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Mariana

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53. If you wash off the oil before your skin absorbs it

Reply to LiberalCatholic (Reply #15)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 11:25 PM

Dec 2012

it certainly will prevent poison ivy rash.

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Feeling frugal? Homemade laundry detergent, the powdered kind. Costs about $3 for 64 loads. [View all] peacebird Dec 2012 OP

Get one of these too! yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2012 #1

As a kid when my mom couldn't get the gasoline engine powered maytag washer madokie Dec 2012 #8

Chances are your mom wasn't working full time outside the home GiaGiovanni Dec 2012 #10

You're right never worked outside of the home madokie Dec 2012 #43

Back in those days, there was often an entire day -- or more -- devoted to laundry. pnwmom Dec 2012 #58

Actually, many working class women and immigrants worked outside the home GiaGiovanni Dec 2012 #65

Not many women worked outside of the home in the 50s? If you forget minorities, immigrants, and the msanthrope Dec 2012 #67

We were poor madokie Dec 2012 #72

I love middle and upper class feminists. TalkingDog Dec 2012 #71

i live in a fancy 1926 house. pansypoo53219 Dec 2012 #56

no! update to this Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #18

My mom had this washer when I was a kid!! That was a long time ago... Nay Dec 2012 #23

We had one very much like that one. Jackpine Radical Dec 2012 #24

My aunt had one on the late 60s, long after they were out of fashion. I'd watch her feed the wet Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #28

My grandfather used to turn this on riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #27

lol n/t Liberal_in_LA Dec 2012 #30

remember when dhol82 Dec 2012 #39

My mother had one of these too! llmart Dec 2012 #46

My mother must be weird. She loved seeing rows of diapers on the clothe lines. sammytko Dec 2012 #61

I put my arm through one of those... one_voice Dec 2012 #47

That part is called a mangle for good reason! csziggy Dec 2012 #68

Me too! kiva Dec 2012 #70

My mom washed my diapers in one of those, in the eighties. LeftyMom Dec 2012 #48

Holy shizz! It's the finger masher! We had one in a place we rented when I was a tyke! struggle4progress Dec 2012 #51

and one of these Voice for Peace Dec 2012 #52

"washing soda?" nt Pryderi Dec 2012 #2

sodium carbonate - most common version is arm & hammer in a big yellow box nt msongs Dec 2012 #5

and if you can't find that, it's easy to make from baking soda eShirl Dec 2012 #32

You can get a giant box at the pool supply store for about ten bucks. LeftyMom Dec 2012 #49

Then do it. eShirl Dec 2012 #57

Oh God. Now I would need to make washing soda out of my baking soda to make my laundry detergent? Care Acutely Dec 2012 #59

I need something that is bio-compatible.. Kaleva Dec 2012 #3

They don't add phosphates any more BainsBane Dec 2012 #14

Even the phosphates are phosphate free now jmowreader Dec 2012 #17

Don't you mess with my fat free half and half!!! DonRedwood Dec 2012 #36

It repels bugs too. alfredo Dec 2012 #40

Please don't use any soaps that contain tallow (fels naptha does) on kids pajamas pugetres Dec 2012 #4

Good to know! Thank you! Ivory works just as well really... peacebird Dec 2012 #6

It also stains white clothes a hideous yellow lbrtbell Dec 2012 #35

Fels is used on stains in our house, that's all. alfredo Dec 2012 #38

Wow. I have to try that. I've been using Charlie's Soap for laundry ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2012 #7

Hmm, I buy the dishwashing liquid at the dollar store, Lionessa Dec 2012 #9

I've been using this recipe for awhile. Mariana Dec 2012 #11

Will have to give this a try! Roland99 Dec 2012 #12

My grandfather worked at Fels in Philly until it closed. Fels Naptha had many uses including kelliekat44 Dec 2012 #13

also prevents poison ivy and oak LiberalCatholic Dec 2012 #15

If you wash off the oil before your skin absorbs it Mariana Dec 2012 #53

works M_A Dec 2012 #16

Please pass on your dishwasher detergent recipe! I am looking for one... peacebird Dec 2012 #19

I've been looking too. All the reviews for the homemade ones seem to say they leave Squinch Dec 2012 #21

If you don't want to go through the grating, there are recipes on the net where Squinch Dec 2012 #20

or you could use a food processor or blender. sammytko Dec 2012 #22

I used to make this... savebigbird Dec 2012 #25

Hm. This week's Safeway circular: Robb Dec 2012 #26

I've been doing this for about 5 years drthais Dec 2012 #29

My friend is a weaver riverbendviewgal Dec 2012 #31

Really? Wow. Very good to know! peacebird Dec 2012 #33

Woolite is something to aviod. surrealAmerican Dec 2012 #37

I find Ivory very harsh; makes my hands red and sore. marybourg Dec 2012 #34

You can be allergic to Ivory. My niece was. n/t TexasBushwhacker Dec 2012 #55

Ivory gives me hives csziggy Dec 2012 #69

This is how they do laundry in Appalachia! yortsed snacilbuper Dec 2012 #41

I've used a similar recipe for years Ednahilda Dec 2012 #42

I use a wet recipe: 1.5 oz borax, 1.5 oz washing soda, 1.5 oz dish soap Squinch Dec 2012 #44

Doesn't work where we live. The water is too hard. hunter Dec 2012 #45

Kirk's works in teh same recipe, in case anybody needs a non-rashy, tallow free version. LeftyMom Dec 2012 #50

Thanks! mckara Dec 2012 #54

yeah, thanks for all the info everybody watch the sky Dec 2012 #60

Tried White Vinegar - your clothes end up smelling like, well, vinegar Taverner Dec 2012 #62

How much did you use? I use the same old Downey cap to measure mine, and there is no odor. peacebird Dec 2012 #64

About that - 1/4 of a cup Taverner Dec 2012 #66

This is an AWESOME idea CreekDog Dec 2012 #63