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Soapnuts.

I hear RAVES about them for laundry use (especially for cloth pads and diapers) all over various communities. I must have them.

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They seem a little pricey, but you can apparantly re-use them when you wash in cold, which I do. I'll be setting aside certain clothes to experiment with and we shall see!