Laurel said something on facebook about using soap nuts that reminded me I was going to post about these a long time ago!
I heard about soap nuts quite a while ago, but never looked into them. Then, our local baby store started selling them and I found out I could use them not only on my clothes, but on the cloth diapers too! (You CAN'T use regular soap on cloth diapers! You may be able to for a while, but more than likely, at some point, there will be problems. But that's for another day.)
So what are soap nuts? Well, first of all, the ones I have come from this company: http://www.econutssoap.com/
I've found they work very well! If I have a bad stain, I do have to use something for a stain remover but I'm ok with the extra step. Only recently have I started using them for Wade's work clothes and I do throw in a scoop of my mix of washing soda & borax for my own peace of mind. We wash everything in cold water except the diapers and very dirty towels, etc. so these last us a very long time!
In the box is a little pouch that you stick your soap nuts in and then you just throw it in the washer with your clothes.
I am still washing my diapers in Crunchy clean, just because I like it so much. I did try the soap nuts on them though, and they came out looking/feeling great.
Anyways, I love them because they work and you can't get much more natural than nuts! (Wade says they're perfect for me... lol. He calls me a hippie.)
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LOL! Nuts for the crunchy hippy! What a cute box they come in too!
I'll have to see if our health food store carries them!
This is super cool! I've been called a hippie a time or 2 before as well. ;) I'm definitely going to give these a try.
Dalayna,
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~ Peace ~
dear "Hippie~Honey"
I have never heard of this. Wow. what a concept.
love,
Nuts aren't just for squirels
in
NE
P.S,
the Soapnut liquid sounds interesting, but hardly able to reuse it, eh?
Can't re-use it and then you also have the big plastic bottle it came in. (Which you could recycle, but still.)
The 60s called and they want their soap nuts back. :-D
Jon
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