"William Sommerwerck" wrote in news:hhlp3i$2cl$1
@news.eternal-september.org:

You
can't do it in one sitting, as the lye starts to attack your fingers

use gloves! (and safety glasses! because lye and other bases will diffuse
into tissues and can continue to cause damage, even if you rinse the exposed
area with water[and you SHOULD flush exposed tissue with PLENTY of water. )



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bz 73 de N5BZ k

please pardon my infinite ignorance, the set-of-things-I-do-not-know is an
infinite set.