Orvus soap to clean quilts
#3
HA! HA! Honestly, I can't speak to how much to use for a quilt - but it took about 2 tablespoons to wash a cow when I showed beef cattle in 4-H! It's a great soap, cleans well but still very mild and rinsed out completely so we could use it on our animals.
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I think the label says a tablespoon, but I'm a bit generous with it. Remember to soak without agitation, spin out, fill with rinse water (no agitation), spin out, then repeat the same way with a second rinse. Line dry out of the sun, or dry laid flat outside between two clean sheets.
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LOL...our Grands are at county fair using Orvus as we speak. 3 cows and 4 heifers are squeaky clean tonight...we buy it by the gallon.
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I use Orvus for quilts and all my dark clothes and gentle cycle clothes. I was my quilts on the casual clothes cycle with cold water. They come out fine. I use a couple tablespoons of Orvus in a load without problems.
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I buy it by the gallon at a farm store. I use it for pantyhose and bras and anything else that needs a gentle soap. The little jars they sell at quilt shops is the same as the big gallon. Expensive to buy but lasts for years.
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