Making Lye Water (Potassium hydroxide KOH) The Easy Way From Hardwood Ashes

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    How to make Lye water, that can be used for soap making ,
    I will cover soap making from lye water in another video

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  • @raghebsaad9704
    @raghebsaad9704  10 месяцев назад +6

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  • @miltkarr5109
    @miltkarr5109 Год назад +23

    That's the hard way. Try this. Drill 3 small holes in 5 gallon bucket. Fill halfway with ash. Fill to top with water. Don't even mix. Sit this on top of another bucket. Come back in two days and collect the lye water or run it through the ash one more time for max strength.

    • @raghebsaad9704
      @raghebsaad9704  Год назад +1

      👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    • @totopolo2379
      @totopolo2379 6 месяцев назад

      I do that with pee to extract struvite on the top and make nitrogented soil for mushrooms.

  • @zawadhasanat7838
    @zawadhasanat7838 2 года назад +3

    Nice idea👍. Thanks for sharing🤝

  • @ghadirayache2021
    @ghadirayache2021 3 года назад +7

    Waiting to see the soap in the next Video 🥰 🌹

  • @LoetMey
    @LoetMey 2 года назад +3

    Very good video ❤️❤️❤️

  • @theTeslaFalcon
    @theTeslaFalcon 2 года назад +15

    Mild interest in saponification, but this would also work for transesterification to turn liquid fat into biodiesel.

    • @billiessphincter4104
      @billiessphincter4104 Год назад

      Its in fight club too

    • @theTeslaFalcon
      @theTeslaFalcon Год назад +1

      @@billiessphincter4104
      They make soap in a fight club?
      Is it just a name to pretend to be manly while acting girly?

  • @TheRawdaddy
    @TheRawdaddy Год назад +3

    question: instead of reducing it on the stove top, is it possible to dehydrate the solution? granted it would take longer, but there would be no babysitting it making sure it doesn't burn. your thoughts? thanks

    • @raghebsaad9704
      @raghebsaad9704  Год назад +6

      Hello, yes you can, same as the ancient technique to extract salt from sea water (solar evaporation)

  • @foty8679
    @foty8679 10 месяцев назад +4

    please wear gloves and a respirator if you cook the lye to make it a powder.

    • @raghebsaad9704
      @raghebsaad9704  10 месяцев назад +4

      I really appreciate your concern. I'm absolutely going to heed your advice and make sure to wear gloves and a respirator when working with lye to turn it into a powder. Plus, I've already taken care of including safety warnings in my videos. Your input is valued!

    • @Hendra-rv8dm
      @Hendra-rv8dm 3 месяца назад

      Speaking indonesia terjemahan bos

    • @Hendra-rv8dm
      @Hendra-rv8dm 3 месяца назад

      Powder koh ?

  • @food6824
    @food6824 2 года назад +2

    Nice!!

  • @rawanismail7491
    @rawanismail7491 2 года назад +1

    Very niceeee🤩

  • @musiclife9126
    @musiclife9126 2 года назад +1

    nice work

  • @beingwise218
    @beingwise218 Год назад +2

    Teonna Rainwater was telling the truth about the Lye and Alkali. 🤣🤣

  • @justawfulgamer7738
    @justawfulgamer7738 Год назад +2

    Is some soft woods ok? I start my fires with little pieces of 2x4 and etc to get it going. Paper and cardboard too. It would be pretty tough to JUST have hardwood ashes

    • @raghebsaad9704
      @raghebsaad9704  Год назад +4

      Hello Dear, hardwood is the best option for making lye water, soft wood don't contain enough potassium. you will not have a high concentrated solution.
      I tried it as you said first and mixed it with olive oil to make soap and it didn’t work. I only got some soap foam on top of the mixture.

    • @truthch1642
      @truthch1642 8 месяцев назад

      ​@raghebsaad9704 hello can I use coconut fibre instead

  • @wonderland563
    @wonderland563 2 года назад +1

    Nice!

  • @Sacrificial_Mind
    @Sacrificial_Mind 2 года назад +4

    So is it calcium carbonate that is screened out the first pour? Also in the subsequent pours after sitting, is that potassium carbonate that is screened out? Leaving you potassium hydroxide?
    If so, what causes the potassium carbonate to precipitate out of the water? It seems like it's dissolved in the water in the first step (goes through the screen) but is a solid and doesn't pass through the cloth.
    Do you think that is potassium carbonate precipitating out of the water, or do you just think the subsequent pours get rid of smaller particulates that were able to pass through the screen in the first step?
    Thanks!

    • @raghebsaad9704
      @raghebsaad9704  2 года назад +8

      Hello Dear, am sorry I wasn't active lately, it's a good question , am not a chemist I studied computer science and am studying archaeology, and am passionate about primitive and traditional skills and tools but I have a general knowledge about chemistry, I thought about what you said, I think KOH like any salt with water it will become one solution, I don't think it will separate KOH completely through clothes , but I think I will loose some KOH with this technique you are right, If you have a better technique please tell me, thank you!
      best regards,

    • @Sacrificial_Mind
      @Sacrificial_Mind 2 года назад +5

      I have not tried it, but potassium carbonate is not soluble in ethanol but potassium hydroxide is.
      After boiling down the lye water to the salt, mixing it with ethanol should provide you with the answer.
      Soap can be made with either, I believe which you make it with just impacts the texture of the soap. Obviously can be made with forms of sodium as well as potassium.

  • @marshallkohlhaas80
    @marshallkohlhaas80 2 года назад +2

    careful not to get our hands dirty!! LOL~~~

  • @poornimasalian308
    @poornimasalian308 6 месяцев назад +1

    Can we make soap with this lye.pls put a video on this

    • @raghebsaad9704
      @raghebsaad9704  8 дней назад

      Yes we can, I will try to do a video about it soon

  • @yassinbachu4819
    @yassinbachu4819 8 месяцев назад +1

    This acts like caustic soda?

    • @raghebsaad9704
      @raghebsaad9704  8 месяцев назад +2

      Yes, both potassium hydroxide (KOH) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) are strong alkaline compounds and share many characteristics.

  • @zolafadel6430
    @zolafadel6430 3 года назад

    💪💪💪💕

  • @farhacanvas
    @farhacanvas 3 года назад

    Nicee

  • @sulfur5186
    @sulfur5186 2 года назад +3

    I think this is not Potassium hydroxide, because Potassium in wood ash of you are Potassium Carbonate(K2CO3), you should for solution Potassium Carbonate reaction with Calcium Hydroxide or Lime water create solution Potassium Hydroxide and precipitate Calcium Carbonate, you can precitate filter, clear liquid, this is Poassium Hydroxide, Thanks!

    • @raghebsaad9704
      @raghebsaad9704  2 года назад +6

      Hello Dear, am sorry I wasn't active lately, it's a good question , am not a chemist I studied computer science and am studying archaeology, and am passionate about primitive and traditional skills and tools but I have a general knowledge about chemistry, Thanks for your comment, I will look into it , if u have any suggestion please let me know,
      Thanks , best regards

    • @kateonianlaw1127
      @kateonianlaw1127 2 года назад +5

      It depends on the heat of the fire whether it is potassium carbonate or hydroxide and the oxygen concentration of combustion. If it is the hydroxide beware of your stainless steel pans as they only receive a B rating in holding up to strong alkali such as concentrated potassium hydroxide. I destroyed a stainless steel pot by leaving the potassium hydroxide and crystals inside it overnight, (leached out the nickel) turning the solution green and precipitated nickel hydroxide when heated back up. I knew I had potassium hydroxide by when adding a little more water to dilute the solution from about room temperature it began to heat up to almost boiling without a heat source.

    • @ralyks13
      @ralyks13 Год назад

      The ash leeching method typically produces Potassium Carbonate, and while the heat of the fire and availability of oxygen might change the proportion of potassium hydroxide you get, the contact between the solution and the carbon dioxide in the air will cause the hydroxide to change back to Potassium Carbonate. Either way you've produced a powerful Alkali, and what you've made is called lye, but odds are you probably don't have KOH

  • @cherifyousef4878
    @cherifyousef4878 Год назад

    It carbon potassium need more works

    • @raghebsaad9704
      @raghebsaad9704  11 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you for your feedback. If you have any specific suggestions or questions about the process, please feel free to share, and I'll do my best to address them.

  • @roblosst4647
    @roblosst4647 Год назад +1

    You make dirty soap so you will use that in skin its very itchy