Urine!

zarazara

is a well known compost activator and apparently if mixed with wood ash makes an excellent veg fertilizer. This got me thinking. In ye olde days urine was used in cleaning, if I remember correctly something to do with getting whites white,urine containing ammonia . So ,instad of flushing this valuable commodity down the loo should we be using it in the washing machine? anyone have any info?

Rikki

I have saved mine to water on the grass but not sure I fancy adding it to my smalls in the washing machine. :think:

VfM4meplse

Feel free to test your hypothesis and report back to us....

meritaten

In the olden days they didnt mind the smell of urine - Prefer Lenor myself! so I wont be using grandsons potty to pee in and then tipping the results in the washing machine!

Rikki

meritaten wrote: »

In the olden days they didnt mind the smell of urine - Prefer Lenor myself! so I wont be using grandsons potty to pee in and then tipping the results in the washing machine!

I hadn't considered there would be different grades of pee. I can envisage potty stealing in the quest for virgin pee. :rotfl:

RAS

if you can get hold of a copy of the Green Valley - same crew as the Edwardian Farm - Ruth spot treats all the nasty stains in the closthing with stale urine (ammonia) before taking it to the river to wash.

Seakay

more details on using the amonia in urine for washing here:
http://www.wisegeek.com/is-it-true-that-people-can-use-urine-for-bleaching.htm

meritaten

Thinking about this..................so why would urine stain my cotton sheets if DG wets the bed? I usually have to boil the !!!!!! twice (sheet not DG).

Seakay

When DG wets the bed the urine is fresh.
Urine for washing and bleaching is stale.

freyasmum

There are some things I don't mind trying; some out of curiosity, some because I'm trying to find a better remedy than is currently available.

This won't be one of them

angelavdavis

This reminds me of years ago when my (slightly deaf) Dad was asked by a cleaning wench at the tudor historic village at Kentwell Hall in Long Melford "hello sir, will you pi$$ in my pot?" We were all killing ourselves laughing by the time my Dad had replied "pardon?" several times thinking he had misheard her!!