Re: OT - Fells (Fels) Naptha
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- Subject: Re: OT - Fells (Fels) Naptha
- From: R* T* D* <r*@sierratel.com>
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 12:05:57 -0700 (MST)
Barb Johnson wrote:
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> Sara R.Marley wrote:
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> > Just saw Fels Naptha bar soap in Martin's Super Mkt yesterday in =
> > Frederick, Md. Am very interested the mix that Nicki Shay spoke about. =
> > Maybe she can give us the recipe?? Sara Marley, @ the foothills of the =
> > Blue Ridge.
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> > From: Merrily A. Smith[SMTP:merrilyann@erols.com]
> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 1998 4:11 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: OT - fells naptha
> >
> > Nicki - I haven't seen a bar of fells naptha soap (red/white/green =
> > wrapper?)
> > for sale anywhere in years. Whatever it does for iris, I can say for =
> > sure
> > that "brown soap" was the patent medicine of my childhood because just =
> > about
> > everything I found of interest was always on, under, or just beyond the
> > poison ivy. My mother used to scrub me with it so vigorously that it
> > almost removed my chigger bites, too. Where do you buy it?
> >
> > Merrily, a city girl now ..... in Washington, DC where my crocuses are
> > blooming and snow drops are almost finished.
> >
> >
> > From: Nicki Shay <nickishay@juno.com>
> > To: Multiple recipients of list <iris-l@rt66.com>
> > Date: Monday, February 09, 1998 10:29 PM
> > Subject: Re: Leaf Spot--aphids--foliar feeding
> >
> > >That famous guy on PBS is very practical - and his recipes do work! I
> > >mixed lemon detergent, a brew made from chewing tobacco, a little =
> > mineral
> > >oil as a sticker, some shaved and melted/watered down fels naptha =
> > soap,...
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> I had my nearest store order it for me. I think it runs about $1.25 for
> a 5 1/2 oz. bar. They seem small, but my memory of the old bars is a
> probably a bit fuzzy. I wanted it for my laundry, for prewash spotting,
> believe it or not. Now I may have a new use for it. Except I don't have
> any tobacco lying around...
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> Barb J. lgjohnson@getonthe.net
> Near Springfield, MO
Is it too late to invest in stock of Fels Naptha? Looks like there is
going to be a run on it.
Rick Tasco
Superstition Iris Gardens
Central California
Zone 8
