What is the best soap and detergent (for washing clothes) for water that has rust in it along with hard water?

I moved to the country and the water is rusty and hard, so i am having a hard time with the soap that i use on my body and the detergent. The water is well water.What is the best soap and detergent (for washing clothes) for water that has rust in it along with hard water?
The best thing to do is buy or rent a water softener and use the softener salt specifically for rust problems. But that's not what you asked about so...for your laundry use an additive. ';Calgon'; is a water softener, (I've never used it and don't know what it actually is made of but have heard good stuff about it) ';Borax'; is a laundry booster, it naturally occurs in the earth and is mined in the US. You can find it usually in the grocery store, ';20 Mule Team Borax';. I like this better than Calgon or Biz or whatever. As for the Detergent, try a few and see, a lot depends on what kind of dirt you are needing to get out of your clothes. I prefer ';ERA'; it is reasonably priced, I can use it for spot treating and with the Borax they clean almost all my clothing the first time through. (Powdered Tide works better but for the difference in price over a year I can buy more clothes.) However when it comes to whites I use ';Iron Out';, I can usually find it at WalMart in the plumbing department or most farm or hardware stores. Follow the directions on the container, it isn't a very big container so it might seem expensive but you don't use much and it will clean the rust out of your clothes (also toilet bowl). I also use vinegar instead of fabric softener with all my laundry about 1/2 cup for a full load. On the rare occasions when I want to use liquid fabric softener I use about half the recommended and still use the vinegar.


I do 12 - 15 loads of laundry a week, I use a box of Borax and a 100 oz jug of Era a month. Iron Out lasts about 2 months but I use it for all kinds of other things and vinegar I buy 2 gallons a month, I'm not sure how much of that goes to the laundry, probably half. Note: If you do get the Borax, send away for the free booklet, you would be amazed at all the stuff it does.


As for your personal bathing soap, again, a water softener would work well here. If you take baths, add Epsom salts, about 1/4 Cup, it will soften the water without drying your skin too much. If you take showers and want a liquid be sure to use a puff, they really help with the lather. Glycerin soaps work good with hard water but I can go through a bar in two baths. Fels Naptha (I think that is spelled right) is a tan/brown soap that has been around long before me. You can use it for laundry, as kids we used it to get rid of poison ivy, if you don't mind it, the bar gets real hard and lasts forever. I don't like Ivory because I think it dries the skin too much, but it works well with hard water. Maybe because it is so pure? It comes in a liquid, but I haven't tried it. After all that, my favorite is kinda expensive but again lasts forever, so you can look at it as an investment. It is from www.QVC.com. In the search box on their homepage type in rock soap or wood soap. I think the wood is a bit more masculine. The rocks are beautiful, the wood is also. The soap is mild but cleansing, the lather is sooooo wonderful. My husband no longer uses shaving cream because the lather is so


very wonderful and soft.


But really, invest in a water softener if you can. You will be able to use less soap, detergent and other cleaning stuff, plus it will be better on your plumbing. And you can still use the rock soap with soft water.


= - )What is the best soap and detergent (for washing clothes) for water that has rust in it along with hard water?
Tide! Also, try Tide To Go sample for stains Visit this site http://www.upkb.com/tidetogo.php for tips and product details.
Tide in # 1 detergent on the market. You could also add some De-solve it to your wash. Its like an all fabric cleaner. Read the label to make sure your not allergic to this product. We use this in the Laundry mat I work in.
buy this at any major super market Borax it';s to be used with your washing detergent it's made just for this sort of bad water issue.. FYI Ivory soap it's for all skin /wonder with bad water ....Tide washing powder sure to let your white's be white's and not dingy and your colors will stay vibrate remember to combine the borax with your laundry detergent!
I hated well water for washing clothes. The best detergent I found to use was Wisk, and the best body soap was dial. You probablywant to always use bleach when washing your whites too. Mine always looked dingy if I didn't use bleach.