Washing Compounds

Ingredients

• one pound of babbitt's pure concentrated potash
• one pound sal soda
• three gallons of soft water
• three pounds of clean grease
• two ounces of liquid ammonia
• six gallons of soft water
• two ounces of ammonia
• one ounce of salts of tartar
• four quarts of rain water
• one cup of fluid
• a pound of borax
• a pound of rosin
• one water
• one bar of babbitt's potash
• half cake of soap
• two pails of soft water

Directions

1. Take one pound of Babbitt's pure concentrated potash, and one pound sal soda; put these in three gallons of soft water; boil until all is dis- solved ; then add three pounds of clean grease ; set it to boiling ; after boiling from one to six hours, and it becomes soap (keep the same quantity of water in the kettle as at first), add two ounces of liquid ammonia, half a pound of borax, quarter of a pound of rosin, six gallons of soft water ; stir well together, thea your soap will be finished, and use this for boiling ; after rubbing the clothes through one water, they will usually come out white and clean. This is nice for spreads or heavy goods.

2. Or this : One bar of Babbitt's potash, two ounces of ammonia, one ounce of salts of tartar ; put the potash into four quarts of rain water (use porcelain kettles if possible) and soak slowly, not boil; when dis- solved remove from the stove ; when cool add the ammonia and salts and put up in jugs or bottles corked tightly. Soak the fine and coarse articles to be washed separately over night. The following morning, rinse out and use a half cake of soap, cut fine, one cup of fluid and two pails of soft water; put fine pieces into this cold suds and boil a few moments ; take out, add a pail of cold water and put in the coarse clothes to boil ; suds, rinse, blue and starch as usual, and yowv clothes will be beautifully clear and white without rubbing. Wash colored clothes in the water the clothes are taken into from the boiler. Clothes will not rot if washed in this but they must not lay in the compound but be washed out quickly.