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2. Fels-Naptha - Wikipedia

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   According to the manufacturer, about 1/2 of a bar of Fels-Naptha grated and added to a wash cycle helps eliminate residual stains. [7] Fels-Naptha is also a common ingredient in DIY laundry detergent recipes. Fels-Naptha, when combined with Neatsfoot oil, is commonly used in a primitive method of tanning animal skins. [9]

3. Naphtha - Wikipedia

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   For the character in the book by Thomas Mann, see Herr Naphta. Naphtha (/ ˈnæpθə / or / ˈnæfθə /) is a flammable liquid hydrocarbon mixture. Generally, it is a fraction of crude oil, but it can also be produced from natural-gas condensates, petroleum distillates, and the fractional distillation of coal tar and peat.

4. White spirit - Wikipedia

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   White spirit was formerly an active ingredient in the laundry soap Fels Naptha, used to dissolve oils and grease in laundry stains, and as a popular remedy for eliminating the irritant oil urushiol in poison ivy. It was removed as a potential health risk. White spirit has a characteristic unpleasant kerosene-like odor.

5. Sunlight (cleaning product) - Wikipedia

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   Sunlight Soap ad in the trenches of WW I (1915) Sunlight is a brand of laundry soap, laundry detergent and dishwashing detergent manufactured and marketed around the world by Unilever, except in the United States and Canada, where it has been owned by Sun Products (now Henkel Corporation) since 2010. [ 1 ][ 2 ]

6. Marseille soap - Wikipedia

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   Marseille soap or Savon de Marseille (French pronunciation: [savɔ̃ də maʁsɛj]) is a traditional hard soap made from vegetable oils that has been produced around Marseille, France, for about 600 years. The first documented soapmaker was recorded from the city in about 1370. [1] By 1688, Louis XIV introduced regulations in the Edict of ...

7. Soap - Wikipedia

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   Soap is a salt of a fatty acid (sometimes other carboxylic acids) used for cleaning and lubricating products as well as other applications. [1] In a domestic setting, soaps, specifically "toilet soaps", are surfactants usually used for washing, bathing, and other types of housekeeping. In industrial settings, soaps are used as thickeners ...