From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 31 Mar 2021 03:10:14 +0000 (UTC), Howard    
   wrote:   
      
   >(Pierre Jelenc) wrote :   
   >   
   >> Howard:   
   >>>   
   >>>The mix is one pound lye to five gallons of water, which appears to be   
   >>>a standard ratio on other sites as well.   
   >>   
   >> That amounts to a roughly 0.5 molar solution, which is pretty caustic   
   >> but not overwhelmingly so: that is, a splash on unprotected skin can   
   >> be rinsed off immediately without any serious damage (at most a   
   >> sunburn-like redness without blistering or worse) but it will cause a   
   >> painful, often severe burn if left for a few minutes.   
   >>   
   >> It is crucial to have immediate access to plenty of running water,   
   >> just in case, but also not to panic unduly: it is not nearly as   
   >> aggressive as a concentrated strong acid or concentrated (30%)   
   >> hydrogen peroxide.   
   >   
   >Thanks, that's helpful. I have an outdoor spigot where I'm doing it so   
   >that's taken care of.   
      
   So, where did the run-off go?   
   >   
   >The obviously dangerous step was the initial mix, but it's not brain   
   >surgery and it went fine.   
   >   
   >> That said, strong heat (such as the self-cleaning oven already   
   >> suggested, or simply direct heating on a charcoal fire or gas stove   
   >> with exhaust fan) followed by scrubbing with a wire brush is a safer   
   >> alternative --as long as you make sure that everything cools down to   
   >> room temperature before you handle it!   
   >   
   >The oven venting isn't the best, which is why I avoided that. It's nice   
   >older (not antique) thinner style cast iron, just pretty cruddy from a   
   >lot of years of accumulated junk.   
      
      
   The self-clean cycle can make a stink with burned on foods and I guess   
   that pan would have qualified.   
      
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