sal soda

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Hard water may be softened with potash or sal soda, which is much cheaper than borax and ammonia, but potash and sal soda are both corrosive and very injurious to the linen.

From Guide to Hotel Housekeeping by Palmer, Mary E.

Take one large spoonful of sal soda and one pound of chloride lime for thirty yards; dissolve in clean, soft water; rinse the cloth thoroughly in cold, soft water so that it may not rot.

From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)

Heat the sal soda in a vessel over the fire, add the water boiling.

From Cloud City Cook-Book by Nash, Mrs. William H.

Bring to a boil one pound of sal soda, half a pound of unslaked lime, a small lump of borax, and five quarts of water.

From The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources by Anonymous

If the parts are exceedingly painful, wash with a weak lie, or wood ashes, or sal soda.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George