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Originally Posted by hankster
omg. you young kids know what fels naptha is?? altho I don't make my own laundry soap. but my mother used to make me pre-wash like my dad & brother's collars & cuffs & underarms by hand twice, first with a bar of fels naptha (for cleanliness), then with a bar of ivory soap (for sweetness), before putting stuff into the wringer washer. is this why I have an aversion to doing laundry now?!
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Yup. I love the smell of it too. It just smells clean to me. I used to be fascinated with my grandmother's wringer washer. She was still using it in the 1980s. We were not allowed to use it. I think she was afraid we'd wring a hand.