| 1. Lay out the cloth squares on a table and using a sponge applicator I stained each square twice with an equal amount of stain. I then wrote the name of the stain on each square. |
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| 2. I left each stained square to dry for 24 hours. | |
| 3. I added 7.5 ml (1/2 Tblsp) of the synthetic detergent to 1 litre of warm water then added the stained squares to the OJ mixer and mixed for 3 minutes, followed by a 2 minute soak and then another 3 minute mixing. The cloths and contai9ner were then rinsed with cold water and the cloths were mixed in a one litre cold rinse for 3 minutes. |
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| 4. After the washed the cloths were squeezed by hand and laid our on a flat cloth to dry. |
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| 5. This procedure was repeated for the stained cloths with the saponin mixture and then the soap mixture and then the plain water. | |
| 6. When dry, the cloths squares were laid out and rated for how
clean they were based on the unwashed squares scored as 5 and the
unwashed original cloth scored as a 1. The rating scale is described
below and pictures were taken of all the results.
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Rating
Scale
5 = fully stained
4 = mostly still stained
3 = half cleaned
2 = mostly the stain has been cleaned
1 = completely clean (the same as the starting cloth)