Making Ivory Flakes

[sudsmaster]

Maybe they are made of soap.

LOL.

 

[launderess]

It Was Horrible

My poor Pfaff ironer shaked and shuddered as those darn soap laden linens stuck to the sole plate. Had to keep stopping what I was doing and clean the ironer shoe with a cloth treated with iron soleplate cleaner.

 

[sudsmaster]

A simple wash in hot water with STPP should remove all traces of the offending soap. From a chemist's viewpoint, I can't believe that the soap molecules become permanently attached to the cotton fibers. It simply would require heat and chemicals far beyond the capability of a home laundry system.

 

[gmmcnair]

Duggar's Laundry Soap

"Speaking of homemade detergents, has anyone here tried to make the Duggars homemade soap? They use fels naptha soap, but say you could use Ivory soap too. "

I make one similar (out of my handmade soap), and it works well enough in soft water on lightly soiled clothes. I do like to add about 1/2 cup of vinegar to the final rinse, and that seems to keep the colors bright and the soap from building up as much.

 

[phillygrl]

180 loads from one bar soap?

I searched for the recipe, and found one for Duggar's liquid laundry soap. It makes 10 gallons of liquid soap from one bar of Fels Naptha. Good grief, its a recipe for homeopathic soap.

 

[gmmcnair]

Non Homeopathic Soap

Homeopathic soap....LOL....I like that description!

Here's mine....it has some more bite to it.

Dissolve 1 lb pure soap in 1 gallon of boiled water.....add 1 cup of washing soda, and 1/2 cup of borax. Pour into wide mouthed container.

I make this to use up my soap scraps and trimmings from my homemade soap, and it works well enough. If I have a really moisturizing soap, I will add a big spoonful of pure lye to the water and soap to get rid of the extra oils.