My local soap and cleaning products company, VIP Products- has discontinued their real soap " Laundry Soap Granules" which I mostly used for my wool clothing. Bought a jug of Henkel Perwool which says safe for wool, silk, cashmere, down feathers, cotton and viscose - does not mention linen- and label says it includes enzyme, so what enzyme and how is it safe for both protein and vegetable based fabrics? Don't know if I'm imagining it but I think it made cotton hand towels a little bit softer, I don't use fabric softener.
No more real laundry soap-bought Perwoll but it lists an enzyme
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Nosed about on internet and Henkel just lists "enzymes" for Perwoll without details.
Hardly likely proteinase is used because that would attack protein which is what silk and wool are made from. Cellulase or one of the other remaining choices might be possible.
As for pure soap for wash day sources are drying up.
MSO Distributing once sold DriPak soap flakes here in USA. Did their business but UK plant that made soap flakes shut down and that was end of things. Apparently equipment at factory used to make soap flakes was that old it was knackered. Demand for soap flakes wasn't great enough to warrant investment in replacing so thing was shut down.
That being said if it's soap you want for wash day there's still plenty of vintage stuff out ther. Ivory Snow/Flakes, Lux Flakes and others...
Hardly likely proteinase is used because that would attack protein which is what silk and wool are made from. Cellulase or one of the other remaining choices might be possible.
As for pure soap for wash day sources are drying up.
MSO Distributing once sold DriPak soap flakes here in USA. Did their business but UK plant that made soap flakes shut down and that was end of things. Apparently equipment at factory used to make soap flakes was that old it was knackered. Demand for soap flakes wasn't great enough to warrant investment in replacing so thing was shut down.
That being said if it's soap you want for wash day there's still plenty of vintage stuff out ther. Ivory Snow/Flakes, Lux Flakes and others...
Henkel list two enzymes in their version of Perwoll (for wool and delicates) currently sold here.
rolls_rapide
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There's actually three enzymes in that list:
Amylase - to deal with starchy stains;
Mannanase - for gum type stains (guar gum, locust bean gum, xanthan gum);
Acetylglucosaminidase - I presume, to deal with microbial activity, by destroying bio-film plaques...
From Henkel's patent:
"The present invention is in the field of enzyme technology, in particular the enzyme-containing detergents and cleaners. The invention relates to an agent, in particular a washing or cleaning agent, which contains at least one antimicrobially active enzyme. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for the cleaning of textiles or hard surfaces and the use of the inventive composition for the disinfection of textiles or hard surfaces."
There's actually three enzymes in that list:
Amylase - to deal with starchy stains;
Mannanase - for gum type stains (guar gum, locust bean gum, xanthan gum);
Acetylglucosaminidase - I presume, to deal with microbial activity, by destroying bio-film plaques...
From Henkel's patent:
"The present invention is in the field of enzyme technology, in particular the enzyme-containing detergents and cleaners. The invention relates to an agent, in particular a washing or cleaning agent, which contains at least one antimicrobially active enzyme. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a method for the cleaning of textiles or hard surfaces and the use of the inventive composition for the disinfection of textiles or hard surfaces."
DE102016207760A1 - Detergents and cleaning agents containing antimicrobially active enzymes - Google Patents
The present invention is in the field of enzyme technology, in particular the enzyme-containing detergents and cleaners. The invention relates to an agent, in particular a washing or cleaning agent, which contains at least one antimicrobially active enzyme. Furthermore, the present invention...
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D'uh! Clearly, it's three enzymes. Thanks, Rolls_rapide. 
Theres
Zote soap. In bar and flaked form.
Or better..Savin de Marseille in bar and flaked form.
Last I read the Savin de Marseille is still a pure soap..meaning they still purify their soap through a brining process which makes it better suited for laundry uses.
If using choosing Savin de Marseille in bar form, the lighter colored (cube) is best for laundry needs as it’s a different formula than the dark green olive oil soap their famous for.
Zote soap. In bar and flaked form.
Or better..Savin de Marseille in bar and flaked form.
Last I read the Savin de Marseille is still a pure soap..meaning they still purify their soap through a brining process which makes it better suited for laundry uses.
If using choosing Savin de Marseille in bar form, the lighter colored (cube) is best for laundry needs as it’s a different formula than the dark green olive oil soap their famous for.
Acetylglucosaminidase
Not to hijack the thread, but that`s an interesting one I totally missed until now.
Henkel`s current Persil ads stretch out over not just giving excellent cleaning results but to fight stinky washers too.
Thought it`s just marketing BS as always but on second thought it doesn`t look so and might even give P&G`s Phosphodiesterase a run for the money.
Could be worth a thread on its own.
Not to hijack the thread, but that`s an interesting one I totally missed until now.
Henkel`s current Persil ads stretch out over not just giving excellent cleaning results but to fight stinky washers too.
Thought it`s just marketing BS as always but on second thought it doesn`t look so and might even give P&G`s Phosphodiesterase a run for the money.
Could be worth a thread on its own.
Dri Pak
Was one of if not the last maker of soap flakes in UK. They shut down production when equipment was just that knackered and didn't see strong enough market for soap flakes worth bothering to retool.
You might recognize lads in this video.
Was one of if not the last maker of soap flakes in UK. They shut down production when equipment was just that knackered and didn't see strong enough market for soap flakes worth bothering to retool.
You might recognize lads in this video.
