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Dave H (MI)

08-28-2004 19:33:58

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Does anyone know where to purchase these? I want to use electrolysis to clean some parts but cannot locate the chemicals. There is a Red Devil brand of lye but the usual sources (Walmart, hardware, supermarket) do not have this and nobody even seems to have heard of Sodium Carbonate. Anybody have a good source?

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F-I-T

08-30-2004 18:17:43

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Re: Sodium Carbonate and Lye in reply to Dave H (MI), 08-28-2004 19:33:58

Dave:

If you can"t find Lye (Sodium Hydroxide - NaOH), try Drano. It"s lye with a few grey Magnesium Sulfate crystals in it. It won"t hurt to use it in your electrolysis bath or to make lye gravy for paint removal.

As was mentioned, the Sodium Carbonate is a common pool chemical for raising pH, but it"s best known as a laundry detergent booster. The most common one I"ve found is Arm & Hammer "Super" Washing Soda. It looks just like its little brother, Arm & Hammer Baking Soda...same yellow box but bigger. The size of a powered laundry detergent box.

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Dave H (MI)

08-30-2004 12:01:32

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Re: Sodium Carbonate and Lye in reply to Dave H (MI), 08-28-2004 19:33:58

Thank you!

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Keith-OR

08-28-2004 20:46:09

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Re: Sodium Carbonate and Lye in reply to Dave H (MI), 08-28-2004 19:33:58

Another source of Sodium Carbonate is ARM & HAMMER, called Super Washing Soda. Safeway stores here handle it.
HTH....Keith

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Gerald J.

08-28-2004 20:33:39

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Re: Sodium Carbonate and Lye in reply to Dave H (MI), 08-28-2004 19:33:58

Sodium Carbonate is washing soda. Might find that in an old hardware store. Or a weak solution in my faucet since that what comes out of a water softener replacing the calcium carbonate.

Gerald J.

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Ryan-WI

08-28-2004 20:06:27

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Re: Sodium Carbonate and Lye in reply to Dave H (MI), 08-28-2004 19:33:58

I found my Lye at the local farm store (farm and fleet) in the kitchen/household drain cleaners.

The Sodium Carbonate was in the pool product section at Walmart. Goes by the term "Ph Plus"

Ryan

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Bob

08-28-2004 19:58:30

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Re: Sodium Carbonate and Lye in reply to Dave H (MI), 08-28-2004 19:33:58

Do a search on Google for suppliers. I believe the reason lye is getting hard to come by is because of it"s potential for misuse in the manufacture of "meth".

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Bob

08-28-2004 19:57:20

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Re: Sodium Carbonate and Lye in reply to Dave H (MI), 08-28-2004 19:33:58

Do a search on Google for suppliers. I believe the reason lye is getting hard to come by is because of it"s potential for misuse in the manufacture of "meth".

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Kens640

08-29-2004 10:28:40

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Re: Sodium Carbonate and Lye in reply to Bob, 08-28-2004 19:57:20

Only one of the grocery stores in my area carries the Red Devil Lye ; but Arm & Hammer washing powder ( yellow/white box )is available in the laundry soap area . Be careful mixing the lye with water .

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