orvus again

So I found some interesting information about Orvus, not from the official website (as far as I can tell, there isn't one) but from a couple others. So, here they are:

This one's about washing old quilts, probably more than I ever wanted to know about detergent, but it's still interesting.

ThisThis one's the MSDS (Material Safety and Data Sheet, I believe) on sodium dodecyl sulfate (better known as Orvus).

One interesting thing I found was that someone claimed it was pH neutral, but the MSDS says that it's a dangerous irritant to the skin. Hmm.

soap?

One of my customers was telling me today about some soap that they like to use. Actually, I had asked a couple weeks ago about the proper way to wash quilts, since she's a quilter and she might know. She had told me the name of the soap, and where to get it, but I'd forgotten the name and I knew I wouldn't remember if I went to the store where it was carried. She and her husband came in again today, so I asked again and made certain that I'd remember. They said that they also use this horse soap to wash their clothes. I guess towels come and soft and smelling nice.

I'm trying to find a link for reference, but this Orvis soap for horses is hard to find. I've found all sorts of references to it on quilting forums and there's a large manufacturer of clothing, but no horse soap. I've even looked for horse soap, but all that turns up is horse shaped soap, or soap with a horse figurine soap, but no soap for horses. I need to try a little harder. Aha! I've found that I was spelling 'Orvis' wrong; it's actually 'Orvus', so I should have better luck now.

Okay, so I know that it's made by Proctor and Gamble, but they don't have a very good website if you want to find out information about Orvus WA paste (whatever 'WA' stands for). So, I'll just have to check it out.

That was fun