Soap Flakes For Laundry.

Soap flakes for laundry, in one paragraph

A tablespoon a load, dissolved in warm water, with a tablespoon of washing soda if your tap runs hard. Everything below is that sentence with the reasoning attached. If you have not met the product, what they are is the shorter read, and how they measure up against detergent is the argument we would rather have in full.

The machine

Front-loading and top-loading machines both work. Soap flakes produce less foam than synthetic detergent — this is correct, not a failure. The lather in commercial detergent is largely theatrical. Foaming agents were added because consumers associated foam with cleaning. The foam does not clean. The surfactants clean.

One tablespoon per normal load. Two for heavily soiled items. Dissolve in warm water first if your machine runs cold. Cold water slows dissolution.

Hard water

Soap reacts with calcium and magnesium in hard water and can leave a residue on fabric. Add a tablespoon of washing soda (sodium carbonate — cheap, widely available) to each wash. It softens the water and solves the problem.

What they clean well

Cotton. Linen. Wool. Delicates. Sheets, towels, underwear — anything worn or slept on directly where synthetic detergent residue can be an issue for some people.

What they clean less well

Heavy grease stains. Synthetic workwear with embedded grime. For those, a purpose-formulated detergent will outperform and we will tell you that directly rather than pretend otherwise.

Our flakes specifically

Made from our Spearmint, Cinnamon, Almond Milk, and Carrot soaps depending on the batch. The formula in the flakes is the formula in the bar — Koroneiki olive oil from our grove as the primary oil, plus coconut oil, shea butter, cocoa butter, castor oil, and whatever else is in that soap. Grated by hand. Cloth sack. Reusable.