to use and never had a problem. So at this point I don't mind paying the extra cost.

[Mark Zizzi]

I didn't know you could put lye in an electro.  :-?

[Cheryl Watson]

Yes, you can use it as an electrolyte.

Old Forum>Cleaning & Restoration Board> Sticky "Best Threads"> Using electrolysis to clean cast iron> Lye as Electrolyte

There are also some other threads that discussion regarding electrolyte information pops up.

I have/ and am in the process of recovering/reconstructing all of those missing threads.  22 threads took me 2 days, and I am not done.........

Will probably take another 5 days to recover and restore the Best Threads sticky here. (40 more to go, on JUST that sticky).... :(

[Mark Zizzi]

Thanks for all you do recover the old threads Cheryl. Is there anything I could do to help? :)

[Cheryl Watson]

Possibly.  I'll add you to my list of possible volunteers for the small army of worker bees! ;D  .  I think I have the process standardized enough that  I can do an instruction sheet.  (software compatibility dependent! ) 8-)

[Cheryl Watson]

Oh, back to Trevor's hunt.
New Thread I posted today re: AAA:  http://www.griswoldandwagner.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1393448046