Soap nuts

[CandleQueen]

What are they?
Are they any good?
Where do you get them from?
Are they pricey?

TIA!

try the ethical living section. they will have lots of ideas. Im very interested - I use ecover but fancy trying them

Hello
You can get free samples - google them on the net. I did this and wasnt impressed I'm afraid - I really wanted to like them!!

They look a bit like large Malteesers a bit gone off! You put them in the washing machine inside a stocking.

I found that it didnt seem to clean a reasonably lightly soiled load of washing (childresn clothes). Plus there was either NO smell or an odd sort of smell to them (could have been the real unmasked smell of my washing machine though!).

You can re-use them and I did a couple of times but they jsut didnt work for me - I ended up freecycling them!

Good luck - sorry if this is a bit of a downer!!

i agree that they were ineffective, probably fine for clean adults but didnt remove any stains/marks on childrens clothes and stuff greyed quickly desopite fiercly separating colours and whites

You can buy em from bumfluff

I love them but I live in a hardwater area (and soap nuts soften the water) but what I do is use a small amount of bio powder as well on my whites & pink/reds but not on my dark wash. I also treat stains on clothes before washing.