Laundry, with cypress balls?

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Laundry, with cypress balls?




by gegyx » 30/05/10, 21:31

Laundry, with cypress balls?

My mother told me that her mother used cypress balls to do laundry during the war (shortage of soap).

(Weird, that she didn't use wood ash?)

In what way? I don't know, and I would love to know.

She used it to wash delicate linen or wool. Soda was used for dirty laundry.

I did a search on the Internet:

I saw that with the cedar branches, by the passage of water vapor, we make essential oil.
That the balls in a cupboard can serve as a moth repeller.
That the cedar compost is rather acidic.

We think of the possible mechanical effect as with washing balls, but at the time we washed by hand, or with the washing machine.

Then I do not know.

If you've heard of it, let people know.

Consult the memory of your alumni, libraries of knowledge, before it fades.

And if you have other resourceful schemes, in case of a shortage, do not hesitate to let us know.

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Re: Laundry, with cypress balls?




by oiseautempete » 31/05/10, 08:43

gegyx wrote:Laundry, with cypress balls?

My mother told me that her mother used cypress balls to do laundry during the war (shortage of soap).

(Weird, that she didn't use wood ash?)

In what way? I don't know, and I would love to know.

She used it to wash delicate linen or wool. Soda was used for dirty laundry.

I did a search on the Internet:

I saw that with the cedar branches, by the passage of water vapor, we make essential oil.
That the balls in a cupboard can serve as a moth repeller.
That the cedar compost is rather acidic.

We think of the possible mechanical effect as with washing balls, but at the time we washed by hand, or with the washing machine.

Then I do not know.

If you've heard of it, let people know.

Consult the memory of your alumni, libraries of knowledge, before it fades.

And if you have other resourceful schemes, in case of a shortage, do not hesitate to let us know.

:D


You mix cedar and cypress they are 2 different species: the cypress has scales (genus Tuya) and the cedar of needles (I have a Lebanese cedar behind at home ...) ... in my opinion just a mechanical action (the washerwomen beat the laundry with a wooden bat) like the rubber balls that you can put in the machine ...
Softwood compost is always acidic.
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