How do you use Dr. Bronner's?

Question

We're using it as a body wash, and I started washing the kitchen table off with it. I put half D.B. and half water in a squirt bottle.

How else can I use it? At what strength? Thanks!

Answer 1

Actually if you look at the label, there should be a ton of uses /suggestions from the company.

How should I use the liquid soap?

For everyday body-washing: Get wet and pour several drops of soap full-strength onto hands-washcloth-loofah. Lather up, scrub down, rinse off, and tingle fresh and clean.

For other uses: Dilute from one part soap into 40 parts water for light cleaning, to cutting it in half or using it full strength for heavy-duty grease-cutting jobs.

For laundry: Use 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup for one regular load; adjust as needed depending on the hardness of your water. Adding a dash of baking soda makes it even better.

For shampoo, people have been telling us for years that they like using our soaps to shampoo their hair. Now, paired with our new Citrus Conditioning Rinse and Organic Leave-In Conditioning Crème, it works better than ever.

For the laundry, use 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup for one regular load; adjust as needed depending on hardness of water. I've been told that adding a dash of baking soda makes it even better.

For pets, lather up well and apply to their body. Be careful to keep the soap and the lather away from their eyes. I find a mixture of peppermint and eucalyptus works best.

For toothbrushing, apply a drop or two of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap (I prefer the peppermint) to a wet toothbrush. Brush as you normally would, rinsing accordingly. Be careful about using more than a couple drops of soap, as you might start foaming at the mouth (last time I checked "rabid chic" was not hip). Many people with sensitive or softer teeth like to use our soap as toothpaste because it lacks abrasives.

If you're very interested in specific ratios & uses, you could find the book "Clean House, Clean Planet" by Karen Logan and published in 1996 by Pocket Books division of Simon & Schuster. They give a blurb on how individual consumers can place orders by writing to Mail Order Department, Simon & Schuster Inc., 200 Old Tappan Road, Old Tappan, NJ 07675. She presents hundreds of great ideas and manners to clean the non-toxic way, which gives rise for many examples that us

Answer 2

Which flavor of Dr. Bronner's are you using?  I use the mint.  My mother like the tea tree.

Great soap to take camping, because you can do anything with it (the mint flavor anyway).  You can use it to wash your hair and body (too drying on my hair).  You can scrub the dishes with it.  You can even brush your teeth with it.

I pour about about 1 1/2 inches of Dr. Bronner's mint soap in a gallon jug.  Then I fill the jug to the top with softsoap I get at Costco, or Sam's Club.  That concoction is quiet handly.  Drip something on your shirt you don't want to stain?  Rub that on as a pre treater, before washing.  Works great.  

I supply the Dr. B/soft soap mixture to my customers to clean up after they have butchered animals on my farm.  It even gets the smell of buck (male goat) out of my skin.  If you have ever been around a buck goat, you would know that is quiet a feat.  My husband likes it for cleaning grease off after working on tractors, and other vehicles.

I'ved used it to wash my dog after he found.....?.......something simply horrible to roll in.  No idea what it was, but OMG, did he STINK!  Took the smell out (though I nearly died washing him!).

I use Dr. B (mint) full strength to clean wounds, if I get any around the farm.  It really helps prevent wounds from becoming infected.  Even the time a feral cat did a buzz saw on my hand, I suffered almost zero infection, and cat scratches are nasty.

You can really dilute it, like 5% Dr. B, and 95% water, and spray on plants to keep aphids off.

I've used it to scrub messes from the carpet, or inside of cars.  The strength I use then, entirely depends on what the mess is.

Did you have a long hard, busy day?  Washing your feet off with the mint soap is very refresing.  I wouldn't use the soap full strenth as a body wash.  Mix it with water, or another liquid soap.  

When I have time, I like to make my own goat milk soap, and mix Dr. B. in.  

Did you buy it in the gallon jug from a health food store?  Quiet often you can take the empty gallon jug back to the store you purchased it from , and they can refill the jug.  I think that's wonderful....one less plastic item going to the landfills!

Dr. B hurts on sunburns.  Dr. B was able to take away a rash, when I got into something I was allergic to outside.  My arms were covered with  a rash.  I washed outside with water, then in the kitchen with Dawn.  Nothing...rash was getting worse.  Used Dr. B and in about 15 minutes, it was just faintly pink, with no more itch.

If you have to clean the inside of your fridge, I will mix baking soda, and some Dr. B into a paste, and scrub out the inside of the fridge....that removes all oders.

Find creative ways to use it in your own family.  It's great stuff!

~Garnet

Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years

Using Dr. Bronner since I was 13 years old!