Where can you buy washing soap from, after a muddy ride I want to wash my gortex gear but don't want to use the expensive proprietary brands every time

I believe there's such things as Supramurkets or something, maybe you have one of them near you?

If a supermarket doesn't work, I believe there are also independant local shops that sometimes stock the little essentials in life. You might try one of these.

I've also heard of people using this thing called the internet to do shopping. Search engines such as google are often a good place to start if you go down this route.

It seems all washing products are detergent based now, tried the supermarkets and local shops etc

Waitrose sell pure soap flakes

IIRC, one can make ones own soap relatively cheaply. One first must catch a wale – be careful not to get caught, the lesbians and students can be quite sniffy about this sort of thing – and render its blubber until one has a thick, creamy soap.

Japanese websites might be able to furnish you with more in-depth instructions.

Most supermarkets still sell soap flakes….

not my local sainsbury's… I too have struggled to find 'pure soap flakes' – maybe the whale catching route is the way to go? 🙂

"Granny'" soap flakes should be in most supermarkets, fairly low key packaging so doesn't really jump out at you amongst the Cillet Bang and Radion

Shibboleth is correct, but the inconvenience of catching a whale can be avoided if you simply break into a lipo-suction clinic and steal big bags of human fat from their biological waste bins. The great thing about doing this is that you've always really wanted to do it and it will be an incredible experience. 🙂

I bought mine from one of them there new fangled supermarket things. It was with all the eco junk that uses lemon juice and the smiles from new born babies to not wash your clothes very well.

but don't want to use the expensive proprietary brands every time

mmm when you say this do you mean you don't want to use detergents that contain wetting agents and therefor break down the waterproofing of said garmets. Thats the reason for using pure soap flakes against persil* for example.

*other makes of detergents also contain wetting agents.

>mmm when you say this do you mean you don't want to use detergents that contain wetting agents

I read this as stuff like Nikwax techwash (or whatever it's called), which is the expensive alternative to soapflakes…

To make your own soap flakes you will need
a bar of soap and a cheese grater. 😛

Gary_M – Member
It was with all the eco junk that uses lemon juice and the smiles from new born babies to not wash your clothes very well.

😆 My sister won't use stuff unless it donates profits to tree hugging causes, and guess what, nothing is very clean in her house.

Though it was after my mother house sat for a week and boosted the profits of Proctor & Gamble, she did admit to taking all the empty cleaning product bottle into the nearest towns recycling bank, so my sister didn't know about it.

My local oxfam sell organic natural washing stuff made from mud and sticks or whatever, I use it for the babies clothes to avoid the detergents. Might be worth a look