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verizonbear
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Make it REALLY interesting ........
And put a spoon full in your dishwasher !!! lol
And put a spoon full in your dishwasher !!! lol
What are/were you planning to wash?
I had these sorta greasy, anodized pans that I let sit in the sink, and while it didn't completely remove the grease, I'd say a fair amount was taken, and with the help of a sponge, they did come out very clean.
Defiantly not, well, Dawn power, but still very impressive for such a mild soap, imo.
And well, No. I don't wanna screw with the Dishwasher right now. It's working very well, on Phosphate Laden Cascade
, and he doesn't need any "boost" atm.
Defiantly not, well, Dawn power, but still very impressive for such a mild soap, imo.
And well, No. I don't wanna screw with the Dishwasher right now. It's working very well, on Phosphate Laden Cascade
, and he doesn't need any "boost" atm.
Actually Make One's Own Steel Wool "Soap Pads"
By liberally applying soap jelly (made from Sunlight bars) to steel wool pads. Does everything SOS or Brillo would do and leaves things quite sparkling.
As background have tons of soap bars and whatever in my stash and have been trying to use as much as one can up. Seeing as soap isn't the best thing for Miele washing machines one has to get inventive. *LOL*
Have tons of steel wool pads around since use them for everything from polishing wood floors to buffing certain surfaces. Oh and in pinch to stuff any holes to keep potential mice invasions at bay.
By liberally applying soap jelly (made from Sunlight bars) to steel wool pads. Does everything SOS or Brillo would do and leaves things quite sparkling.
As background have tons of soap bars and whatever in my stash and have been trying to use as much as one can up. Seeing as soap isn't the best thing for Miele washing machines one has to get inventive. *LOL*
Have tons of steel wool pads around since use them for everything from polishing wood floors to buffing certain surfaces. Oh and in pinch to stuff any holes to keep potential mice invasions at bay.
Same As How Our Grandmothers, Great-Grandmothers
Along with everyone else did for ages before packaged soap powders and or flakes.
Take a laundry soap bar and grate, flake or otherwise get it into smaller bits, add to a proper ratio of clean water (you need a the right amount of water to dissolve the soap but not enough to make a soap "liquid") and a clean pot or other vessel to hold the glop.
Here there are two main ways: put the soap into water stir, cover then place the pot/vessel in a warm spot for several hours to gently heat and dissolve the soap. Stir before each use.
Or, boil the water first in a kettle, then place the soap bits in a large vessel and slowly pour in the boiling water whilst stirring the mixture. Allow to sit until soap is dissolved.
When all is said and done you have a gloppy, slightly snotty looking mess that is soap jelly, ready to go to work in the laundry or other general house cleaning purposes.
The theory behind all this palaver was that the pre-dissolved soap mixture mixed instantly with water on wash day saving time. It also allowed better measuring than simply placing a bar of soap in wash waiting for it do melt down.
Before the advent of packaged soap powders and flakes soap jelly would have been used for washing dishes to one's hair.
My vintage laundry manuals give all sorts of recipes for soap jelly. Some have borax and or washing soda added, others a bit of petrol (forerunner of Naphtha soaps one supposes), and so forth.
Oh, the "warm spot" would have been back when homes had coal or wood fired ranges similar to AGAs today. Those ranges are never totally "off" so there are spots you can leave something to simmer without worrying about it boiling over. Housewives or laundresses would make up their soap jelly the night before wash day so it could sit and melt over night.
Along with everyone else did for ages before packaged soap powders and or flakes.
Take a laundry soap bar and grate, flake or otherwise get it into smaller bits, add to a proper ratio of clean water (you need a the right amount of water to dissolve the soap but not enough to make a soap "liquid") and a clean pot or other vessel to hold the glop.
Here there are two main ways: put the soap into water stir, cover then place the pot/vessel in a warm spot for several hours to gently heat and dissolve the soap. Stir before each use.
Or, boil the water first in a kettle, then place the soap bits in a large vessel and slowly pour in the boiling water whilst stirring the mixture. Allow to sit until soap is dissolved.
When all is said and done you have a gloppy, slightly snotty looking mess that is soap jelly, ready to go to work in the laundry or other general house cleaning purposes.
The theory behind all this palaver was that the pre-dissolved soap mixture mixed instantly with water on wash day saving time. It also allowed better measuring than simply placing a bar of soap in wash waiting for it do melt down.
Before the advent of packaged soap powders and flakes soap jelly would have been used for washing dishes to one's hair.
My vintage laundry manuals give all sorts of recipes for soap jelly. Some have borax and or washing soda added, others a bit of petrol (forerunner of Naphtha soaps one supposes), and so forth.
Oh, the "warm spot" would have been back when homes had coal or wood fired ranges similar to AGAs today. Those ranges are never totally "off" so there are spots you can leave something to simmer without worrying about it boiling over. Housewives or laundresses would make up their soap jelly the night before wash day so it could sit and melt over night.
twintubdexter
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Well, I for one have never done anything like that before...used grated Ivory and conducted a Mary Margaret McBride soap suds test. I'm saving that kind of excitement for Shady Pines in a year or two.
Michael, gotta love your beautiful granite countertop.
Michael, gotta love your beautiful granite countertop.
"Has anyone done this before"
Yes I have. With the same results. Not like Dawn, but not bad for what's technically bath soap!
You must remember that Ivory Soap has a percentage of fat that is NOT reacted, or changed.
It done on purpose, because by design, is supposed to be used to clean skin. The left over fat, is meant to stay in, to prevent over drying, or over striping of skins oils.
If the same soap was made with one Important change ( by percentage) off its ingrideints, and one extra step taken you'd the you'd get damm close to Dawns results! And even more suds! And better cleansing!
Amazing that something so uncomplicated, like a simple soap can be very effective.
Yes I have. With the same results. Not like Dawn, but not bad for what's technically bath soap!
You must remember that Ivory Soap has a percentage of fat that is NOT reacted, or changed.
It done on purpose, because by design, is supposed to be used to clean skin. The left over fat, is meant to stay in, to prevent over drying, or over striping of skins oils.
If the same soap was made with one Important change ( by percentage) off its ingrideints, and one extra step taken you'd the you'd get damm close to Dawns results! And even more suds! And better cleansing!
Amazing that something so uncomplicated, like a simple soap can be very effective.
Well, I think I have a little project to do, making my own Brillo Pads
And Joe, Thanks for your Compliment
. They weren't exactly my first choice, (they were already picked out when we moved in) but, I love them. We used to have IMITATION, granite counter-tops, and I HATED THEM. Any little move of a blender, toaster, anything and it scratched the he** out of them. These are much more, well, easier to maintain, and clean.
And Joe, Thanks for your Compliment
. They weren't exactly my first choice, (they were already picked out when we moved in) but, I love them. We used to have IMITATION, granite counter-tops, and I HATED THEM. Any little move of a blender, toaster, anything and it scratched the he** out of them. These are much more, well, easier to maintain, and clean.What you did is a test to prove water softness. If plain tap water and soap can generate those suds, you have quite soft water. Congratulations.
