New Hampshire Biodiesel Group originally started selling Sodium Hyroxide on eBay figuring that we would have a small market with soap crafters and the individual Biodiesel home brewer. Altough those two groups are a majority, we have been pretty surprised at some of the other uses people have for Lye, and we will keep a running list of uses as we encounter them.

   These uses are compiled from customer submitted Liability Release forms that they must sign prior to purchasing NaOH from us. Please feel free to submit to us any other know uses.

1. Soap crafting
2. Biodiesel production
3. Plastic etching
4. Cleaning stainless steel
5. Cleaning agent
6. Metal patina
7. Reducing agent for gold precipitation
8. DI water filter regeneration
9. Chemistry
10. Remove emulsions and capillary film from screens
11. Silver and gold refining
12. Chemical Analysis