How much NaOH does it take to get arrested?
Posted On March 9, 2016
Serious question: How much sodium hydroxide can I buy without getting arrested? Will ordering it online automatically land me on FBI watch lists? We’ve been playing with a donated Stratasys Dimension 768, and it prints great — but we don’t want to pay for the Stratasys “detergent” that is used to dissolve the support material. In theory, mixing a few spoons of lye into a parts cleaner should work, and it sounds super easy …
Find out how easy it is in PART TWO, unless Tim really does get arrested!
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Tim-S
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Why not make the lye? http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_ashlye.html
Isn’t lye calcium hydroxide?
Good catch.