Soapflakes - what can I use them for?

[LadyOfWaffle]

I saw them for the first time in ages yesterday and HAVE to buy some but have no idea what to use them for (used to wash horses tail in them!). Random I know, but thanks!

[Othersideofthechannel]

I buy flakes of soap to use in my washing machine.

[Cappuccino]

handwashing

[Lilymaid]

Great for handwashing and soaking stained clothing.

[GentleOtter]

If you mix an entire box of soapflakes with a whole bottle of eucalyptus essential oil and make it go into a stiff paste -then keep it in a lidded jar - a teaspoonful to wash woollens and keeps moths away.

[Anifrangapani]

Felting.... but not felching

[GentleOtter]

What is felching?

[expatinscotland]

GO, do you put the paste directly into the drum? How big a box?

[GentleOtter]

You mix a whole box of eg Lux in a bowl with the essential oil until it is a stiff paste. Then you can scrape the whole lot into a coffee jar and when you need to wash your woollens you just take a teaspoonful out.
It lasts for ages, smells lovely and all the woollens are soft.

[GentleOtter]

Oh for goodness sake. I just googled that word.

[Anifrangapani]

Sorry should have put a do not google while there are children present disclaimer

[GentleOtter]

I thought it was some sort of felting technique -I have not heard of it before.

[expatinscotland]

i'm going to try it, GO!

thanks!

[LadyOfWaffleIsScaryEnough]

Thanks! I don't wear wool though ... but will wash something in it! What's felting?

[SuperBunny]

LOL @ LoW asking what felting is but not felching.

Sorry

[LadyOfWaffleIsScaryEnough]

No idea what feltching is either but gathering from this thread it's something rude?

[SuperBunny]

Felting is sort of shrinking wool til it turns sort of felt like. I accidentally felted my favourite cardy by washing it in the machine

Forget about the other word. I have no idea how I know what it is.

[LadyOfWaffleIsScaryEnough]

Oh right - why does anyone bother with wool? It itches like crazy and seems a pain in the backside to wash! And it pongs when wet.