I just ordered me some of the nuts. It will be interesting to see what it will do. I will let you guys know.
Got them on ebay.

In other words you've got nothing; no experience; no opinion; no nothing. Thanks a bunch.

I was hoping that someone else already tried them . I just discovered them. Sorry.

don't be sorry!
there are miserable people in this world who love to put people down. i bet he feels better about himself that he made you feel bad. don't give him the satisfaction.
that being said... what in the heck are soap nuts? i've never heard of them before. do you order them in a sack? (c: (sorry, i couldn't help myself!)

I've heard of soap nuts but never tried them. It would be great to hear from people who have. raygunclan, thanks for the giggle!!

Hey everyone, just go to the website I posted above. naturoli.com or even if you just type soap nuts in search it will come out and there is lots of info on them. They are really interesting. I will post info as soon as I get them and try them.

i just went to naturoli.com and guess what!?!?
soap nuts do come in a sack!!! HA!

raygunclan....oh......LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"I've heard of soap nuts but never tried them. It would be great to hear from people who have."
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OK... Not to get too personal, but regular cleaning is *highly* advisable, and soap remains one of the best methods.

;-)

Here is a link that might be useful: possible consequences of non-compliance?

Here is again what I wrote about the soapnuts experience:

So I got the soapnuts. Was kind of surpised how little and dark they were. About inch or less in diameter ,half shells or whole ones without the seeds.
First I tried to put them in little hot water in the cup to kind of feel for the soapiness. Nothing, other then the nuts were dripping darker fluid.
Anyway I took 8 of them (no way I would believe 5 would do anything) and tossed them tied in the bag in the washer.
But I was very skeptical so I put CS on prewash. I used sanitary cycle as usual. After it was done I had to search for the tiny bag so it won't go in dryer, and only to find out the nuts almost dissapeared!!! Few tiny pices got even out ( I guess my fault for not tying the bag really tight) it looked like bug pices in the laundry. There is no way that whatever is left from the nuts after one wash, it would do another, nevermind up to 4!!! And how to get in the stupid bag if tight right,to add more. The laundry is clean, however it could be the CS in prewash too. Or did the CS eat up the nuts? I really don't care. It is a pain in the butt and not cheap unless you buy by bulk and like to deal w/ them. I guess.
I stay w/ CS and use nuts in baking (the edible ones).

We've been using soap nuts for over a year now and they work great! Within a month of when we began using them, the eczema I had across my belly for years cleared right up. 4 soap nuts in the cotton bag does 4-6 loads, or even more if you have an HE washer. Don't use too many, though, or your laundry will dry a bit stiff, rather than with the soft finish soap nuts usually give.

Here is a link that might be useful: Soap Nuts Natural Laundry Detergent

I use them for my towels and thought they were ok. I haven't tried them with my new HE machines. I may try them this weekend in the HE machine.

czechchick2 -
Perhaps a better way to use the soap nuts is by the recommended method #2 on the above linked website. It says:

"Boil 15-18 whole Soap Nuts in 6 cups (1.5 quart) of water for 30 minutes. The liquid you have is now a concentrated, chemical free detergent. The leftover shells can be placed in your compost. Use 3 Tbsp or 45 ml of this detergent with each load of laundry. This allows you to do approximately 60 loads of laundry. Not bad for under $10!"

I may try them if method #2 works well.

I think soap nuts work great. You can get intersting and helpful info on the following website: http://soapnuts.weebly.com/

Here is a link that might be useful: sunny planet laundry supplies

Well they got good reviews on Amazon. It is not too hard for me to believe. I had to write a paper about the Anasazi in college and they supposedly used Yuka root to wash things with. Guess it sudses up or something.

That web site has a bad error if it says boiling soap nuts renders "a concentrated, chemical free detergent."

Soap nuts may not contain synthetic chemicals, like commercial detergent. But they, like all nuts, vegetables, fruits, humans, rocks, etc. are full of chemicals. Water is a chemical. Sodium carbonate, which most powdered detergents contain, is found in nature.

This carelessness makes me VERY suspicious about the veracity of the other claims.

I wonder if they are good for cloth diapers?

O.K., here I go again. I got more nuts thanks to Matt from buy soapnuts@yahoo.com. I must say these nuts looked nice, lighter color, somewhat sticky and I was excited again and so I did one load of laundry,which was clean after. The rest of the nuts I used to make the liquid. I followed instructions and when it was done I ended up w/ this brown liquid. It really didn't feel soapy much at all and it is not sudsing at all either.
My question is. Should I feel soapiness when I put it on my hand? Should the liquid be brown? And if I don't feel the soapiness, how do I know that tiny amount of the liquid will really clean our laundry?
I really like the idea of something natural but this just doesn't look right to me.
Please help me w/ this dilema.

OK, I've never heard of soap nuts, but I do hope we get to hear the results of the #2 method.

I just finished another load w/ soapnuts. The liquid.
This was white load,sanitary cycle but the laundry is dingy looking. Yeah it could be water chemistry.
I don't know.
I think I will go back to Persil. I can use CS for prewash to save few pennies. At least I know my whites will be white.
I am done experimenting and I don't care if it costs me dollar or so per load.

When I saw the title to the thread I thought it was about people, like myself, who are obcessed with using the right soap. LOL, you live and learn. Well hopefully!!

Liquid soap nut solution works great, but it has a limited shelf life.
If you use soapnuts in a wash bag, dry the soap nuts with your laundry if you dont plan to reuse them on the same day.
As for whites, use natural boosters such as borax or backing soda. For hard water, you can use one or more tablespoons of white vinegar or even lemon juice in the rinse cycle. By using this additives, you can avoid using harsh laundry detergents in most cases and get satisfactory results.

get some more helpful information at the following site:
http://goodearthlaundry.weebly.com ( good earth laundry supplies )

Here is a link that might be useful: good earth laundry supplies

I use baking soda, borax and vinegar. And also the lemon juice too for years.
I started using CS about 3 months ago and loved it but had to scale down to very small amount b/c my bf had reaction to it even if I do extra rinses.I thought the nuts would work but our whites are not white anymore and the nuts won't clean collars on shirts. I know we have hard water and I think I better go back to Persil, since I know we had great resultsw/ it and white whites.