Hi, just wanted to let you all know, Fels Naptha soap has been amazing for me. I had a "nostalgia bag" of clothes from the late 80s/early 90s and decided to haul them out and put them on Posh and free up some storage space.
Keep in mind I haven't worn these things for nearly 30 years. One item had a mystery spot that wouldn't come out with normal stain removers. So, I rubbed in some Fels Naptha and let it sit overnight. The stain came out today. I don't know what they put in that stuff but it's amazing! This is not the first time I have removed a set-in stain with it, but it's the first time I removed a 30-year-old set-in stain.
I am always able to find it in the laundry section of Safeway. It's about $2 a bar.
Does anyone use this to clean your stove? I’m wondering if it takes off the paint?
My husband got severe poison ivy rash after clearing out the brush behind our house. The sloppy doofus that he is, he continued to wear his urushiol tainted clothing and spread it even more on himself, and possibly our child.
Fels-naptha was grandma's surefire way to eradicate poison ivy resin from clothing, but HEB doesn't seem to have it. Where can I get some fels-naptha bars in town to wash his clothes with before he inflicts further destruction on himself or our family?
So I have been experimenting with various makeup brush cleaning products and I’ve finally found a cheap, relatively eco-friendly and incredibly effective solution: Fels Naptha, a soap that was first invented in 1893, about a dollar per bar and usually found in the laundry aisle.
I used to use traditional makeup brush cleaners (my favorite was the Daiso sponge and puff cleaner) but I felt it was expensive since I clean my brushes frequently and I often had to clean my brushes multiple times in one session if it was a tough product to remove like foundation or liquid lipstick or if I was cleaning something like a bb cushion, for some reason the material traps product easily so even if the surface looked clean I would squeeze it and residue would come out. Cleansers Ive tested include castille soap (couldnt remove tougher makeup products) dish detergent (left residue), baby shampoo, and olive oil/dawn mix (this method was awful, the dish detergent split the oil into microdroplets and left a sheen that repeated washings and soakings would.not.remove) and micellar water (wasteful and not effective).
I initially got Fels Naptha for traditional laundry use, I work as a server and wear white shirts for work, I deal with tough stains daily so Im always looking for good laundry products, my laundry repertoire includes soapnuts, Forever New laundry powder, Grandmas Secret, Oxiclean, regular bleach, baking soda, washing soda, isopropyl alcohol (for pen marks) and RIT stain remover. None of these can compare to Fels Naptha for removing sauce stains, pen marks and makeup stains on the collar. I figured that since it was so effective on my clothes I might try it with my brushes.. And I am so happy I did! It used to take me an hour+ to wash my brushes, it now takes me around 10 minutes. I just hold the soap in one hand and rub the brush/sponge on the surface for about 30 seconds (longer for sponges) and you can literally see all of the makeup melt off. I rinse once or twice with water and then I air dry for soft, clean brushes. (Bonus tip, if you live somewhere with hard water, add white vinegar to your rinse water to remove any additional soap residue- your brushes will lose the faint vinegar smell once they dry)
I've been experimenting with homemade washing soap and think I have settled on the powder form and have found a mix that works for us. I do not, however, like the scent of Fels-Naptha. Does anyone else here use anything that is similarly effective/priced? I paid $1-2/bar of Fels, so I think $3 would be about my limit unless the yield is very high.
I use a front loader/HE machine, so anything too sudsy is a no-no. I try to avoid anything too fragranced because it is hit or miss with my kiddos as to how their skin will react. I never use dryer sheets or softener anymore due to this, so I don't put Downy pellets or anything in my powder mix. They seem find with the Fels,so some fragrance is ok.
I know soap in general is bad for a septic system. However, I see people claiming that Fels Naptha soap is bad for a septic system, and Ivory or Zote are just fine.
Aren't they all just saponified oils? Is there anything about Fels that makes it worse than any other kind of real soap?
Yep. It sure does.
If you're like me, and have to spool new ribbon onto old spools, you'll get quite a bit of ink on your hands. Until now, everything I've tried to remove it didn't work very well.
Just by chance, I tried Fels-Naptha. Fels-Naptha is that bar of soap that our grannies used to use on our clothes when she used her wringer washer.
It works great! The ink comes off immediately--all of it. And Fels-Naptha is dirt cheap at less than $1 per bar.
You can find it in the laundry aisle at the grocery store.
I wore a brand new pair of khaki pants (cotton, elastane) and suddenly needed to help a person in need on the side of the road. Unfortunately I spilled a ton of engine oil on the pants.
I’m a mechanic so this isn’t new to me but for some reason these pants WILL NOT release the oil.
I washed them within a few hours of spilling. They came out looking like they were never washed. I went to work on them and haven’t gotten anywhere. Please let me know if you have ideas that I haven’t tried!
Tried: Oxi clean spray treat Soak overnight in powdered oxi clean Dawn dish soap Engine degreaser Tuff stuff foam Powdered detergent Fast Orange soap And even brake cleaner
I have tried Ecos, Biokleen, and Dr Bronners and it all sucks. I am currently using Ecos and I have to pre soak my workout clothes, underwear, and any particularly smelly clothing in it for an hour. For stains, I have to scrub it with the detergent before it goes in the washer.
Also, are there oxi clean alternatives? My cat pees on my clothes sometimes and I pre soak the clothes in it before washing it.
Thanks in advance, I know it isn’t exactly beauty.
I've been studying frugal methods for a while and I have come across the tip to make your own laundry detergent many times. I was just reading this morning, in a book called "Suddenly Frugal" (by Leah Ingram - checked out from the library :)), that she recommends making your own laundry detergent. Her recipe (2 cups washing soda, 2 cups Borax, and 1 bar of Fels-Naptha soap, grated or shredded) is the same recipe that I've seen many times.
My questions are: Does this stuff actually work and does it work WELL? Do your clothes come out clean? Does it leave them feeling "weird" (gummy)?
We use liquid Tide. We are on septic. We have hard water. Thanks, everyone!
Ok, so I want to combine soap, baking soda, washing soda, Epsom salts, borax, and oxy clean in warm water to combine. And then let it re-dry together and grate so that's it's more mixed. Rather than just combining as dry, because it doesn't stay equally mixed. Maybe I'm just OCD.
If I did this though, would it change any of the ingredients and not work?
Ingredients are chemically: FelsNaptha soap (sodium tallowate, water, talc, dipentene, peg-6 methyl ether, glycerin & more) Maybe google Fels Naptha soap for all ingredients.
And then the rest is sodium bicarbonate, sodium carbonate, magnesium sulfate, lavender oil, sodium borate, and sodium percarbonate.
I hope I'm making sense. Just don't want to ruin the salts by dissolving them together.
I haven't gotten poison ivy since I was a teenager. And man does it suck. Used my new string trimmer to knock a few vines growing on the fence. Did not realize one of them was poison ivy. Naturally pieces of the plant flew everywhere and I now have a rash covering a large amount of my arms and legs. Be careful out there y'all!
