Powder substitute for Woolite?
Sep 27, 2006, 4:11 pm
#16
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Then you need the ultimate cleaning bar
A bar of proper Marseilles soap.
Handmade with olive oil - excellent for your skin.
Just as good for clothes, including fine textiles such as silk.
http://www.savondemarseille.com/
The website won't tell you much about the soap's clothes washing properties(it's trying to get the message across that the product is a luxury one, ideal for dry skin), but my Spanish grandmother has always used it for hand washing.
Mentions of the soap's suitability for washing clothes can be found here:
http://cqmagonline.com/vol03iss01/ar...1/art221.shtml
http://www.frenchsoaps.co.uk/Savon.asp?id=535618791
http://www.thefrenchhouse.net/?product=5231
A bar of proper Marseilles soap.
Handmade with olive oil - excellent for your skin.
Just as good for clothes, including fine textiles such as silk.
http://www.savondemarseille.com/
The website won't tell you much about the soap's clothes washing properties(it's trying to get the message across that the product is a luxury one, ideal for dry skin), but my Spanish grandmother has always used it for hand washing.
Mentions of the soap's suitability for washing clothes can be found here:
http://cqmagonline.com/vol03iss01/ar...1/art221.shtml
http://www.frenchsoaps.co.uk/Savon.asp?id=535618791
http://www.thefrenchhouse.net/?product=5231
Mar 28, 2008, 7:50 am
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I tried the Tide liquid packets, but they are expensive and using them dried my hands out.
I've had good results using a LUSH shampoo bar and can do hair and hand laundry with the same product. One LUSH bar lasts a very long time.
I've had good results using a LUSH shampoo bar and can do hair and hand laundry with the same product. One LUSH bar lasts a very long time.
Mar 28, 2008, 9:18 am
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susan*stew, welcome to FlyerTalk! As we now have a Travel Products forum, let me move this older thread to that forum for continued discussion. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.
Mar 28, 2008, 10:30 am
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"Even if I couldn't find a shampoo bar, I'd use hotel shampoo to do my handwashing before trying to take a baggie of some mysterious white powder through airport security."
You aren't going to get stopped, arrested and shot for laundry powder. It's pretty easy for anyone to tell what it is. I'd avoid traveling with something like fertilizer,but your little packet of Woolite isn't going to ruin your day.
You aren't going to get stopped, arrested and shot for laundry powder. It's pretty easy for anyone to tell what it is. I'd avoid traveling with something like fertilizer,but your little packet of Woolite isn't going to ruin your day.