I’ve been calling all around today looking for chemicals store in Alabama who sells lye, but to no avail.I'm lucky enough to have a candle and soap supply company about 30mins from me and its super cheap for lye, about $4 for 2lbs. And I drive there so no shipping!
Thank you. I forgot some people use additives in their products .You can purchase drain clean, (make sure it is sodium hydroxide and no additives), from the hardware store. Sutherland's Lumber Co also sells sodium hydroxide. The price of lye online seems cheaper, but when you pay shipping, it gets expensive. Wholesale Supplies Plus offers free shipping with a $25. or more order, but they charge a handling fee.
I’ve been calling all around today looking for chemicals store in Alabama who sells lye, but to no avail.
Thank you, I’m in CentrevilleTry communitycandlesupply.com , not sure where you're located but it's in Pelham.
Wow, good to knowThe last I bought was a $25 lb bag from a local cleaning supply for $25. Even after sharing it with several people most of what I kept crystallized in our humid Mississippi climate even though I sealed it in tubs and taped them shut. I’d rather have it in 5lb quantities and master batch it than have to worry about disposing of it after it cakes.
I can buy lye locally here in AK at a hardware store by buying the Rooto brand drain cleaner in a 1# container for $7.50.
But that is the best I've been able to find locally.
What I have been ordering is reagent grade lye from eBay.
The brand I buy is Molly's products and I get a 5 lb jug of it for $21.79 with free shipping.
I tried ordering the same product from Amazon but they wouldn't ship to Alaska.
But I've had good luck buying it on eBay and I can live with the price they charge me.
I'm on the Kenai Peninsula.Where in AK are you? Off topic but I work in Petersburg most summers for the salmon season. Prices are just outrageous out there! And I’m from Hawaii where I THOUGHT prices were outrageous l! lol
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