Where to buy lye/caustic soda/Sodium hydroxide in bulk?

   / Where to buy lye/caustic soda/Sodium hydroxide in bulk?
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#21  
DA^^!
That is deadly.
Thanks, that put a visual in my minds eye!
And I've a science background so I was trained in PPE very early.

One of the youtube videos I ran across the tuber showed how you could pour dry lye on your hands without danger.
Not a good idea.

But then I've also read that shotgun shells and lead-acid batteries can be dangerous if mishandled.
 
   / Where to buy lye/caustic soda/Sodium hydroxide in bulk? #22  
Lye is right up there on my corrosive list. I used a version of it to get glass completely clean for many years. It will even dissolve (etch) glass.

PPE. In duplicate would be my vote.

All the best,

Peter
 
   / Where to buy lye/caustic soda/Sodium hydroxide in bulk? #23  
Speaking of using lye as a stripper, be sure you get all of it off, or don't use an oil based paint. Lye and oil makes soap. I have seen paint flake off of alkaline walls in sheets. I think latex would be OK. I have no idea how alkyd base would do.
 

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