Laundry Soap

Liquid Arm & Hammer laundry detergent with Oxy... same thing I use for all my laundry. ;-)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I also use my regular detergent for coloured fabrics - I sometimes have a different detergent for whites, so take care not to use that one.

Hanne > Liquid Arm & Hammer laundry detergent with Oxy... same thing I use for al= l

I use my regular laundry soap, but when I wash the finished quilt, I use cold water and a color catcher.

My regular laundry detergent: Seventh Generation Free and Clear HE

Julia in MN

Okay now. We all know I have a few screws loose - but it seems like we decided here that Oxy would dissolve silk - as in thread used for appliqué. Yes? No? Polly

"Leslie& The Furbabies in MO." Liquid Arm & Hammer laundry detergent with Oxy... same thing I use for all

But, Polly! I don't DO silk. But I DO do messy, sloppy, grubby, etc. I need my Oxy! Yeah, I saw it, too... I wrote doo-doo. BTW did y'all see Oprah yesterday? (shuddering!)

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Kate, I'm a newbie and I've never had occasion to wash a finished quilt, but when in doubt about washing something, I always use baby soap. Specifically, Ivory Snow. It's the only soap I've found that doesn't ruin Gore-Tex, and I also trust silk and woolens to it. I've had bad luck with Woolite, and have been told that it's because it contains lanolin. FWIW.

Wash them in Persil non-biological and Oxy-if-it's-grubby-or I spilt blood of coffee over it during the make. I add Comfort fabric conditioner. I wash at sixty degrees and hot tumble dry. So far so good, but I dare say I get my come-uppance one day.

Nel (Gadget Queen)

I use Orvus, bought at the local feed store years ago. Why the feed store? I don't remember, maybe 4H kids use it on their animals? It's very gentle stuff. I started using it to wash finished cross stitch projects. At that time, it was highly recommended by local stitching shops. So, if it was safe enough for cross stitch, I figured it's safe enough for quilts. I was very optimistic about the quantity of stitching I would need to wash and bought a gallon jug; of course you only need a tiny amount, so I have about

I use whatever I have. Whatever I have is always what's on sale that I've stocked up on. (don't have the product loyalty that my mom had. I didn't know there was anything but Tide till I grew up)

I only use a teeny bit and don't use the ones that have additives, like "color-safe bleach", if it's a new quilt I'm washing.

Sherry