Laundry Soap For a Lifetime, part 2

[easysurfer]

A revisit from previous thread...

http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f27/laundry-soap-for-a-lifetime-51067.html

I had a chance to brew a liquid version:

The Simple Dollar » How To Make Your Own Laundry Detergent – And Save Big Money

The Moonshine is all mixed. Tomorrow, will see how well this compares to the powdered version.

 

[chemist]

May work OK if you have very soft water. Any soap based product will fail miserably in water that has any significant dissolved Ca++.

 

[easysurfer]

May work OK if you have very soft water. Any soap based product will fail miserably in water that has any significant dissolved Ca++.

Not a chemist here, so don't know what the heck Ca++ means.

Anyhow, after a couple of loads...new Moonshine seems to work fine for me.

 

[chemist]

Not a chemist here, so don't know what the heck Ca++ means.

I think the layperson's term for it is "lime". Dissolved calcium carbonate from well water.

If it is working for you, the water hardness is not a problem in your area.

 

[easysurfer]

I think the layperson's term for it is "lime". Dissolved calcium carbonate from well water.

If it is working for you, the water hardness is not a problem in your area.

Ah..Lime..gotcha. thx

 

[TromboneAl]

Anyhow, after a couple of loads...new Moonshine seems to work fine for me.

That's fortunate since you have a lifetime supply and no good way to dipped of it.