remnantprep
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Post by remnantprep on Mar 8, 2017 9:48:26 GMT 10
Below is the soap rations allowed during ww2 in the UK. You were given 4 coupons each month to spend on soap products for each person (some workers, infants and invalids were given more). How would you spend your 4 coupons (You can work this out for your family allowance if you wish)?  4 oz (113 g) bar hard soap 3 oz (85 g) bar toilet soap 1⁄2 oz (14 g) No. 1 liquid soap 6 oz (170 g) soft soap 3 oz (85 g) soap flakes 6 oz (170 g) powdered soap |
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Post by remnantprep on Mar 8, 2017 9:54:25 GMT 10
For my family (3 of us) I would get for the month!
4 bar of hard soap
4 packet of powdered soap
2 liquid soap
and maybe 2 toilet soaps (maybe keep one of these to give as gifts if needed)
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Post by shinester on Mar 8, 2017 13:58:01 GMT 10
Not really sure what they all are. Is hard soap like solvol, good for stains and for grime on hands? Powdered soap/soap flakes, is that washing powder? Why soft soap versus toilet soap? Can you use hard soap [there's more per ration] as hand soap? A little confused?
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Post by remnantprep on Mar 8, 2017 14:07:01 GMT 10
Hard soap would be something like sunlight soap! Toilet soap would be scented I guess soft is a liquid type soap and yeah Powder and flakes is washing powder!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2017 23:16:51 GMT 10
I would go back to basics and only get hard soap, I can remember my grand mother using hard soap, she grated some for washing clothes, she used it for scrubbing and hand washing till the bars were getting too small, then they would go into a little wire net basket and be shaken in the dish washing water for doing the dishers till they were gone. I remember she always made sure to only use the soap once it had aged a few months so it would harden properly and last longer than fresh soap.
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Post by Peter on Mar 8, 2017 23:21:42 GMT 10
I would go back to basics and only get hard soap, I can remember my grand mother using hard soap, she grated some for washing clothes, she used it for scrubbing and hand washing till the bars were getting too small, then they would go into a little wire net basket and be shaken in the dish washing water for doing the dishers till they were gone. I remember she always made sure to only use the soap once it had aged a few months so it would harden properly and last longer than fresh soap. Again I'm reminded of the value of experience gained by those of generations past. Thanks for sharing, @geek. |
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Post by shinester on Mar 9, 2017 0:48:32 GMT 10
Thanks Remmy. I was thinking along the lines of geek, to conserve as much as possible which is why I was asking what was what. Certainly though having had seen it done first hand, hands down better info. I'm with Geek on this one. You can make liquid soap by soaking soap in water for a while |
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Post by jo on Mar 9, 2017 9:36:27 GMT 10
Definately 4 bars of hard soap... with the occasional bar of toilet soap for gifts or personal luxury... the hard soap you can grate and boil it down then add essential oils and not sure but I think Granny used melted lard to make a softer soap for washing the skin... I remember asking my mum why Granny had her soap sitting in the sun (back in the 70's) and she said she was curing the soap
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