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http://www.soapsgonebuy.com/category_s/40.htm

You can also use Ivory or Zote soap.

I use this soap in my front loader with no problems at all. It's very low suds.

pittsburgpam

Going to have to check that out! I started home canning and I just got a food dehydrator. I'm worried about the economy too and working in the mortgage industry, I don't feel very secure in my job right now. I have also a year's worth of food stocked in my pantry just in case.

jane65us

I think I saw Fels Naptha soap at the Dollar Store :?:

AshleyR

I have really sensitive skin, so I don't mess with using different detergents. I always buy a giant jug of the Purex with no scent/no nothin' kind. Or Sun detergent. I'm glad other companies have detergents that don't add that stuff... I used to have to use Dreft (the kind for babies) and that was expensive!
I also can't use fabric softeners.

On the topic of frugal living, tho, I have always tried to be as frugal as I can be. My husband and I have low-paying, low-stress jobs that we love, so we don't need to keep up with the Jones. He has accused me of being a "money hoarder" and jokes that I'm the little old man who buries jars of coins in the yard (I don't, but I have enough savings accounts that it confuses him!!). The hardest thing for me is to realize that I can't "D.I.Y." everything, so I do what I can. I do buy detergent, but I wonder if it costs more than home-made? I don't garden, because the times I've tried, it was too expensive, too stressful and not plentiful! I do fix things around the house myself but I also know when a repair person needs to be called!

Oh, and you can use Ivory Soup instead of Fels Naptha.