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- I'm changing over all my soap uses to soap flake recipes. I already use them for laundry and dish soap. I'll be making bar soap next using the method from the video on Mike's MSO site. Thanks Mike!
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Getting rid of the soap scum by adding more washing soda
I'm making my own laundry soap, and information is hard to come by on formulas. The base formula is soap flakes, washing soda (known by many other names, disodium carbonate, soda ash), and borax.
I thought soap scum was just what you had to suffer through, but no more. By increasing the washing soda, by a tablespoon or doubling it, until the scum disappears. It's the water hardness that determines how much you need to add. The water contains calcium and magnesium atoms, "hardness",… Continue
I thought soap scum was just what you had to suffer through, but no more. By increasing the washing soda, by a tablespoon or doubling it, until the scum disappears. It's the water hardness that determines how much you need to add. The water contains calcium and magnesium atoms, "hardness",… Continue
Posted on August 26, 2008 at 1:24am — 1 Comment
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