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  1. justinwrites

    Fels Naphta versa Octagon Bar soap for laundry detergent?

    @saving I have really hard water. You could walk on it. I hoped the vinegar would help. It has crossed my mind that this could be the problem and a water softener is on my list... Of course, so is world peace. @Aggie yeah I'm pretty careful not to let laundry sit too long. Those front...
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    Fels Naphta versa Octagon Bar soap for laundry detergent?

    @Savingdogs I tried all of that. We used the bounce fabreeze sheets, and I spray vinegar on the pits, even rubbed a wet fels bar on the bad parts. We wash in cold as much as possible. I may try hot for the sweaty stuff. I even tried "heavy duty" plus the extra wash, extra rinse options were...
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    Stocking Up, Putting Back, Prepping = Paranoia?

    I'm comfortable with be "paranoid" I suppose. If a disaster happens, we've seen proof in living color, it takes a minimum of 3 days for help to come. You have two choices, bug out or bug in. Well, I suppose starve/dehydrate is a third option. Katrina was a wonderful teachable moment for my...
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    Fels Naphta versa Octagon Bar soap for laundry detergent?

    First post, woot. Uh, ok so I tried making my own using fels and washing soda and borax. I used quite a bit more fels (adding more after some time) as load after load would fail the sniff test. I don't mean right out of the dryer lacking the air freshener odor we're used to, I mean full blown...
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