Some enthusiasts have been wondering why Dodge chose the Hellcat name for the supercharged HEMI engine ever since the first rumors about the new powerplant started to surface on the web. While he company has yet to provide an official explanation, it appears the engine is actually named after a Grumman World War II fighter plane that had its engines build by Nash.
Lye, or sodium hydroxide, is a chemical made from salt. Yep, ordinary salt. A system similar to electroplating is used to change the salt to lye. I watched a video on how to make it chemically, and itâs simple. Salt is dissolved in cold water to the point just before it starts to precipitate out.
For small applications it is possible to use salt that has been dried in an oven for a while. The problem is that if you use the oven in your house the water vapour released from the salt will contribute to your humidity! Sodium hydroxide (lye) would be quite effective but is pretty nasty stuff so I would avoid that.