If anyone is curious about why Ivory soap floats, the soap is produced in such a way as to ensure air is whipped into the soap mixture before it sets; as a result, the final product contains numerous tiny air bubbles which work together to make the soap ever so slightly less dense than water, allowing it to float. These air bubbles also serve a dual function of making the soap produce a more consistent and bubbly lather when used, another fact the company has historically drawn attention to in its advertising.
Something you can easily see for yourself by popping a bar of Ivory into your microwave; you know, for science. As for how this discovery came about, for over a century, Ivory has insisted that the invention of floating soap was a happy accident that occurred as a result of an unnamed employee accidentally leaving a batch of soap mixture to mix for too long while he was on his lunch break.
The story continues that when the employee returned and realised his mistake, he reasoned that since nothing new had been added to the mixture, there was no reason to throw out the batch. It will clean and condition your nails! You can buff it off after a few minutes.
If you check out our homemade makeup brush cleaner post, you can substitute the dish soap with Ivory soap! Make sure the water is really hot and add in about 2 tsp of shaved Ivory soap.
When it is dissolved, add remaining ingredients and follow the same directions. This would be a great alternative for anyone with sensitive skin!
I love this tip from the publication! When your cleaning sponges smell sour, rub a fresh lemon with the sponge. Rinse it in warm water with some Ivory soap in it several times. It will be like new. I have done this many times with dish sponges and it works great. I like to do this after just a few uses because sponges get so dirty!
Make an Ivory soap paste with half a bar of Ivory soap shaved finely to one quart of water. Heat it up on the stove until it is almost boiling, but not quite for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow it to cool. Keep in a glass jar with a screw lid. You can rub this solution on clothing stains, let it sit for awhile then wash as you normally would.
You can also spray hydrogen peroxide on top of this solution once it is applied to a stain to enhance the stain fighting! The last tip today is a sachet powder, but more modern. The version says to grate a bar of Ivory soap and mix with your favorite powder in a sachet to add to linen draws, clothes drawers, or anything like this.
Instead of mixing it with powder, you can add in some drops of essential oil. The scent will stay longer due to the moisture in the soap! I have seen people use little cheesecloth for sachets or a piece of fabric works too. As you can see, there are so many great ways to use Ivory soap.
Everything in our post is referring to bar soap, but you can also purchase liquid Ivory soap! My mom uses it for dishes and cleaning as shown in the pictures. Essential oil right on top of the grated soap, then It can go right in the drawer, or closet, how about for shoe smells??
Great used this when I was a young girl…loved when it floated. The best….. You can put in shoes too! My mom would whip the detergent with water and put on trees to emulate snow.
I have done it several times myself. The house smells clean the entire season. Love Ivory soap. What a trip down history lane with Ivory. I did not know it has been around so long! Thanks for the household tips! When I was a preteen my atopic dermatitis flared up badly. We washed my clothes separately in Ivory Snow detergent.
Animal fat from the offerings had apparently reacted with hot wood ashes to form a substance that was washed down by the rains to the river bank where it was absorbed by clay.
This substance was soap. Slowly people realized that soap could be produced by heating any form of fat with ashes. Ashes provided the alkaline conditions needed to convert fat into soap. By the Middle Ages, soap making had been established as an industry with town like Savana, Castile and Bristol becoming important centers. The product was heavily taxed and was expensive and therefore was not used often. Indeed, a friend of Queen Elizabeth I remarked that she "hath a bath every three months whether she needed it or no.
Now the fat could be stirred with soda in large kettles to readily produce soap. It may be a simple formula, but staying true to this promise has kept Ivory pure, clean and gentle for seven generations. Original Ivory soap packaging.
When they reached verse eight, Harley was inspired: All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
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