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bleaching with lye and peroxide

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bleaching with lye and peroxide

darrin hill

whats the formulae for bleaching with lye and peroxide? i've put all my magazines in boxes so i can redo my bedroom and i cant find the AAW magazine with the formulae...

TIA

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link and offer

GaryG in MD

American Woodturner, "Make Your Own Wood Bleach," 28.1:(50–51)

If you don't have access to this, send me an email, and I'll reply with a copy attached. ...GG

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Re: link and offer

darrin hill

email me at darrin@avalonweddingsbcs.com

i have no idea what those numbers mean after the title..

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Re: bleaching with lye and peroxide

darrin hill

and all my magazines are boxed up...

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Re: link and offer

darrin hill

never mind.. wife dug it out of a box...

why cant magazines say febuary 2013 instead of issue # and volume #? its confusing..

ignore that,, its late.

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Alan Hollar

If you go by this article, bear in mind that toward the end he identifies both Part A and Part B as Hydrogen Peroxide. Part A is the sodium Hydroxide solution, and part B is the Hydrogen Peroxide. This seems to a proofreading failure.

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