Monday, September 7, 2009

Laundry Aldea Style: Rainy Season Edition

So some of my women groups have been asking about making laundry detergent to clean their clothes, as it is too expensive for most of them to buy. I've therefore been trying out different recipes (some of which require the use of Caustic Soda...a toxic corrosive...Ferney was not entirely pleased when I asked to use his kitchen pots for that one)...trying to find the one that makes the best soap. On top of that I have perfected my laundry skills PILA style so I've decided to give you step by step instructions (rainy season version) of how I wash my clothes...because I'm lazy...

1. Fill plastic container with Pila water and pour in powdered detergent
2. Leave container by Pila and dip first item of clothes into the soapy water, making sure it is soaked through
3. scrub the item of clothing on the serrated bottom of the pila getting the dirt out
4. Place item in bucket of soapy water
5. repeat steps 1-4 with all items of clothing
6. Leave clothes to soak overnight and through the morning in soapy water
7. Hang clothes up on clothing line approx. .5 hours before rain begins to fall (you don't want to get wet while hanging!)
8. Allow rain to rinse all soap from clothes
9. Allow inevitably sunny morning to dry clothes
10. Remove cloths from line BEFORE the rain begins again.

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