Q&A

Can you buy lye at Lowes?

Can you buy lye at Lowes?

Check your local hardware store. Lowe’s hardware stores sell Roebic Crystal Drain Opener. According to the product label, it is 100 percent lye. It is available in a two-pound container and can be found at all Lowes stores.

Can you buy lye?

Craft stores carry lye for soapmaking. You can purchase it at Amazon as sodium hydroxide or lye, pure lye drain opener, caustic soda, and pure or food-grade sodium hydroxide. Depending on your project, you may be able to substitute potassium hydroxide (KOH), which has similar chemical properties and is easier to find.

Is lye better than Drano?

Commercial formulations of lye include extra stuff to make it work faster and more safely. For instance, Drano contains a mixture of lye, aluminum flecks, and sodium nitrate. The pros of lye are that it’s effective against sticky clog-smears like what you find in kitchen sinks, as well as thick hair clogs in bathrooms.

Is Crystal lye drain opener for soap making?

The pure lye drain opener is able to clear drains in just 15-30 minutes. It’s designed to be used in kitchen and bathroom sinks, tubs and showers. These lye crystals for clogged drains can also be used for soap makers. They make a useful addition to the rest of your home cleaning products and supplies.

What is lye and where to get it?

Key Takeaways: Caustic Soda Caustic soda is one of the common names for sodium hydroxide (NaOH). It is also known as lye, although lye may refer to either potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide. Pure caustic soda is sold for making candles or soap. Impure caustic soda is found in drain cleaner.

What can you use lye for at home?

Lye is also used for food curing, candlemaking, dehairing hides, cleaning out drains, and beekeepers use it for cleaning out old hives. Check your local hardware store. Lowe’s hardware stores sell Roebic Crystal Drain Opener. According to the product label, it is 100 percent lye.

Where can I find lye in the supermarket?

Lye used to be available in the supermarket but not anymore. You might be able to find it in some hardware stores often in the drain cleaning section next to the Draino.

Is there such a thing as 100% Lye?

Called drain opener but it is 100% lye, talked to the store manager and he told me that he talked to the manufactuer and told them that he had customers that needed the original label changed to let people know that it was 100% lye because he had customers that make soap. I bought a couple of bottles, 16 oz at $4.99.

Is the instant power crystal Lye drain opener available at Lowe’s?

Excludes Lowe’s Business Credit accounts, Lowe’s Visa ® accounts and all Lowe’s Canada Credit accounts. We reserve the right to discontinue or alter these terms at any time. Fight the toughest clogs through-out your home using the Instant Power Crystal Lye Drain Opener.