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  Lye Depot. The place to buy Sodium Hydroxide or Potassium Hydroxide on the Web. Red Devil Lye Alternatives, Wholesale ...
Lye is commercially used, most commonly, in the manufacture of paper, textiles and detergents.
The lye, then mixed with fat, through a process known as saponification, creates soap.The added salt is what hardens the soap.
Lye can be traced back to use in soap as far back as the Babylonians in 2800 B.C. The Ruins of Pompeii revealed a soap factory together with finished bars of soap.
www.lyedepot.com   (407 words)

  
  Lye from wood ash: Journey to Forever
Lye made from wood ash is potassium hydroxide, not sodium hydroxide -- there's 10 times as much potassium as sodium in wood ash.
When the brown lye water stops coming out of the barrel, or ash container, then pour four to five pints (2-1/2 to three litre) of soft water through the ashes, collecting the lye which comes out in a separate "safe" container (as this lye may be weaker than the first lot).
The lye solution was obtained by placing wood ashes in a bottomless barrel set on a stone slab with a groove and a lip carved in it.
journeytoforever.org /biodiesel_ashlye.html   (1676 words)

  
 Lye
The thing we were all warned about not to drink as children, major component in modern drain openers and indispensable material to medieval tanners, linen finishers, and innumerable other trades.
Lye was locally made from various and sundry caustic ingredients, including fowl droppings, human urine, wood ash, and powdered limestone, mixed down with rainwater to desired strength.
Lye was used to bleach, to soften, and to scour, and to dissolve unwanted bits of adhering materials (flesh or fat from hides during tanning, for instance).
www.octavia.net /9thclife/Lye.htm   (84 words)

  
 The wit of the wobble: Len Lye and the metaphysics of eccentricity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Lye is best known for his direct film technique, in which an artist scratches or draws on the celluloid.
All of Lye's work is strongly evocative, suggesting a deep substratum in the mind—a primitive section of the cortex which Lye called “the old brain”—that commands the body by instinct.
I doubt that Lye's intention was to ridicule phrenology, the misguided vogue of the enlightenment, but rather to play with recognition, to allow the mechanical process to simplify a form up to a point before which it becomes unrecognisable.
www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/01/19/lye_wit.html   (1066 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Len Lye: Books: Roger Horrocks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
LEN LYE: A Biography tells the life story of an artist who was able to transcend the typical neuroses that afflicted modernist artists to pproduce a diverse body of paintings, films, sculpture and writing.
Lye was bormn in New Zealand in 1901.
Lye soon became enraptured with the liveliness and openness of New York and resolved to stay in the United States, eventually becoming an American citizen.
www.amazon.com /Len-Lye-Roger-Horrocks/dp/1869402472   (1394 words)

  
 'The Absolute Truth of the Happiness Acid'
For Lye, this 'selfness' was anchored to the body and to bodily weight and motion, which explained his preoccupation with the kineticism of film and moving sculpture.
Lye spent two years in Samoa 'to work on kinetic constructions', but he found the island life so intoxicating it was difficult to apply himself to his art.
In his writing Lye asserted his aim was to depart from an inhibiting film narrative tradition set in place by D.W. Griffith in favour of one based on the kinaesthetic potential of film, which he thought was achieved in some animated cartoons (UPA, not Disney).
www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/01/19/lye.html   (2631 words)

  
 lye. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
It originally meant a solution of potassium carbonate (potash) prepared by leaching wood ashes with water, but now the name also means a solution of sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.
Lye is also used to refer to the undissolved solute.
Lye should be used with caution as it is caustic and poisonous.
www.bartleby.com /65/ly/lye.html   (114 words)

  
 Lye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lye is a caustic solution used for glass and soap making.
Lye, West Midlands is the name of a small town in England, between Dudley and Stourbridge in the Black Country, Dudley Metropolitan Borough, West Midlands (formerly in Worcestershire).
Lye is a commune of the Indre département, in France.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lye   (118 words)

  
 Lye to pull double-duty at Allianz Championship - PGATOUR.COM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
After what Lye went through -- a bout with cancer followed by weeks of chemotherapy -- he's thrilled to still be a part of the game.
On the Fourth of July last year, Lye learned that the melanoma he thought was out of his system 12 years ago had returned and infected a lymph node in his upper left leg.
Lye is taking a milder drug now and will be on it for another eight months.
www.pgatour.com /u/ce/multi/0,1977,6579493,00.html   (514 words)

  
 Len Lye at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Born in Christchurch in 1901 and largely self-educated, Lye was driven by a life-long passion for motion, energy and the possibility of composing them as a form of art.
Lye's interests took him far from New Zealand; after sojourns in the South Pacific, Lye moved to London and then New York, where he became known as an intensely creative film-maker and kinetic sculptor.
Lye's sculptures are also held in the collections of several major art museums, including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Whitney Museum in New York, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
www.govettbrewster.com /lenlye   (334 words)

  
 Lye Soap Making
The lye broke down the animal fat and soap was being made.
The ingredients are 2 gallons of non-tap water, 10 ounces of lye by volume and 5 lbs of tallow (fat from beef).
She may have used lye made from the ashes of hardwood fire, but it's the same chemical.
home.mindspring.com /~pgburrell/id13.html   (1352 words)

  
 Lye Soap
Ok, we'll admit that statement is a bit much but every grandmother and, for that matter many a grandfather used a different recipe than the neighbors for making soap.
These country style lye soaps contain no coconut or other tropical nut oils as many "old fashion" soaps on the market today offer.
Not only does our family use the lye soap for bathing, but I also grate it (Basic Lye Soap)and use it along with regular washing powder when doing the laundry.
store.mosoap.com /lyesoap.html   (443 words)

  
 Mark Lye: ZoomInfo Business People Information
Lye, a favorite among The Golf Channel,s on-air personalities, joined the Champions TOUR in 2003 following a 17-year career on the PGA TOUR.
Lye is also host of Boccieri Golf,s soon-to-be released Heavy Putter infomercial.
Lye, an 18-year PGA Tour veteran who played his college golf at San Jose State, enjoyed a successful rookie season on the 2003 Champions Tour.
www.zoominfo.com /people/lye_mark_39080904.aspx   (423 words)

  
 Len Lye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Len Lye, born Leonard Charles Huia Lye (July 5, 1901 - May 15, 1980), was a New Zealand sculptor, artist, writer and film-maker.
Lye's film can be seen as a powerful circular reference -- he uses his body to make pure direct scratches on film to tell a story of the body's own decay and disintegration.
Lye continued to experiment with the possibilities of direct film-making to the end of his life.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Len_Lye   (729 words)

  
 lye, sodium hydroxide & potassium hydroxide flakes & liquid; soap maker supplies
lye, sodium hydroxide & potassium hydroxide flakes & liquid; soap maker supplies.
Boyer Corporation packages & ships lye, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide to handcrafted soap makers worldwide.
Boyer Corporation packages and ships lye, sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide to handcrafted soap makers throughout the United States and other countries
www.boyercorporation.com   (127 words)

  
 Sodium hydroxide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the manufacture of biodiesel, sodium hydroxide is used as a catalyst for the transesterification of methanol and triglycerides.
Olives are often soaked in lye to soften them, while pretzels and German lye rolls are glazed with a lye solution before baking to make them crisp.
Lye is used as an assault weapon in an episode of US crime drama CSI: New York, in which the victim has the chemical thrown over his face, causing a chemical burn, and his eventual death.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sodium_hydroxide   (1933 words)

  
 May 1997 Soap Making Traditional Methods Lye Rain Water Wood Ash
If you are going to use a large barrel or drum to make the lye water in, and it has a tap or hole at the right, place some kind of filter on the inside of the barrel around the opening (as shown in the diagrams).
When the brown lye water stops coming out of the barrel, or ash container, then pour four to five pints (2½ to three litre) of soft water through the ashes, collecting the lye which comes out in a separate "safe" container (as this lye may be weaker than the first lot).
Lye water made from wood ashes or pot ash powder, is not as easy to work with, as lye made from caustic soda.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/paul_norman_3/soapmake.htm   (5772 words)

  
 Troubled Times: Lye   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Lye in granular form (drain cleaner) measures differently than lye in flake form (the form of lye from laboratory chemical suppliers, pool chemical suppliers, etc.).
Lye (sodium hydroxide) is also known as caustic soda.
Upon opening a container of lye, the lye crystals absorb water from the air, which can weaken the strength of the lye and cause it to form a solid lump.
www.zetatalk.com /shelter/tshlt05d.htm   (514 words)

  
 MMS - Lye Calculator
The Lye Calculator™ will calculate the amount of lye (either sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide) required to convert the specified amount of fats and oils to soap.
The Lye Calculator™ is provided free of charge, but it is copyrighted material and cannot be copied.
Select which type of lye you wish to use.
www.the-sage.com /calcs/lyecalc2.php   (318 words)

  
 Lye Soap, Homemade Lye Soap :: Handmade Soap :: The Blue Ridge Soap Shed
This homemade lye soap is an Appalachian tradition, with its historical use including the elimination of head and body lice, bed bugs, mites, as well as general household and floor cleaning.
Lye soap was generally made once a year, coinciding with Autumn Harvest and the killing of hogs in preparation for Winter.
Yup, this is Grandma's old lye soap recipe, made with lye and lard and nuthin' else, not even any of that sweet smellin' stuff that's in all the other soaps we sell.
www.soapshed.com /store/Grandmas-Lye-Soap-c-287.html   (456 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/lye
LYEs live show is a volatile experience that veers sharply from one emotion to another and has been described as not asking for attention but demanding it.
Never afraid to jump from the stage and join their fans, the members of LYE have founded their reputation on an interactive and cathartic live show.
In the current North American music scene LYE is an anomaly: too heavy to be considered indie rock, too industrial to be considered metal, and too talented to be ignored.
myspace.com /lye   (1005 words)

  
 Lye Soap
All an old time soap maker had was scraps from cooking or left over grease to make soap with.
She, and yes, many times Grandpa too, would make their own lye solution from the burning of wood ash and leeching it thorough large cedar barrels.
We make several different types because everyone remembers a different type.
www.mosoap.com /Traditional_Soap/Traditional_Ozark_Handmade_Soap.htm   (231 words)

  
 CSI: Anatomy of a Lye - TV.com
Grissom and Sara investigate when a man's body, which has been doused with lye, is found buried in a park; Nick tries to determine how a hiker apparently drowned in a desert.
This episode is loosely based on the Chante Mallard case in which Mallard hit Gregory Glenn Briggs with her vehicle and let him die in her garage.
In the episode "Scuba Doobie-Doo" Nick and Catherine had to figure out how to explain how a man in a scuba suit was found in a tree in the middle of a forest fire.
www.tv.com /csi/anatomy-of-a-lye/episode/144902/summary.html   (486 words)

  
 Bramble Berry Lye Calculator | Soapmaking Lye Calculators
This handy lye calculator will help you figure out how much lye (NaOH) to add to your soap recipe.
Simply enter the amount of each oil you are using, select your superfatting level and click "calculate".
Enter the number of ounces for each oil in the spaces provided, select your superfatting preference, (superfatting is the process of adding more oil to your recipe than is required to have a 1:1 reaction with the lye) and click the "Calculate" button.
www.brambleberry.com /lye_calc_1.php   (120 words)

  
 Cinemarati Blog » Len Lye … Bootlegged   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
So you go to Google video and type “Len Lye” into the search box, and whoomp, there it is.
As a side note, I came across this thread from the Frameworks experimental-film mailing list that suggests Lye made some anti-Japan propaganda films during World War II that go largely unseen for a reason.
I was looking at Bergman and Bunuel on cable TV in high school, but when I finally got to see films by Brakhage and Lye and Fischinger and etc. in college, it blew my mind open.
www.cinemarati.org /index.php/archives/len-lye-bootlegged   (970 words)

  
 Len Lye Artworks and Fine Art at arthistorynet.com
An hypnotic revolving sculpture, using coloured light and shapes beamed onto the back of the Galler...
As an experimental filmmaker, sculptor, photographer and writer, Len Lye was a diverse original, ec...
Len Lye is one of New Zealands most celebrated artists, both for his international reputation and fo...
www.absolutearts.com /masters/l/lye-len.html   (144 words)

  
 LYE | LYE FOR SOAP | SODIUM HYDROXIDE | POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE | SNOWDRIFT FARM
Snowdrift Farm offers lye for bar soap and potassium hydroxide (potash) for liquid soaps and shampoos in sizes from 2 pounds through bulk.
If you're a good cook, chances are you'll be an excellent body care formulator and soapmaker.
YOU MAY MIX ORDERS FOR TYPES OF LYE OR POTASH IN ONE BOX.
www.snowdriftfarm.com /dry.html   (307 words)

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