Confused_Penguin
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2015
- Messages
- 135
- Reaction score
- 85
How do you clean the container you mixed lye and water in safely and properly so that the container can be reused?
The Clean-Up: How to properly clean Lye container for reuse?
- Thread starter Confused_Penguin
- Start date
-
- Tags
- cleaning lye cleanup
Help Support Soapmaking Forum:
Obsidian
Well-Known Member
I just rinse it really well with warm water and let air dry. If I've used liquid beside water, I'll wash with dish soap.
I rinse it really well, then wash with dish soap and rinse again and dry it.
Rinse well(lots of cold water for me), wash, dry.
Confused_Penguin
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2015
- Messages
- 135
- Reaction score
- 85
I heard neutralizing the lye in the container by adding vinegar helps, then washing it off regularly afterwards. Does that really help?
I think I'm just overly paranoid. You guys just say rinse and dry I thought it would be a complicated process haha
I think I'm just overly paranoid. You guys just say rinse and dry I thought it would be a complicated process haha
We are saying to rinse and wash. Even rinsing in hot water will work. However, I find the soap helps with any greasiness. As for vinegar, it's really not necessary. I do use vinegar on occasion to clean my counters but not because of soapmaking.
Confused_Penguin
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jan 7, 2015
- Messages
- 135
- Reaction score
- 85
Yes, and wash of course!
Thank you so much! I'm less scared to wash my materials now haha. Thank you thank you!
Thank you so much! I'm less scared to wash my materials now haha. Thank you thank you!
I rinse then wash and dry. Vinegar will cause an exothermic response and heat everything up really, really, REALLY fast. So probably not such a good idea.
Cactuslily
Well-Known Member
Will any soap stuff that perhaps got on counters or floors damage them. Do I need to use vinegar on areas that got dirty?
Sodium hydroxide doesn't leave a residue behind if you use a suitable container. If there happens to be any lye left behind in a crack or pit or something, it reacts pretty quickly with carbon dioxide in the air to form soda ash. Just rinse well and let dry. If the container is greasy, wash it. If rinsing with vinegar after a water rinse makes you feel better, by all means do it, but it's not necessary.
Seeing as how lye solutions have traditionally been used a cleanser for many years, I do as DeeAnna does. I just rinse my container with plain water, set it in the drain to dry, and call it done.
IrishLass
IrishLass
