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Rayon knits????? Olwyn Mary 04-01-2007
| `--> Re: Rayon knits????? Melinda Meahan ...04-02-2007
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Posted by Miz Spike on April 2, 2007, 8:10 am
Olwyn Mary,don't count on rayon to solve your problems. It stains just
like cotton.The t-shirts I have that are rayon or rayon and cotton are
softer than cotton, and wrinkle even when I snatch them from the dryer
still slightly damp and hang them up.

Cotton knit is king. I use old fashioned Fels Naphtha bar soap for
stains. Sometimes it takes 2 washings, but stains leave and the fabric
is fine. Sometimes my mother makes soap from lye and tallow, and this
gentle soap is death on stains, poison ivy and mosquito bites.

Laura



> I really need some new knit tops. =A0Problem is, the existing ones,
> whether cotton or blends, all seem to reach out and grab for any stains
> anywhere in the vicinity (when making gravy, I invariably seem to have
> it splash onto a part of my shirt NOT covered by my apron). =A0Even the
> ones marked 100% cotton take several different laundry treatments to get
> rid of the stains. =A0Looking at the site forwww.fashionfabrics.comI see
> they are advertising a number of very pretty knits in either rayon or
> Tencel, with a 5% Lycra content.
>



Posted by Juno on April 2, 2007, 10:52 am
Miz Spike wrote:
> Olwyn Mary,don't count on rayon to solve your problems. It stains just
> like cotton.The t-shirts I have that are rayon or rayon and cotton are
> softer than cotton, and wrinkle even when I snatch them from the dryer
> still slightly damp and hang them up.
>
> Cotton knit is king. I use old fashioned Fels Naphtha bar soap for
> stains. Sometimes it takes 2 washings, but stains leave and the fabric
> is fine. Sometimes my mother makes soap from lye and tallow, and this
> gentle soap is death on stains, poison ivy and mosquito bites.
>
> Laura
>
>
>
Where do you find Fels Naphtha soap. I haven't seen it in years.

My mother used to do laundry in a deep sink and scrub board with
it.She had the cleanest laundry around. I have no intension of using the
scrub board method but do think I like to have a bar around for cleaning
somethings.
Juno

Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on April 2, 2007, 2:28 pm
Google for it. Vermont Country Store sells it, but so do some other
places online.

Juno wrote:
>
> Where do you find Fels Naphtha soap. I haven't seen it in years.


Posted by Pogonip on April 2, 2007, 4:35 pm
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
> Google for it. Vermont Country Store sells it, but so do some other
> places online.
>
> Juno wrote:
>
>>
>> Where do you find Fels Naphtha soap. I haven't seen it in years.
>
>
You gotta love that Vermont Country Store - even if you don't love their
prices. But I have seen Fels Naptha in the grocery store - it could be
worth asking for it.

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Posted by Joy Beeson on April 3, 2007, 1:08 am
On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:52:36 GMT, Juno

> Where do you find Fels Naphtha soap. I haven't seen it in years.

The last time I went down the detergent aisle in Owen's (which is
really Kroger), there were three bars of Fels Naptha on the top shelf.
But I find that any real soap will do the job. On a two-week bike
trip once, I took three pairs of white wool socks and washed a pair in
the bathroom sink every night, rubbing them with the hotel soap until
foamy, then rinsing umpty times and rolling in a towel. Much to my
surprise, ancient chain-grease stains vanished.

Joy Beeson
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