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The precipitate from the fermented leaf solution was mixed with a strong base such as lye, pressed into cakes, dried, and powdered. en.wikipedia.org

First, the olive oil is brought into a large, in-ground vat along with water and lye. en.wikipedia.org

Originally built to replace an earlier building damaged by fire in 1904, it was used to manufacture lye and potash. en.wikipedia.org

Boil in a lye made of soda ash or the dung liquor 17. en.wikipedia.org

Lye continued to experiment with the possibilities of direct film-making to the end of his life. en.wikipedia.org

The curing process may take from a few days, with lye, to a few months with brine or salt packing. en.wikipedia.org

This lye-fat mixture is mixed until the two phases (oils and water) are fully emulsified. en.wikipedia.org

Hence, not everyone may feel drawn to the aesthetic expression of his graphics or understand the meaning and thought that lye underneath each of them. en.wikipedia.org

It is made from aged stockfish (air-dried whitefish) or dried/salted whitefish (klippfisk) and lye ("lut"). en.wikipedia.org

She was not skilled at her task, however, and used a large amount of homemade lye soap when cleansing the frontiersmens clothes. en.wikipedia.org

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