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Vintage Romanian Washing Machines
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Using ashes from brunt wood on wash day and for other cleaning along with soap making goes back to Roman times, if not before.
All over Europe well into 1700's and beyond various cultures had their way of using plant ashes for wash day. Those who didn't have enough ashes from burning wood or whatever in their own homes could purchase ash from peddlers and other sellers.
By late 18th century ashes from burning plant matter couldn't meet supply for wash day, soap making and other things. Enter the Solvay process: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_process#History
USA and Turkey have large deposits of mineral named Trona from which sodium carbonate can be extracted. For those to countries use of said mineral has largely replaced using Solvay process for producing soda ash.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trona
All over Europe well into 1700's and beyond various cultures had their way of using plant ashes for wash day. Those who didn't have enough ashes from burning wood or whatever in their own homes could purchase ash from peddlers and other sellers.
By late 18th century ashes from burning plant matter couldn't meet supply for wash day, soap making and other things. Enter the Solvay process: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvay_process#History
USA and Turkey have large deposits of mineral named Trona from which sodium carbonate can be extracted. For those to countries use of said mineral has largely replaced using Solvay process for producing soda ash.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trona
For those so inclined knock yourselves out.
https://www.permacrafters.com/how-to-make-wood-ash-laundry-cleaner/
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https://www.permacrafters.com/how-to-make-wood-ash-laundry-cleaner/
Homemade laundry detergent
Safe money and make your own free liquid laundry detergent. The detergent is made from wood ash and works really well for coloured cloths. Add the fragrance that you love most.
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ragnboneman
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My Gran used to use blue chalk to whiten her laundry.
As a kid I remember seeing these in the basement where she was doing a wash....
Soap back then was different.
it was real soap made from veg and animal fats and soda ash.
www.retonthenet.co.uk
As a kid I remember seeing these in the basement where she was doing a wash....
Soap back then was different.
it was real soap made from veg and animal fats and soda ash.
Vintage Washing Laundry Whitener Reckitt's Paris Crown Blue Square Cube Reckitt Dolly Bag Tub Light
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ragnboneman
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I saw this video in a youtube search and this guy also says Soda Ash, and I think thats not the same meaning as in America where its a mineral rather than real caustic soda or pot ash derived from washing out the active components from real ash....
The right kind of natural soaps for a wash machine are going to be different from the kinds of soap you want to wash your skin with, more base and drying than your skin likes.
Detergent is a completely different thing, its man made through synthetic chemistry and its better at cleaning than soap from more natural methods.
But we want clean!
And clean is way easier with modern detergent than soap ( no films or scum and no dull whites )
If your like me you remember when detergents for laundry had TSP in them.
This was and still is one of the best cleaners, but not good for water quality
The right kind of natural soaps for a wash machine are going to be different from the kinds of soap you want to wash your skin with, more base and drying than your skin likes.
Detergent is a completely different thing, its man made through synthetic chemistry and its better at cleaning than soap from more natural methods.
But we want clean!
And clean is way easier with modern detergent than soap ( no films or scum and no dull whites )
If your like me you remember when detergents for laundry had TSP in them.
This was and still is one of the best cleaners, but not good for water quality
Soda ash ='s sodium carbonate.
https://www.etisoda.com/en/what-is-soda-ash/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_carbonate
Depending upon source American publications, media, persons, etc, go back and forth using either "soda ash" or "sodium carbonate".
It's strange because within same publication you'll find references to "soda ash" for making eau de Javel (chlorine bleach). Elsewhere "sodium carbonate" is used for say making built soap, as builder for wash water when doing laundry and so on.
Regarding soaps for wash day, without much blather what's wanted is either high or low titer soap.
High titer soaps that work best at high or boiling wash temperatures.
Low titer are soaps that are more gentle and used in warm or cooler water.
Fels, Duz, Oxydol many other commonly known soap products from back day were high titer. OTOH Ivory Flakes/Snow, Lux Flakes and similar products meant for fine washables were usually low titer soaps.
Perhaps most famous soap today made from plant ash is France's "Savon de Marseille".
Used for everything from washing laundry to little faces for over 600 years ingredients of Savon de Marseille have been regulated by French law.
https://www.etisoda.com/en/what-is-soda-ash/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_carbonate
Depending upon source American publications, media, persons, etc, go back and forth using either "soda ash" or "sodium carbonate".
It's strange because within same publication you'll find references to "soda ash" for making eau de Javel (chlorine bleach). Elsewhere "sodium carbonate" is used for say making built soap, as builder for wash water when doing laundry and so on.
Regarding soaps for wash day, without much blather what's wanted is either high or low titer soap.
High titer soaps that work best at high or boiling wash temperatures.
Low titer are soaps that are more gentle and used in warm or cooler water.
Fels, Duz, Oxydol many other commonly known soap products from back day were high titer. OTOH Ivory Flakes/Snow, Lux Flakes and similar products meant for fine washables were usually low titer soaps.
Perhaps most famous soap today made from plant ash is France's "Savon de Marseille".
Used for everything from washing laundry to little faces for over 600 years ingredients of Savon de Marseille have been regulated by French law.
