[pure-silver] Re: Sodium Hydroxide = Red Devil Lye

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008, Bogdan Karasek wrote:
Now the question? Anchell in the "Darkroom Cookbook" suggests that a substitute for Sodium Hydroxide is RED DEVIL Lye. This is an American label (I'm Canadian) and several people I have spoken to have never heard of it. My wife told me that her mother used to use LIONS Lye to flush out the drains but I don't know if it is a substitute for RED DEVIL; I don't know if it can even be bought anymore.
Would anybody, perchance, on the off chance, trivial pursuit question, ...... have an idea of a Canadian substitute for RED DEVIL Lye to replace the Sodium Hydroxide?????
NaOH is used to strip old paint. I saw it in DIY-stores here in Germany in 1kg containers. NaOH is used very widely, it should be no big thing to get it. 

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