Where can I buy 'Laundry Soap' and Castile Soap?

Nicifer_noonoo

Hi Everyone,

I want to try out a few homemade cleaner recipes, Rhonda's washing powder especially, but it calls for Laundry Soap - any idea what this will be marketed as in the UK? Could anyone give me an idea on brands and where to buy them?

Same for Castile soap, I managed to pick up a Green Cleaning book at my local book clearance centre, and a lot of recipes ask for Castile soap. I'd also be grateful for advice on how to locate this and any ideas of brand names

Thanks in advance all

x

whatatwit

For Laundry soap, I'd plump for the green Fairy soap block, it's usually found in supermarkets by the Vanish stuff. I've not heard of Castile soap, so I'm off for a google.

hmm I found this, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castile_soap (note to self, must learn how to do fancy links)

stefejb

You can get proper soap flakes from some branches of Mr T - they're called granny soap flakes, pinkish box and located by the handwash powders - £1.50ish I think

I'm not sure that fairy is a soap as such - it smells very detergenty to me.

Liquid castille is a different matter - you can get it from specialist soap shops online but it's pretty expensive - I use an eco washing up liquid like ecover instead and it seems to work - I'm no chemist though

Gingernutmeg

I'm sure that I've seen Knight's Castile soap in pound shops and hardware shops ... it might have been a while ago but I'm sure it was a white packet with a fairy on it. I've always wondered whether this was what's meant by Castile soap.

edit: yes, it was this brand ...

debtfreeforme

Nicifer_noonoo wrote: »

Same for Castile soap, I managed to pick up a Green Cleaning book at my local book clearance centre, and a lot of recipes ask for Castile soap. I'd also be grateful for advice on how to locate this and any ideas of brand names

x

I buy Dr Bronner's from my local health food shop. Is quite cheap and has about a million uses! Can buy it online too - just Google it. HTH. xx

lindadykes

I'm not sure that fairy is a soap as such - it smells very detergenty to me.

When my younger sister was born she had very sensitive skin which reacted to baby soap and my mums doctor told her to use Fairy Household Soap on her as this was "pure" soap without additives. It seemed to work for my sister so from then on that's what she bought for all the family to use. Don't know if what the doctor said was true, but our skin was always ok.