Is It Always Nearly Impossible To Buy Lye?

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I gave up trying to find lye on store shelves. I order by mail. Consistent quality & price. Just have to remember to order more before I run out!
 
Yeah they probably already thought I do drugs because I wear bright colors and have a labret piercing :? I can't buy huge bags of this stuff either. I keep everything in a walk~in closet, and am a female so of course I got clothes and shoes taking up 80% of the room :lol: Luckily I knew already to get 100% lye and not something else. I think I'm going to do like some of you said and will take a few little bars to the hardware store when my lye comes in next Wednesday, just to show them I'm not a drug dealer :p
 
Lye was quite easy to find around here almost two years ago but now it is almost impossible. Our Tractor Supply Company does carry it.

I remember when I first couldn't find it at Lowes, I called all around and most of the hardware dudes were really snotty to me like I was trying to find it to make meth. Arg!
 
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AAA Chemicals has it. A 32# container is 59.99 + 25.00 for shipping. That comes to 2.67 lb. I can buy at the local Ace Hardware for 2.99# so even if I found someone in my area to split it with, by the time I paid for gas and messing around to split it up, Ace comes out about the same.
 
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