Did anyone try Ivory Snow FLAKES instead od a bar soap?
Reply • Roland says: March 22, 2011 at 9:23 pm I am a paper maker. Sodium carbonate (Washing Soda, Soda Ash) is used to break down cotton fibers into pulp! Just so you know: repeated washing with these ingredients will gradually reduce your cotton clothing to pulp. The life of clothing is not measured by any amount of use; it is measured by the number of times you wash it. Replymaggie says: April 13, 2011 at 11:15 pm Just the Fact that you say you make Paper makes me want to come and Play! I love paper:D I can vouch that 2 years out & we havent lost a Shirt yet… We always wear natural fibers & use good quilting cottons for backpacks or skirts & they wash fine. Hubby Has shiney cotton Izod dress shirts… I buy cheap Old Navy T’s make linen Skirts, use alot of hand dyes and so far my only gripe is I have to spot treat. ….Im just guessing but I think the chemical reaction with the borax and the soap may slow its ability to break down the fibers. I did notice… 10 years before we ever starte