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Lye

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Lye is made by a dwarf with the lye making labor enabled at an ashery, and requires 1 bar of ash and 1 bucket. Ash is made from wood by a wood burner at a wood furnace.

Lye is used to make soap and potash, though potash can also be made directly from ash. Lye is moved from buckets into a barrel if you have a food stockpile with "misc. liquid" enabled, and a spare barrel. A barrel can hold 50 units of lye. However, a bucket of lye can also be used directly to make soap. Lye freezes in cold weather. You'll have to wait until it thaws in order to make soap. Magma helps unfreeze lye.

Lye is located under Food -> Misc. Liquids in the Stocks screen.