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Soap making lye

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Hello,
Does anyone know if Lowes, Home depot, Menards etc sell red crown lye (or equivalant) for cold process soap? I had almost all my ingrediants together to make my first batch of soap this weekend except the lye. I thought this was a very common product in hardware stores but I guess it's been replaced (lye) with a product that can't be used for soap making. I'll probably have to have it shipped from brushy mountain.
Thank you
Hello,
Does anyone know if Lowes, Home depot, Menards etc sell red crown lye (or equivalant) for cold process soap? I had almost all my ingrediants together to make my first batch of soap this weekend except the lye. I thought this was a very common product in hardware stores but I guess it's been replaced (lye) with a product that can't be used for soap making. I'll probably have to have it shipped from brushy mountain.
Thank you
YES, Menards has 99% lye called santeen lye. Has anyone used this product??