Oh, lye, makes sense that is what was use in the olden days to make soap. My neighbor swears by some stuff she calls “blueing”. I am going to try some of the suggestions here.
Thats for the info.
Lye is also used for making soap
I was reading about it, and it is apparently the water that you might think you would get if you dunked wood ashes in a burlap sack into a barrel of water, like a tea bag
You can make your own