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0.1 Gather materials: Ash, water, container, stick
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0.2 Pour Ash from a hardwood fire into a container
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0.3 Add water to the ash to make a consistency a little thinner than mud
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0.4 Stir and let soak for 2 hours
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0.5 Pour into smaller container with holes at the bottom
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0.6 Set container with holes over larger container. Stir. Let Sit overnight. Liquid will
drip into lower container
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0.7 Discard ash from top container.0.8 Bundle up the end of an old piece of
cloth or tshirt
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0.9 Fit cloth onto smaller container
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0.10 Pour the thinnest part of the liquid through the cloth
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0.11 Tie up cloth
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0.12 Use a heavy object to press the filtered liquid out of the cloth sack
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0.13 discard solid material inside of cloth0.14 Set container with filtered liquid on
stovetop
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0.15 Bring liquid to a full boil
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0.16 Remove from heat0.17 Prop container up at an
angle while coolingHave Vinegar available for safety
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0.18 Pour off top liquid into smaller container
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0.19 Repeat Boil / Remove from heat / Prop container at an angle
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0.20 Pour Liquid into smaller container
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0.21 Return container to heat and boil liquid
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0.22 Boil liquid all the way down to solid. This is your lye crystals