Bob Engelhardt fired this volley in
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Not anymore you don't. Unless your hardware store has some REALLY old
stock. Red Devil lye hasn't been made for years (2005?). The word was
that its use to make meth was behind its demise.


Yeah, but other brands of pure potassium hydroxide lye have filled the gap.
Ace Hardware sells "Rooto" brand, for unclogging drains. It's not like
Drano, which is full of perfumes, colors, and aluminum chips to make gas to
agitate it. Rooto is just plain ol' lye.

LLoyd