Household Soap

[greenrunnerbean]

I recently found out that Proctor & Gamble don't make Fairy Household Soap anymore, and don't know how I am going to cope without it. I have used it for years to remove all sorts of stains from many things, especially shirt collars, carpets and all stains on clothing. I have tried "Vanish" but found it useless. Are there any other household soap bars out there, or any good tips on removing stains?

[hypericum]

KEY ! is to use bar soap and COLD water on a stain substance first .It's using warm or hot water first that sets the stain or any kind of substance in for ever .

[twilightcafe]

@MsMamaNature
Thank you for the link. I've found a South African supermarket that is selling it at 99p a bar. Perhaps I should put it on eBay for a fiver per bar!

[MsMamaNature]

www.ebay.co.uk/p/Sunlight-Pure-Soap-Household-Stain-Removal-Laundry-2-X-130g-PK/2280545559?iid=183521934730&chn=ps

[twilightcafe]

Please can anyone tell me where to buy Sunlight soap? I used to buy from the Online Pound Shop, but it's out of stock there. Amazon want a ridiculous price (£20 for two bars

[chachagabor]

Too much stuff 🤦‍♀️

[chachagabor]

Marseille soap ( proper French square stuff ) does the job . Also , my wonder stuff is Gronne Sapa ( Swedish liquid stuff ) for almost all household cleaning ( expensive but you don’t need much) .

[anascrecca]

Thank you for your replies :-)

[EcoCleaner]

Falcon’s is the best one I’ve used. Got it from amazon. It’s brilliant for stain removal and pretreating.

[FrogFairy]

If you can’t get it I also recommend the Astonish soap bar.

[wowfudge]

You can still buy Sunlight soap.

[anascrecca]

Sorry to resurrect a zombie thread. Does anyone know if any supermarkets do their own version of household soap still (laundry soap)? Or does anyone how to make it?

[slydolphin]

I have used the Fairy Household soap for many years and am very disappointed that P&G have discontinued this product, anybody misses this soap as i do should ring P&G ON THIS NUMBER 1932 896000 , AND JUST MAYBE, IF ENOUGH PEOPLE ASK FOR IT THEY MIGHT BRING IT BACK. It was always the best best stain remover.

[Twitch29]

Thought I'd be a little more helpfull. Got it from these people stores.ebay.co.uk/Hard-2-Find-Store
They told me they have plenty but mum says she hasn't been able to buy it for a couple of years now so don't know where they can be getting it from.

[Twitch29]

Just purchased some of this Fairy Green Soap for my dear old mum. It's VERY expensive now so it better put me in the good books for a few years. Got it off eBay, only one pack, but if it's the real deal I'll probably get some more for her.

[squaredog]

Does the Boots White Windsor work as well, I wonder.

It's a good price......

[cash1974]

they get rid of everything that works good ,i think even washing machines don't even work has well anymore with there half water levels and cold washes

[MyBaby1day]

I got some Sunlight soap from one of my many travels and found that good. Sad yes that they're going to discontinue it, why they do this i don't know!-but i do know it's annoying! . Try and do your best to get hold of some that will still be around then use Sunlight or as another lady said you can see some like carbolic in certain shops, when i visit other towns i do. And btw i handwash all my things (using handwash powder and soap) BEFORE they go into the machine!!, so basically they're already clean!! lol. Good luck with finding some soap!.

[krisskross]

thanks valium!

[valiumredhead]

Wet the soap and the stain and rub it in kriss OR a big dollop of Fairy Liquid works well too.

[krisskross]

can someone tell me what you do with the soap to get stains out? Am not being super dim but do you wet the clothes, scrub with the soap then stick in machine straight away? I blame my mum for not teaching these things

[pollyblue]

Would the Sunlight household soap be a good substitute? Rolfes DIY online store sells that - i've used it in the past and found it very good.

[Gentleness]

Why oh why do they stop making such brilliant products! I love that Fairy soap - it has rescued many baby clothes others suggested throwing away and seen me through travels in several continents. I'm going to stock up I think - that astonish soap looked great value till I realised each bar is half the size of a bar of Fairy.

Btw - there is a twin pack of Fairy selling on ebay for TWENTY QUID! I wonder if anyone will bid?

[sarahfreck]

"green pine flavour" Yum!

[Mandy2003]

Local Post Office (Spar shop) has about 12 bars of it. Don't know if its still in their order book though.