If you'd prefer a liquid soap, just dissolve the same 2 to 4 tablespoons of grated Tide bar into warm water and add that to the wash. Delicate underclothes, or fine woolen or silk garments require delicate care in order to maintain their shape, texture and fit. While Woolite Extra Delica...
Found in a lot of commercial detergents, washing soda helps to degrease and deep clean clothes. It also helps by binding to minerals that can prevent the soap you’re using from getting into laundry fibers and doing their job. If you have it on hand, you can make washing soda from bak...
Then they’re squeezed and rubbed against the ridged surface of the washboard to force the wash liquid through the cloth to carry away dirt. A bit of scrubbing together with a soap bar of Zote or Fels Naptha will get the job done (see below). Washboards can be used in a sink or buc...
15 ounces bar soap (we recommend castile soap,Zote, orSunlight) 1 1/2 cups borax 2 3/4 cups of washing soda 1 cup baking soda Instructions: Chop the soap into small cubes, or use a cheese grater to shave it. Add the chopped/grated soap and washing soda to a food processor and ble...
cup to the laundry room for easy use. Or look at the empty caps from your last store-bought liquid laundry detergent bottle. Some have lines on the side that indicate amounts of laundry soap. Simply measure a one quarter cup of detergent into the cap, and mark the line with a marker....
I used to make my own soap. A year ago, I started using Charlie’s Soap. We really liked it so we bought a 5 gallon bucket at a great price with free shipping. Since you only use a tablespoon at a time, we haven’t even used up 1/2 the bucket in a year. We rarely need ...