I Stand Corrected

In my previous post I mentioned using Fels-Naptha® heavy duty laundry bar soap along with Soap Flakes to remove a stain and yes, it worked great.

I also mentioned Fels-Naptha as being a 100 year-old soap, and it may well be, I'm not sure what to believe anymore. However, the current Fels-Naptha soap is not the same as the old Fels-Naptha soap. Or so I was told by a laundry expert yesterday.

In the 1930's and 1940's Fels-Naptha apparently contained naptha – short for naphthalene. Yes it is spelled differently. Naphthalene is a petroleum-based product distilled from coal tar, often used in moth balls and charcoal lighter fluid. It also is the base from which Napalm is made.

Anyway, the current bars of Fels-Naptha soap clearly state "CONTAINS NO NAPHTHALENE". So the "new" Fels-Naptha uses other non-specific ingredients such as: "Cleaners, soil & stain removers, chelating agents, colorants, perfume."

Regardless, Fels-Naptha works great. It's just that it does not seem to be the "original" Fels-Naptha soap. Which probably is a good thing.

But I wonder, is it a soap bar, or is it a detergent bar? Both? Neither? It probably doesn't matter, but I do wonder.

Last time I checked, Dri-Pak Soap Flakes were made of pure 100% vegetable-based soap with no other ingredients added. Period. (MSO)
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