Can I use Sodium Hydroxide from the chemistry lab for soap making?
Sun, Jan 4, 2009
can I use Sodium Hydroxide from the chemistry lab for soap making?
Yes, it may even be purer than what is available else where.
Sodium Hydroxide, lye, NaOH, or caustic soda are all the same thing.
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January 4th, 2009 at 8:39 am
Yes. We used that in our soap making in high school.
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January 4th, 2009 at 9:27 am
Yes you can. I did it in high school as well.
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January 4th, 2009 at 9:35 am
Yes, it may even be purer than what is available else where.
Sodium Hydroxide, lye, NaOH, or caustic soda are all the same thing.
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July 5th, 2009 at 2:01 am
Sodium hydroxide is used to make solid soap. Solid soap is bar soap. Potassium hydroxide is used to make liquid soap. Shampoo, hand soap, laundry soap, dish soap are all liquid soap. Potassium hydroxide is made from wood ashes. Both sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are both called “lye.” They are different. I have found that people say that sodium hydroxide is used to make liquid soap, it is not; potassium hydroxide is used to make liquid soap.
July 7th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
does anyone know what will cut sodium hydroxide? I used it to clean my deck and the suds is never ending
September 26th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
What’s likely to have happened is that the sodium hydroxide, that you used as a cleaner, soaked into the pores of the wood. Since sodium hydroxide is an alkali, an acid would neutralize it. Try scrubbing the deck with white vinegar right out of the bottle. Vinegar contains citric acid and should neutralize it. It may take a couple of tries to completely get rid of it though.